World Association of International Studies

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The World Association of International Studies (WAIS) was founded by Ronald Hilton in 1965 as the California Institute of International Studies at Stanford University's Bolivar House. WAIS membership is by invitation only. The stated goal of WAIS is "finding Peace, Light and Truth (Pax, Lux et Veritas) through informed, balanced, and spirited cross-disciplinary discussions".

WAIS has and has had over the years as members a number of scholars of note in various disciplines from around the world, including the English historian Sir Paul Preston, considered one of the foremost historians of the Spanish Civil War,^[1] David Wingeate Pike, late of the American University of Paris, noted author and historian of World War II,^[2] Stanley Payne, Professor of the University of Wisconsin and noted scholar of European fascism,^[3] Ángel Viñas Martín, noted scholar of the Spanish Civil War,^[4] and others.

WAIS has conducted many conferences since its inception.^[5]] WAIS Conferences: 1980-81: East-West Confrontations; 1996: War Crimes and War Criminals; 2006: Critical World Issues; 2009: Globalities and Localities; 2011: Founder Centennial Conference, Torquay, UK; 2013: What is Now, an Interdisciplinary Conference, Adrian, Michigan; 2015: The WAIS Golden Jubilee, "Hegemony: Past, Present, Future", Stanford University.