Home›Sources›A Brief History of California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS, Our History Page)SourcesA Brief History of California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS, Our History Page)Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "A Brief History of California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS, Our History Page)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/a-brief-history-of-california-institute-of-integral-studies-ciis.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). A Brief History of California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS, Our History Page). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/a-brief-history-of-california-institute-of-integral-studies-ciisCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-a-brief-history-of-california-institute, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {A Brief History of California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS, Our History Page)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/a-brief-history-of-california-institute-of-integral-studies-ciis}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe California Institute of Integral Studies's own account of its institutional lineage back through the American Academy of Asian Studies, founded 1950 in San Francisco by the businessman Louis Gainsborough and the Stanford scholar Frederic Spiegelberg, where Alan Watts taught from 1951 and served as dean through the mid-1950s. Reliable for the Academy's uncontested founding facts and its 1968 closure; being the successor's own institutional history, it has an interest in the lineage reading as continuous and does not dwell on the internal accreditation dispute that ended the Academy.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (35 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2This CIIS institutional history page is the successor institution's own account of its lineage, the middle tier reflecting a reliable record of uncontested founding facts that nonetheless has an interest in the lineage reading as continuous and does not dwell on the internal dispute that ended the predecessor Academy.NotesWell-attestedA successor institution's own account of the founding it traces itself to. Reliable for uncontested dates and names; the 1968 closure over an accreditation dispute is corroborated by independent web reference but the internal politics of it are not aired here.CitationAuthorWell-attestedCalifornia Institute of Integral StudiesPublisherWell-attestedCalifornia Institute of Integral StudiesPublication YearWell-attested2017URLWell-attestedhttps://www.ciis.edu/discover-ciis/our-historySource TypeWell-attestedInstitutionalClaims Backed By This Source (35 claims)This source backs 35 claims across the atlas. As facts: 27 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 3 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicArticles, 14 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.Organizations, 11 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Historical Figures, 2 claims: 1 connected, 1 general references.Well-attested27ArticlesFounded to Teach Asian Wisdom as a Path, Not a SubjectThe Financial Crisis Alan Watts's Deanship SurvivedOrganizationsAmerican Academy of Asian StudiesSourcesA Brief History of California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS, Our History Page)Holds1OrganizationsAmerican Academy of Asian StudiesConnected3ArticlesFounded to Teach Asian Wisdom as a Path, Not a SubjectThe Financial Crisis Alan Watts's Deanship SurvivedHistorical FiguresAlan WattsGeneral References4ArticlesFounded to Teach Asian Wisdom as a Path, Not a SubjectThe Financial Crisis Alan Watts's Deanship SurvivedHistorical FiguresAlan WattsOrganizationsAmerican Academy of Asian StudiesComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year