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The purpose of the association was to provide a common framework for a scholarly exchange of information regarding communal life; communes, intentional communities , kibbutzim and other collective communities throughout the world.</p> <p>The organization is multidisciplinary and strives for international representation amongst its members. Its international structure was led from the very beginning by a Board of Directors composed of scholars from different countries. International conferences are held every few years and are organized in the host country by ICSA members.</p> <p>The first Conference was held at Yad Tabenkin, Efal, Israel in 1985, when the Association was established. Since that time international conferences have been held in New Lanark and Edinburgh, Scotland (1988), Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA, USA (1991), New Harmony, Ind., USA (1993), Yad Tabenkin, Efal, Israel (1995), Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1998), ZEGG, Germany (2001), The Amana Colonies. Iowa, USA (2004), Damanhur, Valchuisella Valley, Italy (2007) and Emek Yezreel College, Emek Yezreel, Israel (2010). The next conference will be held in Findhorn, Scotland in the Summer of 2013.</p> <p>The international conferences of ICSA enable scholars and members of kibbutzim and communes to meet and exchange views and research. The participation of scholars at the conferences has promoted many reciprocal visits of kibbutz and communal scholars to kibbutzim and communes around the world thus enhancing first-hand knowledge.</p> <p>As an international organization ICSA maintains contact with parallel associations like the Communal Studies Association in the USA. It also instigated the establishment of the European Utopian Studies Association as the result of the participation of some British scholars at the 2nd ICSA conference in Scotland.</p> <p>The ICSA central office is located at the Yad Tabenkin Institute. In addition the Institute s Archives and Library contain extensive collections on communes from around the world which are available to the general public upon request. An electronic Bulletin, which supplies recipients with interdisciplinary material, is distributed biannually as well as relevant material received from various organizations and publications throughout the world. The ICSA also promotes the publication of the conferences proceedings and maintains a list of scholars active in kibbutz and communal research.</p> <p> <strong>The next conference will be held at Findhorn,&nbsp;Scotland in 2013 and will be organised by Graham Meltzer.<br/><br/></strong> <font size="2" face="Verdana,Arial"> <strong>ICSA President:<br/><br/></strong>Jan Bang, Norway<br/><br/><strong>Board of Directors</strong></font> </p> </font></p> <p></p> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Dr. Deborah Altus, USA<br/>Professor Michal Palgi, Israel<br/>Dr. Pearl Bartelt, USA<br/>Chris Coates, UK<br/> Dr. Marisa Gonzales de Oleaga, Spain<br/>Professor Yuval Dror, Israel<br/>Professor Maria Foelling-Albers, Germany<br/>Dr. Peter Michael Forster, United Kingdom<br/> Dr. Schlomo Getz, Israel<br/>Professor Dennis Hardy, United Kingdom<br/>Olive Jones, New Zealand<br/> Professor Yossi Katz, Israel<br/>Anton Marks, Israel<br/> Dr. Graham Meltzer, Australia<br/>Dr. William Metcalf, Australia<br/>Ina Meyer-Stoll, Germany<br/>Professor Timothy Miller, USA<br/>Professor Yaacov Oved, Israel<br/> Professor Don Pitzer, USA<br/>Yona Prital, Israel<br/> Ruth Sobol, Israel (honorary)<br/>Professor Max Stanton, Hawai&#39;i, USA<br/>Dr. Menachem Topel, Israel<br/><br/></font> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana,Arial"> <b>Israeli Steering Committee <br/></b> <br/> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Prof. Yaacov Oved, Yad Tabenkin <br/>Prof. Yona Prital, Yad Tabenkin <br/>Itzchak Guershon, Yad Tabenkin <br/>Dr. Shlomo Getz, Kibbutz Research Institute, Haifa University<br/>Dr. Arza Avrahami, Seminar Oranim, Haifa University<br/>Dr. Michal Palgi, ICSA President<br/>Anton Marks, International Communes Desk<br/>Dr. Ehud Satt, Ruppin Institute<br/>Dudu Amitai, Yad Yaari, Givat Haviva Institute<br/> Professor Yuval Dror, Tel-Aviv University<br/>Professor Yossi Katz, Bar-Ilan University<br/>Dr. Shlomo Shaltiel, Yad Yaari, Givat Haviva Institute</font> </p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana,Arial"> <a href="about.html#top">top</a> </font> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" width="640"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <dl> <div align="center"> <dd> <font size="1" face="Verdana,Arial"> <a href="/index.html">home<br/><br/></a> </font> </dd> <dd> <font size="1" face="Verdana,Arial">Yad Tabenkin</font> </dd> <dd> <font size="1" face="Verdana,Arial">Ramat Efal 52960</font> </dd> <dd> <font size="1" face="Verdana,Arial">Israel</font> </dd> <dd> <font size="1" face="Verdana,Arial">Tel: + (972) 3 5344458</font> </dd> <dd> <font size="1" face="Verdana,Arial">Fax: 03-5346376</font> </dd> <dd> <font size="1" face="Verdana,Arial">E-mail: <a href="mailto:rsoboly-t@bezeqint.net"> rsoboly-t@bezeqint.net</a><a href="mailto:yadtab@inter.net.il"> <br/><br/></a></font> </dd> <dd> <font size="1" face="Verdana,Arial">Copyright © 2001-2010 International Communal Studies Association</font> </dd> </div> </dl> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </body> </html>