INTERNATIONAL SHAW SOCIETY

Membership in the ISS brings many benefits, but one of the chief benefits comes from providing to the ISS tax-deductible funds that can be used to support the scheduling of Shaw conferences, symposia, and sessions and the giving of travel grants to the young to attend such events. In this way, your regard and enthusiasm for Shaw can best be passed on. Please be as generous as you can in choosing your level of membership. For all gifts, the Recording Shaw will write your name in the Book of Life.As one of the principal goals of the ISS is to encourage younger generations to experience the delights of reading and seeing Shaw’s works and participating in the discussion of them, the ISS offers a generous program of support in the form of scholarships and grants, most of which are allied with particular events, such as symposia and conferences. To that end, in twenty years, nearly one hundred junior scholars have been awarded Travel Grants to attend the annual Symposia at the Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario), Chicago Symposia in 2010 and 2014 (co-sponsored by the ShawChicago Theater Company), and the Shaw Conferences in 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023, and 2024, at respectively the University of South Florida, Brown University, Catholic University of America, the University of Guelph (Canada), University College Dublin, the National Trust’s “Shaw’s Corner” (Ayot St. Lawrence, UK), Fordham University at Lincoln Center in New York, the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario, the University of Extremadura (Cáceres, Spain), the College of William and Mary, and the Museum of Literature (Dublin). With a minimum gift of $500, an ISS grant can carry the donor’s name.In addition, the “R. F. Dietrich Research Scholarship for Shaw Studies,” named in honor of the Founding President of the ISS, is an annual award of up to $1,000 USD to support research into any aspect of the life and work of Bernard Shaw by a graduate student or early-career scholar. The award, which may be held in conjunction with other awards, is intended to help defray costs associated with visits to libraries and other institutions that hold significant Shaw special collections and archives. Application details for the awards can be accessed at www.shawsociety.org.The ISS also coordinates with the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada on applications for “Bryden Scholarships,” which cover registration fees and accommodations for the three days of the annual Shaw Symposium. See the link at www.shawfest.org.The latest form is available at http://shawsociety.org/join/. This form is innovative in that it allows you to pay by credit or debit card without establishing an account with PayPal. In addition to payment, you will be directed to email the ISS Treasurer the choices made on the membership form and any changes in contact information.