Membership Benefits

Your Membership Dollars Support:

• No-fee membership for graduate students and early career scholars
• Conference travel grants for graduate students and early career scholars
• No-fee conference registration for graduate students
• Paper prizes for graduate students
• Seed money for conference hosting operations

Membership Benefits:

1. Conference Participation
   • Submit and deliver papers, and propose and chair sessions at the annual BSC.
   • Participate in the annual BSANA membership meeting. Vote on leadership, by-laws, and initiatives; hear reports from the Governing Board and sub-committees. Make your voice heard!
   • Peruse the latest scholarship at the book display, take advantage of conference discounts, and meet with contracting editors.
   • Network with a wide community of scholars from different fields.
2. Opportunities
   • Graduate students and early career scholars receive no-fee membership and conference registration.
   • Submit proposals for consideration for BSANA-sponsored panels to be delivered at the annual medieval conference at Kalamazoo.
   • Submit papers for consideration in a Graduate Committee sponsored session.
   • Compete for prizes for the top graduate student papers.
   • Apply for graduate and early career travel grants to present papers at the BSC.
   • Apply for Byzantinists of Color subvention grants to attend the BSC.
   • Participate in professional development sessions and panels.
   • Receive listserv communications from BSANA and the wider Byzantine, Late Antique, and Medieval Studies communities.
   • Professional development and leadership: get involved in the Governing Board, sub-committees, and Graduate Committee.
   • Host a Byzantine Studies Conference at your institution!
3. Initiatives
   • Byzantinists of Color Fund
   • Diversity & Inclusion Committee
   • Graduate Committee