Membership will be effective for 1 year from the date your payment is processed. Expand the lists below to see more member benefits.
Individual Membership
Access to Scholarly Resources
- Receive the Latin American Research Review (online only and open access beginning 2017)
- Receive the quarterly LASA Forum online
- Electronic conference proceedings
- Subscription to Project Muse (for Latin American residents only)
- Be the first to know which are the latest books published by the Latin American Research Commons (LARC)
Savings with Member Discounts
- Automatic virtual and on-site registration to the LASA annual Congress if opting for All Access, the cost-saving subscription
- Reduced hotel rates and air fares for the annual meeting
- Discount to selected journals in the field (JLAS, BLAR, Latin American Perspectives)
- May apply for Congress travel grants and fellowships
- Free access to the Latin American Cultural Center
Career Advancement
- Access to employment listings through LASA's electronic job bulletin board
- Collaborate with scholars in over 40 Sections
- Access to the online LASA Member Directory
- Share new ideas and meet new colleagues at LASA Congresses
- Participate in electronic social networks to increase the global exchange of information on Latin American research topics and related activities.
Visibility
- Scholarly exchange with over 12,000 individual LASA members
- Participate in the governance of the Association
- Become a reviewer of LARR, the flagship journal of the Association
- Participate in the leadership of an organized Section
- Volunteer on one of the award committees or as a track chair
Institutional Membership
Centers, Departments, Institutes for Latin American Studies
Level 1
- 20% discount on one exhibit booth at the LASA Congress.
- Individual membership for one official representative and one designee.
- Registration for the LASA annual Congress for the representative and one designee.
- Complimentary membership for the LASA Center Directors Section for representative and one designee.
- Name and logo of the partner institution in LASA’s website.
- Complimentary listing of the logo of the institution on the Congress program book and mobile app.
Level 2
- 20% discount on one exhibit booth at the LASA Congress.
- Individual membership for one official representative and one designee.
- Registration for the LASA annual Congress for the representative and one designee.
- Complimentary membership for the LASA Center Directors Section for representative and one designee.
- Name and logo of the partner institution in LASA’s website.
- Complimentary listing of the logo of the institution on the Congress program book and mobile app.
- One article or ad of an event in Forum/year.
- One free - 1 month Ad in the new open access LARR, LASA Forum, LARC, or monthly digital newsletter.
- LASA will friend the department/center and repost 1 article/event to its followers in its Facebook page and Twitter account.
Level 3
- 20% discount on one exhibit booth at the LASA Congress.
- 15% discount on reception space during the Congress.
- Individual membership for one official representative and one designee.
- Registration for the LASA annual Congress for the representative and one designee.
- Complimentary membership for the LASA Center Directors Section for representative and one designee.
- Name and logo of the partner institution in LASA’s website.
- Complimentary listing of the logo of the institution on the Congress program book and mobile app.
- Beginning in 2020, if you renew your institutional membership for 5 consecutive years, you will receive a 50% discount on the 6th year.
- One article or ad of an event in Forum/year.
- One free - 1 month Ad in the new open access LARR, LASA Forum, LARC, or monthly digital newsletter.
- LASA will friend the department/center and repost 1 article/event to its followers in its Facebook page and Twitter account.
- Option to subsidize a year of LASA membership to 5 Masters and Ph.D. Students. The cost for providing complimentary membership to these students is shared equally by LASA and the sponsoring Department / Center.
- 10% discount on Individual memberships (for up to 3 individuals).
- Yearly mailing list of our members.
- One mass email sent on behalf of the institution to all our members.
- Career Center e-job listing: First 30 days free. Additional 30-day increments: $270.
Libraries and Archives
Level 1
- 20% discount on one exhibit booth at the LASA Congress.
- Individual membership for one official representative and one designee.
- Registration for the LASA annual Congress for the representative and one designee.
- Name and logo of the institution in LASA’s website.
- Complimentary listing of the logo of the institution on the Congress program book and mobile app.
Level 2
- 20% discount on one exhibit booth at the LASA Congress.
- Individual membership for one official representative and one designee.
