NACS · North American Catalan Society

Membership to the NACS is by calendar year. To join, please follow the instructions below (notice the different forms of payment depending on where you are):
	European/other area members (except North America): The membership fee is 40.00 euros. To become a member, send an email message with your name, postal address, and e-mail to the following address: Llorenç Comajoan Departament de Filologia Universitat de Vic Sagrada Família, 7 08500 Vic Espanya e-mail llorenc.comajoan@uvic.cat
	North American members. There are two forms of payment: by sending a check to the address below or paying via Paypal. The payment by Paypal is recurrent every 12 months with the option of cancelling it. If you pay by Paypal, there is a one time refundable $1.95 charge (unless you already have a Paypal account). Lourdes Manyé Modern Languages and Literatures Dept. Furman University 3300 Poinsett Highway Greenville, South Carolina 29613 USA e-mail lourdes.manye@furman.edu
	North America members only: Please select the appropriate membership type from below: Regular member: US$ 55.00 Honorary member: US$ 100.00 Student member: US$ 30.00 (with proof of status)


	Catalan is a Romance language spoken by a population of around ten million people in the eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula (Catalonia, Balearic Islands, most of the Valencia region, and the eastern fringe of Aragon) and the Principality of Andorra. In addition, Catalan is still spoken in the French region of Roussillon and the town of Alghero (L'Alguer) on the island of Sardinia.
	Catalan, like other Romance languages, evolved from Latin during the Middle Ages. The first written documents in Catalan are the Homilies dOrgany�, a compilation of sermons from the11th century. From Medieval times until our days, Catalan has continued to be one of the main languages of everyday use and literary expression in the eastern areas of the Iberian Peninsula...
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