IAS meaning in Associations & Organizations ?

The Institute for Anarchist Studies (IAS) is a non-profit organization founded by Chuck W. Morse in 1996, following the anarcho-communist school of thought, to assist anarchist writers and further develop theoretical aspects of the anarchist movement. It has provided grants to over 40 writers, including to Lorenzo Komboa Ervin, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Murray Bookchin and Saul Newman.

Projects the institute has assisted in the past include the Latin American Archives Project, a multilingual online database of works by Latin American anarchists, and the Renewing the Anarchist Tradition conferences, which were open talks and discussions on aspects of the anarchist movement.

Current projects include the Anarchist Interventions book series developed in collaboration with AK Press; the Lexicon pamphlet series, developed as definitional starting points for key terminology used in movement building and organizing; the Mutual Aid Speakers Bureau, which books anarchist thinkers for speaking events; Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, the house journal of the IAS; and the ongoing grant program.