Donate to SDHS

SDHS/Society of Dance History Scholars is a vibrant, international organization with the mission of advancing the field of dance studies through research, publication, performance, and outreach to audiences across the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Your support is vital to the support of international initiatives in dance studies.

Feed the field:

Your gift of $1,000 will allow us to host a graduate student breakfast at the Annual Conference and build community among emerging scholars

Move the field:

Your gift of $500 will enable us to pay honorarium to include a movement workshop at the Annual Conference.

Honor the field:

Your gift of $2,000 will allow us to host the Distinction in Dance Award at the Annual Conference, including their conference and travel fees

Publish the field:

Your gift of $1,500 will help underwrite our exciting new publication, Conversations, and enable us to distribute it widely

Your gift of $2,000 will produce a DVD companion to an upcoming Studies in Dance History monograph

Your gift of $10,000 will help underwrite a scholar’s first book

Read the field:

As a member of the Amazon Associates program, SDHS benefits from purchases made via links from this website. Visit our Books by Members page to browse the range of publications by SDHS members. The Amazon banner on the SDHS homepage and on the Books By Members page brings you directly to the Amazon website, and tags one percent of your purchase for SDHS.

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Funds and Awards:

To make a contribution to SDHS, you may either:

  • Use the online donation form, or

  • Mail a check or money order made out to Society of Dance History Scholars with the fund of your choice in the memo line and send to:

    Ashanti Pretlow
    Office of the Society of Dance History Scholars
    3416 Primm Lane
    Birmingham, AL 35216

We thank you for your support.
 
SDHS books

Studies in Dance History SDHS’s monograph series, published by University of Wisconsin Press, answers a growing demand for works that provide fresh analytical perspectives on dancing, dancers, and dances in a global context. Read more...