The International Adam Smith Society was founded in 1995 with two aims: (i) to encourage interdisciplinary scholarly interest in Adam Smith's writings, as well as in topics and issues connected with his writings; and (ii) to provide a forum for the sharing of research and scholarship relating to Adam Smith.

The Society's activities include sponsoring conference sessions in association with other learned societies and promoting communication amongst Smith scholars by providing a regular newsletter for its members.

In June 2001 the society held its first international conference in conjunction with the meeting of The Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society and special sessions have regularly been held at the American Philosophical Association meetings.

The society is currently setting up a scholarly, peer-reviewed annual review, the Adam Smith Review.

"All men, even the most stupid and unthinking, abhor fraud, perfidy, and injustice, and delight to see them punished.  But few men have reflected upon the necessity of justice to the existence of society, how obvious soever that necessity may appear to be."  The Theory of Moral Sentiments

For information on membership, please contact Aaron Garrett, the Secretary-Treasurer, at adamsmithsociety@gmail.com.