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Conferences
Conferences
av福利社 Annual International Conferences bring members together for scholarly exchange and networking
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Publications
Publications
Through print and digital publications, av福利社 documents the history of the built environment and disseminates scholarshipLatest Issue:
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About
About
av福利社 promotes the study, interpretation, and conservation of the built environment worldwide for the benefit of all
av福利社 grants you access to exclusive resources and programs and provides support for new research and programs. Compare benefits across all our membership levels and choose the membership level that works for you.
Every Member Receives
- A yearlong subscription to the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (Jav福利社). Choose from digital access only or a combined print and digital subscription.
- On-demand access to the complete Jav福利社 Archive (1941–present)
- Member rates for registration to av福利社’s Annual International Conference
- AIA CES credits earned through conferences and study tours
- Eligibility to apply for av福利社 grants and fellowships
- Access to members-only lectures, virtual meetups, and more
- Connection to peers through 12 topic-focused av福利社 Affiliate Groups
- Access to more than 200,000 images of the built environment through the av福利社ARA database
- Access to av福利社 Commons online scholarly network
- Discount of 50% on JSTOR access with JPASS
- Eligibility to serve on the av福利社 Board or committees
- Subscription to the av福利社 Newsletter and Opportunities Weekly Roundup
av福利社 Levels
av福利社 Member
Our most popular membership tier offers optimized pricing to help everyone participate affordably in our community. Emerging scholars can apply for a one-year membership grant that helps bridge the gap between the Society's subsidized student memberships and full-cost av福利社 memberships.
| Rate | Description | Price: Digital | Price: Digital + Print |
| Individual | 12-month benefits for one person | $163 | $173 |
| Joint | 12-month benefits for two people (domestic partners). Each person receives a unique member ID and their own login to the member portal. | $233 | $243 |
| Retired/Emeritus | Discounted individual membership for former professionals on a fixed income | $98 | $108 |
| Reduced | Discounted individual membership for people working independently or at an institution without full-time employment. This includes adjunct and contingent faculty unemployed workers. | $98 | $108 |
| Student | Discounted individual membership for students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in architectural history or related disciplines. | $60 | $70 |
| Professional Associate | Discounted individual memberships for groups of professionals working in the same museum, office, or firm. Ideal for architects, research or preservation groups, museum staff, and public design education. | $179 for first member + $103 for each additional member at the same institution | |
Upper-Level Member
Show your support for av福利社’s mission by including a tax-deductible donation along with your Individual or Joint print + digital membership. Upper-level members receive all the benefits of a regular membership plus:
- Discount on registration for av福利社 Annual Conference, rates given below.
- Acknowledgement in four quarterly issues of Jav福利社, the annual report, and quarterly donor reports
- av福利社 to Frank Lloyd Wright National Reciprocal Sites Program, with which our headquarters, the Charnley-Persky House is affiliated.
- Early registration access for av福利社 Study and Excursion tours
| Tier | Donation | Price with Individual av福利社 | Price with Joint av福利社 | Discount on Annual Conference Registration |
| Cornerstone | $150 | $323 | $393 | 5% |
| Pillar | $350 | $523 | $593 | 7% |
| Keystone | $500 | $673 | $743 | 8% |
Life and Benefactor Member
Show your long-term commitment to av福利社 by becoming a Life member. Life members’ dues provide unrestricted funds to support the Society’s mission and continued opportunities for all members. Lock in your price and enjoy the most comprehensive suite of member benefits without the need to renew each year.
Life members receive these additional benefits:
- Acknowledgement in Jav福利社, annual report, and quarterly donor reports
- av福利社 to Frank Lloyd Wright National Reciprocal Sites Program, with which our headquarters, the Charnley-Persky House is affiliated.
- Early registration access for av福利社 Study and Excursion tours
- Specialty membership card
- Free tour of av福利社's historic headquarters at the Charnley-Persky House in Chicago, IL
- One complimentary walking tour during av福利社 Annual Conference, reserved in advance, on a space-available basis.
- Free copy of an av福利社 Buildings of the United States book of your choice
Current Life Members can enhance their commitment to av福利社 by becoming a Benefactor through a $5,000 tax-deductible donation.
| Tier | Price | Donation Total |
| Life | $5,000 (one payment or four annual payments of $1,250) | None * |
| Benefactor | $10,000 | $5,000 |
* Life memberships are amortized over a period of 20 years and pay for annual benefits. There is no tax-deductible portion associated with Life membership.
President's Circle
av福利社 is immensely grateful to the many Life and Benefactor Members who continue to support the Society financially year after year. President’s Circle status recognizes the ongoing commitment these members show.
