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Conferences
Conferences
SAH Annual International Conferences bring members together for scholarly exchange and networking
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Publications
Publications
Through print and digital publications, SAH documents the history of the built environment and disseminates scholarshipLatest Issue:
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About
About
SAH promotes the study, interpretation, and conservation of the built environment worldwide for the benefit of all
Membership 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 (JSAH). Choose from digital access only or a combined print and digital subscription.
- On-demand access to the complete JSAH Archive (1941–present)
- Member rates for registration to SAH’s Annual International Conference
- AIA CES credits earned through conferences and study tours
- Eligibility to apply for SAH grants and fellowships
- Access to members-only lectures, virtual meetups, and more
- Connection to peers through 12 topic-focused SAH Affiliate Groups
- Access to more than 200,000 images of the built environment through the SAHARA database
- Access to SAH Commons online scholarly network
- Discount of 50% on JSTOR access with JPASS
- Eligibility to serve on the SAH Board or committees
- Subscription to the SAH Newsletter and Opportunities Weekly Roundup
Membership Levels
SAH 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 SAH 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 SAH’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 SAH Annual Conference, rates given below.
- Acknowledgement in four quarterly issues of JSAH, the annual report, and quarterly donor reports
- Membership to Frank Lloyd Wright National Reciprocal Sites Program, with which our headquarters, the Charnley-Persky House is affiliated.
- Early registration access for SAH Study and Excursion tours
| Tier | Donation | Price with Individual Membership | Price with Joint Membership | Discount on Annual Conference Registration |
| Cornerstone | $150 | $323 | $393 | 5% |
| Joint | $350 | $523 | $593 | 7% |
| Retired/Emeritus | $500 | $673 | $743 | 8% |
Life and Benefactor Member
Show your long-term commitment to SAH 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 JSAH, annual report, and quarterly donor reports
- Membership to Frank Lloyd Wright National Reciprocal Sites Program, with which our headquarters, the Charnley-Persky House is affiliated.
- Early registration access for SAH Study and Excursion tours
- Specialty membership card
- Free tour of SAH's historic headquarters at the Charnley-Persky House in Chicago, IL
- One complementary walking tour during SAH Annual Conference, reserved in advance
- Free copy of an SAH Buildings of the United States book of your choice
Current Life Members can enhance their commitment to SAH 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
SAH 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 calendar year. The status is applied to a donor as soon at they have achieved $1,000 in gifts. 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 SAH Celebrates annual gala
Limited-Access Affiliate
Affiliate membership permits an individual to participate in the activities of one or more SAH Affiliate Groups and the SAH Commons online scholarly network, without access to any other SAH benefits such as JSAH or discounted registration for conferences. Price is $25 per year.
Institutional Subscription
Institutional membership provides a subscription to JSAH and/or JSAH 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 SAH Newsletter, qualify for discounted Career Center job ads, and member-rate registration for two library staff attending the SAH Annual International Conference.
The University of California Press handles institutional subscriptions on SAH's behalf. Visit the UC Press website 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
SAH Affiliate Groups are comprised of SAH members who share a common, narrowly defined interest, scholarly or otherwise. Participation in Affiliate Group activities is a benefit of SAH membership.
SAH Chapters
SAH has chapters located across the United States. Chapters are independently run organizations that are affiliated with SAH. SAH members can join chapters in their region.
Member Stories
Growing with SAH Archipedia
Nov 28, 2023
by
Helena Dean
Amanda C. Roth Clark (credit: Erick Doxey)
Amanda C. Roth Clark’s work with SAH 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 SAH’s Marion Dean Ross Pacific Northwest Chapter. Diana Painter, then president of the chapter, reached out to Clark about writing for SAH Archipedia, 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 SAH Archipedia.
“I had soon signed up to write about five locations 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 SAH 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 SAH Chapter Liaison and a member of the SAH Archipedia/BUS Editorial Committee.
And she’s once again working with Phil Gruen, this time as co-coordinator of Oregon content for SAH 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 SAH Archipedia, which today contains histories, photographs, and maps for over 22,000 structures and places.
“What SAH 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 SAH Archipedia was a leader in the field, such open educational resources and open access materials are now the expectation and the norm,” Clark says. “SAH Archipedia is hitting all the sweet spots for me as both an architectural historian and a librarian.”
Membership 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 SAH memberships.