Join ACIS — Add Your Voice, Shape the Future


ACIS Membership 2025-2026


The Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (ACIS) is a registered not-for-profit organisation dedicated to advancing culture and education in Italian Studies. We champion high-level teaching, research, and engagement across Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand; support postgraduates and early-career researchers; convene a biennial conference for members and the public; fund scholarships, prizes, and fellowships; and help publish new work that moves the field forward.


Why join now?

When you join ACIS, you’re not just signing up — you shape the future of ACIS and Italian Studies in Australia and  Aotearoa/New Zealand:

  • Have a voice and a vote at the AGM. Members shape ACIS’s direction in line with the Constitution: set priorities, elect directors, and help guide the next chapter.
  • Contribute actively. Serve on committees, propose initiatives, mentor emerging scholars, and help deliver events and publications that amplify Italian Studies.
  • Save 40% on 2026 ACIS Conference registration.
  • Early-bird perk: the first 20 new members to join receive a 2026 Italian Film Festival pass valid in Australia and New Zealand.
  • Stay connected with our fortnightly newsletter — calls for papers, grants, jobs, teaching resources, and community events.


What your membership supports

Membership fuels ACIS’s charitable mission to:

  • promote excellence in teaching, research, and engagement in Italian Studies;
  • support researchers, especially postgraduates and ECRs, through talks, seminars, and training;
  • fund scholarships, lectureships, bursaries, prizes, and travel fellowships;
  • host a biennial, open conference that connects universities, schools, cultural institutions, and the wider public;
  • publish and disseminate new knowledge in Italian Studies.


Your active contribution as a member will help ACIS keep Italian Studies visible, vibrant, and impactful—from classrooms and archives to festivals and community partnerships. As a charity, ACIS operates for public benefit, not private gain.


Who should join?

  • University staff and HDRs in Italian and allied fields
  • School teachers and educators
  • Students, independent scholars, industry, and cultural partners
  • ·Anyone who believes the Italian language and culture enrich our region


How members shape ACIS

Members drive ACIS’s governance and activities via the Annual General Meeting, member-led resolutions, and service on committees—ensuring transparent, accountable, mission-driven work.


Subscription costs & types

  • Student: AU$20 - Member-only events, award eligibility, newsletter access, and substantial discount on ACIS conference registration.
  • Unwaged: AU$0 - As above.
  • Individual Member full-time employed: AU$50—As above + early access to opportunities, voting rights at General Meetings.
  • Individual Member part-time employed: AU$30—same conditions as Individual Member full-time.
  • Patron Member: AU$500+ — Named recognition, Access to ACIS public events.

Join today!

Be part of a community that creates opportunities, amplifies voices, and builds bridges between campuses, classrooms, and cultural life.

Add your voice. Shape the agenda. Support a community that supports you. Please join ACIS   here (https://forms.office.com/r/DSr3vzdjTP?origin=lprLink)


Grazie — and benvenute/i!


Andrea Rizzi (Chair), John Hajek, Carolyn James, Barbara Pezzotti, Mark Seymour (Directors of ACIS)