North-American Catalan Society

The North American Catalan Society ( North American Catalan Society or NACS ) is a professional society that gathers all researchers, students, and people in general, particularly in the U.S. and Canada who are interested in any aspect of the culture of the Catalan countries and the Catalan language ( literature, linguistics, art, history and philosophy, among others ) show.

It was founded in 1978 during the First Colloquium of Catalan studies in North America ( First Colloquium of Catalan Studies in North America). This colloquium will be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, and it was sponsored by Josep Roca i Pons. The NACS is dedicated to promoting the study of the Catalan language and culture in academic areas of North America. It also publishes the Catalan Review: International Journal of Catalan Culture.

1997 awarded the Institute of Catalan Studies and the regional Catalan government of the prestigious Ramon Llull NACS Award for her promotion of Catalan culture in the world. 1998 got the NACS also the Creu de Sant Jordi price.

The current president ( 2007-2010 ) is Enric Bou, the teacher at Brown University is.