Shevchenko Scientific Society

The Shevchenko Scientific Society (Ukrainian: Наукове товариство імені Т.Шевченка в Україні, romanized: Naukóve tovarýstvo imeni T.Shevchénka v Ukraini), founded in 1873, is a Ukrainian scientific society devoted to the promotion of scholarly research and publication.

Unlike the government-funded National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the society is a public organization. Banned in Ukraine by Soviet authorities after 1940, it reestablished its activities in the country during the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989. The society now has branches in several countries around the globe, such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and France.

The organisation is named after the famous Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure Taras Shevchenko.