STP&A Membership

Why Join STP&A?

Social Theory, Politics, & the Arts is an association that brings together researchers, policy-makers, practitioners, artists, and students in order to explore key trends, practices and policy issues concerning the arts around the world. It is a community to be a part of if you want to know what is happening in terms of research and pedagogical development in arts and culture. STP&A encourages, supports, expands and disseminates work around the world.  Since 1974, STP&A has played a key role in bringing together scholars of different backgrounds in order to further understand arts and culture.

Membership Calendar

STP&A’s annual membership calendar begins September 1 and ends August 31. 

Membership Benefits

  • A discount code to purchase a print and digital subscription to the Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society (JAMLS), the field’s leading journal.
  • Opportunities to participate in STP&A’s annual conference. The conference includes paper sessions, workshops, panels and roundtable discussions.
  • Extended professional contacts with scholars and practitioners from many different fields and backgrounds from around the world.
  • Opportunity to serve on the STP&A Board of Directors and/or member committees.
  • Voting privileges in annual Board of Director elections.

Your membership serves as an investment in the professional development and continued intellectual development of the STP&A professional community and our shared fields of study and knowledge – thank you!  

In order to receive the student rate, you must be a full-time student in a degree-granting program. You will be required to submit evidence of your student status in the form of a current schedule. Please email your schedule to info@stpaconference.org.

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