INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP
AIS is open to all individuals who are engaged in, or share an interest in, scholarly inquiry about the State of Israel. The Association’s membership is composed of scholars from all disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities.
Your membership fees play a crucial role in supporting a variety of scholarly activities including grants and fellowships for students and scholars. By renewing or joining AIS, you contribute significantly to the scholarly study of Israel.
Benefits
- Full online access to Israel Studies Review (ISR): Three new issues a year plus year-long access to all previous online issues on the ISR website as well as access to the full digitized archive on JSTOR
- Direct E-mail delivery of AIS newslink, the Association’s newsletter
- Opportunities to advertise new books on the AIS website, communicate with the AIS listserv and display of books at the AIS-members table during the AIS Annual Meeting (with cost)
- Voting rights at the AIS General Assembly
- A substantial 25% discount on all Berghahn Books Publications
- Eligibility to submit work and be considered for the Association’s awards. These include:
- The Lifetime Achievement Award
- The Ben Halpern Prize for Best Dissertation
- The Yonathan Shapiro Best Book Award
- The Baruch Kimmerling Best Graduate Student Paper
- The Gad Barzilai Early Career Award
- AIS Research Grant
- AIS Archive Grant
- AIS Dissertation Completion Award
- AIS Travel Grants
Pricing
(Note that membership dues are non-refundable)
- Faculty
- 1-year: $130
- 2-year: $250
- 3-year: $350
- Retiree
- 1-year: $80
- 2-Year: $155
- 3-year: $220
- Independent Scholar
- 1-year: $80
- 2-year: $155
- 3-year: $220
- Student
- 1-year: $50
- 2-year: $95
- 3-year: $140
AIS Lifetime Membership
Become a lifelong member of the AIS community. Join us in fostering innovation and scholarly growth for generations to come.
Lifetime Membership is $1,000.
FOR INFORMATION ON INSTITUTIONAL AND AFFILIATED MEMBERSHIP CLICK HERE.
INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS 2024
GOLD:
- Center for Israeli Studies, American University
- Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies, Concordia University
- The Michael and Elaine Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel at Michigan State University
- The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies, Northwestern University
- Department of Israel Studies, University of Haifa (English program), (Hebrew program)
- Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University
SILVER:
- Argov Center for the study of Israel and the Jewish People, Bar-Ilan University
- The Ben–Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel & Zionism, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Program in Judaic Studies, Brown University
- The Taub Center for Israel Studies, New York University
- The Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies, University of California, Berkeley
- The Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, University of Maryland
- Schusterman Center for Judaic and Israel Studies, University of Oklahoma
- Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania
- Institute for Israel Studies/Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies University, The University of Texas at Austin
- Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Center for Jewish Studies, Wesleyan University
AFFILIATE MEMBERS 2024
- Jewish Studies Program, Northeastern University
- Israel Studies Center, School of Asian and African Studies, Shanghai International University