Cultural Studies Association

Membership in the CSA is open to all individuals and institutions that support its general mission:

To create and promote an effective community of cultural studies practitioners and scholars;
To represent the discipline and its committed practitioners everywhere; and
To advance cultural studies knowledges, projects, approaches, and methodologies throughout the world.

As an individual or institutional member of the CSA, you are part of the nation’s largest network of cultural studies practitioners: scholars, educators, artists, and activists. The CSA provides a number of resources for its members and the field as a whole.

CSA membership is based on the calendar year (January 1 to December 31). Membership fees are calculated on a sliding scale. Click on the appropriate link for details.

"Enroll a Member" Initiative

As part of its ongoing recruitment efforts and its commitment to diversifying CSA membership, the CSA strongly urges you to invite your colleagues and students to join the association and attend its 2013 Conference to be held later this summer in Chicago.

Join or renew online today.

You can also download individual and institutional membership forms and send them to us.

Individual Benefits

Find colleagues and be found in our member directory.
Attend/Present at the CSA annual conference and receive reduced registration rates
Access to our resources, including our new publication platform/journal Lateral.
Participate in our discussion forum to share ideas and learn about new developments in the field (still under construction).

Individual Rates:

Students, underemployed, retired: $40/year
Income up to $40K: $60/year
Income up to $60K: $90/year
Income up to $80K: $120/year
Income above $80K: $150/year

Institutional Benefits

List your program, department, center, or nonprofit organization in our annual conference program and our online member directory (The directory is still under construction).
Host an event and distribute promotional literature about your program at the conference.
Member institutions receive three complimentary conference registrations annually for students in academic organizations or staff in non-academic affiliated organizations.
Post complimentary employment listings through our listserv.
Access to our resources, including our new publication platform/journal Lateral.
Participate in our electronic discussion forum to share ideas and learn about new developments in the field (still under construction).

Institutional Rates

Institutional rates range from $250 - $350 per year, depending on the insitution's budget.

Note: CSA membership fees are non-refundable and non-transferrable.

Where Your Member Dues Go

Your dues allow us to serve our members, especially students, by having them involved in important projects and programs, including the Lateral journal/platform.

In terms of our conference, we intend to build funds to help students defray travel costs.

We also intend to inaugurate summer institutes.

Of course, these projects cost the CSA money and to continue to offer them, we need to ensure a minimum income beyond the conference.

In the end, your dues go back to you: since we are a nonprofit 501c3, any monies we generate will have to go to the association and the conference and, thus, to the membership.