The International Hegel Society, based in Berlin, is the oldest society dedicated to Hegelian philosophy. It emerged from the Hegelianum, which has been active in Nuremberg since 1946, and was founded in 1953 as the German Hegel Society by Wilhelm Raimund Beyer (1902-1990) in Nuremberg. At the 2nd International Hegel Congress in Frankfurt/Main in 1958, it was constituted as the International Hegel Society. It has been listed in the register of associations under this name since 1983. The task of the association is "to cultivate Hegel's intellectual heritage, to critically research and present Hegel's philosophy in its historical development and in its manifold relationships to previous and subsequent theories, to work out the current significance of Hegel and Hegelian thought and, in particular, to scientifically investigate and further develop the dialectical method closely associated with Hegel's name in all its manifestations and in its application." (§ 1 of the statutes of 17 February 1983)

The founder of the International Hegel Society, Wilhelm Raimund Beyer, was Chair of the Society until 1982 and since then, until his death in 1990, Honorary Chair. In 1982 Heinz Kimmerle (Rotterdam), Wolfgang Lefèvre (Berlin) and Rudolf W. Meyer (Zurich) were elected to the Board and confirmed in their offices in 1988; from 1992 to 2004 the Board consisted of Andreas Arndt (Chair), Karol Bal and Henning Ottmann; from 2004 to 2010 the Board consisted of Andreas Arndt (Berlin; Chair of the Board), Paul Cruysberghs (Leuwen) and Andrzej Przylebski (Poznan). Since 2016, the board has consisted of Brady Bowman (Pennsylvania), Myriam Gerhard (Oldenburg; Chair) and Jure Zovko (Zagreb).

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