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.
- Early notice of the “Call for Proposals” for the annual conference included information about how theme and how to submit proposals.
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! Additionally, your individual membership helps STP&A subsidize the cost of conference attendance for graduate students and emerging scholars who otherwise may not be able to attend.
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.