President’s Circle status is an annual distinction given to all Life and Benefactor members who make gifts to the Society of Architectural Historians totaling $1,000 or more during a given 12-month period. The status is applied to a donor as soon as they have achieved $1,000 in gifts within a single calendar year. The status is valid for 12 months from that date, and the date shall serve as an anniversary by which to renew their President's Circle status with one or more gifts totaling $1,000.
President's Circle members receive special benefits as thanks for their support:
- 10% discount on member-rate conference registration
- Recognition from the podium at av福利社 Celebrates annual gala
Limited-Access Affiliate
Affiliate membership permits an individual to participate in the activities of one or more av福利社 Affiliate Groups and the av福利社 Commons online scholarly network, without access to any other av福利社 benefits such as Jav福利社 or discounted registration for conferences. Price is $25 per year.
Institutional Subscription
Institutional membership provides a subscription to Jav福利社 and/or Jav福利社 Online for communities of readers at public and academic libraries, museums, schools of architecture, architectural history departments, and other large institutions. Institutional subscribers receive the av福利社 Newsletter, qualify for discounted Career Center job ads, and member-rate registration for two library staff attending the av福利社 Annual International Conference.
The University of California Press handles institutional subscriptions on av福利社's behalf. Visit the to join or renew your Institutional subscription.
| Subscription Type | Price per Year | Additional Benefits |
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| Digital Only | $693 | |
| Print + Digital - Domestic | $781 | |
| Print + Digital - International | $807 | |
| Sustaining | $881 |
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Affiliate Groups
av福利社 Affiliate Groups are comprised of av福利社 members who share a common, narrowly defined interest, scholarly or otherwise. Participation in Affiliate Group activities is a benefit of av福利社 membership.
av福利社 Chapters
av福利社 has chapters located across the United States. Chapters are independently run organizations that are affiliated with av福利社. av福利社 members can join chapters in their region.
Member Stories
Growing with av福利社 Archipedia
Nov 28, 2023
by
Helena Dean
Amanda C. Roth Clark (credit: Erick Doxey)
Amanda C. Roth Clark’s work with av福利社 Archipedia has come full circle.
Nine years ago, Clark was a recent PhD graduate eager to pursue publishing opportunities. She was also an active member of av福利社’s Marion Dean Ross Pacific Northwest Chapter. Diana Painter, then president of the chapter, reached out to Clark about writing for , the Society’s peer-reviewed online encyclopedia of the built environment of the United States. Painter put her in touch with Phil Gruen of Washington State University, who was the co-coordinator with Robert Franklin of the Washington’s Classic Buildings project for av福利社 Archipedia.
“I had soon signed up to write about near my home in Spokane,” Clark recalls. “Thus began a multi-year process of writing and revising essays and hunting down compelling images.” Looking back, she was jumping into the deep end of the pool with those first av福利社 Archipedia building entries. The coordinators freely offered their editorial assistance for those first few essays.
“What began as what I thought was a one-off experience has turned into a passion,” says Clark. “I'm now deeply invested in the history and preservation of my regional built environment.”
Today, Clark is an architectural historian and dean of the Library & Special Programs at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. Her involvement with the Marion Dean Ross Chapter has continued, and she currently serves as the chapter historian. Clark is also the av福利社 Chapter Liaison and a member of the av福利社 Archipedia/BUS Editorial Committee.
And she’s once again working with Phil Gruen, this time as co-coordinator of Oregon content for av福利社 Archipedia, picking up where her father, Leland M. Roth—the original state coordinator—left off. Together, Clark and Gruen are managing contributions of peer-reviewed born-digital content for Oregon and expanding the open access av福利社 Archipedia, which today contains histories, photographs, and maps for over 22,000 structures and places.
“What av福利社 Archipedia was doing more than a decade ago was revolutionary and has since become best practice. During this past decade as a library director and now dean, I can see that the future of reference material is in digital form.”
Encyclopedias and dictionaries are now firmly established as born-digital resources, and libraries are moving away from print collections of reference materials. Librarians like Clark are also pushing the future of information sharing to be free and accessible to all.
“Where av福利社 Archipedia was a leader in the field, such open educational resources and open access materials are now the expectation and the norm,” Clark says. “av福利社 Archipedia is hitting all the sweet spots for me as both an architectural historian and a librarian.”
av福利社 Grants
Emerging scholars can apply for a one-year membership grant that helps bridge the gap between the Society's subsidized student memberships and full-cost av福利社 memberships.