ASA Membership

Not a member?  Why not lend your support to the discipline?  If you would like to (re)join, and fulfil the requirements below, apply online. Please note you do not need to be in/from the UK in order to join the Association.

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The ASA offers membership to persons of academic standing who, by virtue of their training, posts held and published works can be recognised as professional social anthropologists. Applications are considered thorughout the year by the committee, and are ratified at the Association's Annual Business Meeting.

Join/Rejoin/Update your membership

As a member you will receive:

• invitations to the Annual Conference (for which you pay a reduced fee)
• the annual ASA monograph from Bloomsbury as an exclusive paperback (certain categories of membership only)
• inclusion in the online Directory of Members

Membership runs from January to December.

Eligibility

Hold a postgraduate degree in social anthropology OR have published significant work in social anthropology (which may include film, exhibitions and other forms of publication that embody professional applications of social anthropology)
AND
hold or have held a teaching or research appointment in social anthropology OR to hold or have held other employment using his or her training in social anthropology OR to have been unavoidably unemployed for more than calendar year after his or her training in social anthropology at a university or comparable institution of higher education.

Costs

• Members resident in the UK: £69 (this includes the ASA Monograph volume incl. p&p)
• Members resident in Country List A: £57 (this includes ASA Monograph volume incl. p&p)
• Members resident in Country List B: £25 (no monograph included)
• Retired, Unwaged + Free folk: £25 (no monograph included, although preferential prices are available if you wish)
• Low-waged members (<£20k gross annual income): £31 (no monograph)

Country list A: countries in Europe, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, & USA
Country list B: countries in Africa, Asia (less above exceptions), Latin America & the Caribbean

Click here to learn about joint Student Associate Membership of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

N.B. Membership subscription rates last rose in 2008, 2016, 2022 and 2025.

The monograph

By including the annual monograph in your subscription, we can assure our publisher of a substantial sales base, while securing a reduction for our members of almost 50% on cover and postage price. ASA Monographs are also sold through bookshops and directly to libraries, as previously, and the ASA receives a royalty on these sales. The paperback is exclusively available to ASA members for a year (as monographs are initially launched as a hardback library edition).

The monograph is not included as a membership benefit for the following membership categories: Country list B, Retired, Low-waged, Senior members.  However if you wish you can purchase it at these preferential prices:
UK resident members £15 /yr; continental Europe residents £23/yr, elsewhere £25/yr - by emailing membership(at)theasa.org.