The Historian’s Corner builds on the work of Elizabeth Sherman Swing, the Society’s first Historian.  It expands the Historian’s responsibility to “Supervise the collection of new documents [and] facilitate research projects ... related to the archives of the Society” (Article III, Section 7, d of the Society’s Bylaws) by making crucial documents relating to the history and functioning of Comparative Education accessible to the membership through the Society’s website. 

The Historian’s Corner replaces the “Documents and Papers” link on the CIES website, placing the new link under the direct supervision of the Society’s Historian.  The contents of the Historian’s Corner will feature documents and papers (especially the Constitution and Bylaws, as amended) that may change from time to time.  The Society’s Historian will choose those documents and papers for inclusion that he/she believes are vital to sustain the Society’s institutional memory and knowledge of the profession generally.

Erwin H. Epstein
Historian
September 2008

Basic Documents

  • CIES Constitution and Bylaws

     

  • CIES Archive at Kent State University
     The Kent State University Archives became the official depository of the records of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) by action of the Society's Board of Directors in October 1980. Professor George Z. F. Bereday, Editor of the Comparative Education Review (1957-1966), made the first donation to the collection in January 1981. Since then, records from the Secretariat, various Presidents of the Society, and the Review have been placed in the collection.  Officers of the Society should follow Guidelines for Collection Development and take note of Materials the CIES Archive Does Not Want

  • Comparatively Speaking: CIES 50 Years
    The First 50 Years of the Comparative and International Education Society.     The website features the 73-minute DVD "Comparatively Speaking: The First 50 Years of the Comparative and International Society" as well as 25 full-length interviews with past presidents of the Society conducted by current leaders in the field. Starting with R. Freeman Butts (1964) and ending with Steven Klees (2007), the videos trace the history and scholarly debates of the Society from its fragile inception to current state of strength and growth.
     
  • CIEclopedia: A Who’s Who in Comparative Education, an online who's who database of noticeable contributors to the field of comparative and international education. By adopting an agent-centric approach to scholarship, we follow the life and works of individuals who have contributed to the development of a field that has evolved over decades and throughout the world.
     
  • Elizabeth Sherman Swing, “The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES),” in V. Masemann, M. Bray, and M. Manzon, eds., Common Interests, Uncommon Goals: Histories of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies and Its Members (Comparative Education Research Centre, 2007).  Posted with permission.
     
  • Mark Bray, Maria Manzon, and Vandra Masemann, “The World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES),” in V. Masemann, M. Bray, and M. Manzon, eds., Common Interests, Uncommon Goals: Histories of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies and Its Members (Comparative Education Research Centre, 2007).  Posted with permission.
     
  • Erwin H. Epstein, “Crucial Benchmarks in the Professionalization of Comparative Education,” in C. Wolhuter et al., eds., Comparative Education at Universities World Wide (2008).  Posted with permission.

  • Awards Committee Handbook

  • Conference Planning Handbook (newer version available soon)


Lists of Important Figures, Dates and Places

Teaching Enhancement Projects

  • Comparative and International Education Course Archive Project (CIECAP)
    The Comparative and International Education Course Archive Project (CIECAP) is a special project of the Center for Comparative Education and an activity of the Comparative and International Education Graduate Student Association (CIEGSA) at Loyola University Chicago, endorsed as a project of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies. CIECAP, an on-line database of salient features of the introductory course in comparative education as taught at universities around the world, is an important addition to the growing body of research on the nature of the field itself, including its form and parameters.

  • Comparative Education Instructional Materials Archive (CEIMA) is a project of the Center for International Comparative Education at Bowling Green State University.  CEIMA is an electronic, publicly accessible website for gathering and sharing teaching resources among educators of comparative and international education at universities worldwide.

CIES Membership Analysis (to be constructed)


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CONTENTS:

Basic Documents

List of Important Figures,     Dates and Places

Teaching Enhancement     Projects

Member Analysis

Photo Gallery