INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Being an ñ member means being part of an organization that has shaped the study of the Near East for over a century. Our mission is to initiate, encourage, and support research into, and public understanding of, the history and cultures of the Near East and wider Mediterranean, from the earliest times.
Our memberships help foster original research, exploration, and archaeological fieldwork; encourage scholarship about Near Eastern and Mediterranean traditions and societies; uphold the highest academic standards in interdisciplinary research and teaching; and support efforts to protect, preserve, and present to the public the historic and cultural heritage of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean world.
ñ invites select institutions to join the ñ consortium. Membership is prestigious and offers tremendous benefits to the students, faculty, and staff of your college, university, or seminary. If you would like to apply for institutional membership, please have the appropriate official fill out the form available at “Join Now” and send it to the ñ office. Please be sure to designate an institutional representative.
Faculty, students, and staff of your member institution will receive the following benefits:
- Voice and vote in member-wide elections (through the institutional representative)
- Print delivery of all ñ publications for your library, including Near Eastern Archaeology (NEA), Bulletin of ñ (Bñ), and the Journal of Cuneiform Studies (JCS)
- Discount of 33% or more on ñ books purchased by your library
- Discounts on Annual Meeting registration for all students and eligibility to present papers for Graduate students affiliated with your institution
- Ability for students who attend institutional member schools to register for the Annual Meeting without an individual ñ membership
- Eligibility to apply for $2,000 archaeological fieldwork scholarships on ñ-affiliated projects
- Access to fellowships, grants, and scholarships offered by our affiliated Overseas Research Centers in Jerusalem and Nicosia
- Focus articles on special events, programs, and faculty of member institutions in NEA andNews@ñ
- Ability to advertise job postings at your institutions in News@ñ
- $250 credit toward a quarter page ad in NEA orBñ(subject to availability, no cash value.)
To pay your Institutional Membership dues, please either call 703-789-9230 to make a payment over the phoneormail the payment information to ñ, 209 Commerce Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.
For more information about becoming an institutional member, please contact the Membership Office at 703-789-9230 or by email.