- Registration for the LASA annual Congress for the representative and one designee.
- Name and logo of the institution in LASA’s website.
- Complimentary listing of the logo of the institution on the Congress program book and mobile app.
- One free - 1 month Ad in the new open access LARR, LASA Forum, LARC, or monthly digital newsletter.
- LASA will friend the institution and repost 1 ad/event to its followers in its Facebook page and Twitter account.
Level 3
- 20% discount on one exhibit booth at the LASA Congress.
- 15% discount on reception space during the Congress.
- Individual membership for one official representative and one designee.
- Registration for the LASA annual Congress for the representative and one designee.
- Name and logo of the institution in LASA’s website.
- Complimentary listing of the logo of the institution on the Congress program book and mobile app.
- One free - 1 month Ad in the new open access LARR, LASA Forum, LARC, or monthly digital newsletter.
- LASA will friend the institution and repost 1 ad/event to its followers in its Facebook page and Twitter account.
- Yearly mailing list of our members.
- One mass email sent on behalf of the institution to all our members.
- Career Center e-jobs listing: First 30 days free. Additional 30-day increments: $270.
Publishers
Level 1
- 20% discount on one exhibit booth at the LASA Congress.
- 10% discount on reception space during the Congress.
- Name and logo of the publisher in LASA’s website.
- Complimentary listing of the logo of the publisher on the Congress program book and mobile app.
Level 2
- 20% discount on one exhibit booth at the LASA Congress.
- 15% discount on reception space during the Congress.
- Name and logo of the publisher in LASA’s website.
- Complimentary listing of the logo of the publisher on the Congress program book and mobile app.
- One free – 1 month Ad of one book/year in our monthly digital newsletter.
- LASA will friend the publisher and repost 1 book cover/event to its followers in its Facebook page and Twitter account.
Level 3
- 20% discount on one exhibit booth at the LASA Congress.
- 20% discount on reception space during the Congress.
- Name and logo of the publisher in LASA’s website.
- Complimentary listing of the logo of the publisher on the Congress program book and mobile app.
- One free – 1 month Ad of one book/year in our monthly digital newsletter.
- LASA will friend the library and repost 1 book cover/event to its followers in its Facebook page and Twitter account.
- Yearly mailing list of all our members.
- One mass email sent on behalf of the institution to all our members.
- Career Center e-jobs listing: First 30 days free. Additional 30-day increments: $270.
Research Institutions, NGOs, Associations
Level 1
- 20% discount on one exhibit booth at the LASA Congress.
- Individual membership for one official representative and one designee.
- Registration for the LASA annual Congress for the representative and one designee.
- Name and logo of the Partner institution in LASA’s website.
- Complimentary listing of the logo of the institution on the Congress program book and mobile app.
Level 2
- 20% discount on one exhibit booth at the LASA Congress.
- Individual membership for one official representative and one designee.
- Registration for the LASA annual Congress for the representative and one designee.
- Name and logo of the partner institution in LASA’s website.
- Complimentary listing of the logo of the institution on the Congress program book and mobile app.
- One article or ad of an event in Forum/year.
- One free - 1 month Ad in the new open access LARR, LASA Forum, or LARC, or monthly digital newsletter.
- LASA will friend the institution and repost 1 article/event to its followers in its Facebook page and Twitter account.
Level 3
- 20% discount on one exhibit booth at the LASA Congress.
- 15% discount on reception space during the Congress.
- Individual membership for one official representative and one designee.
- Registration for the LASA annual Congress for the representative and one designee.
- Name and logo of the partner institution in LASA’s website.
- Complimentary listing of the logo of the institution on the Congress program book and mobile app.
- One article or ad of an event in Forum/year.
- One free - 1 month Ad in the new open access LARR, LASA Forum, or LARC, or monthly digital newsletter.
- LASA will friend the department/center and repost 1 article/event to its followers in Facebook page and Twitter account.
- 10% discount on Individual memberships (for up to 3 individuals).
- Yearly mailing list of all our members.
- One mass email sent on behalf of the institution to all our members.
- Career Center e-jobs listing: First 30 days free. Additional 30-day increments: $270.