{"id":392,"date":"2018-05-03T14:28:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T21:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastasianlib.org\/newsite\/membership\/join-ceal\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T08:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:45:52","slug":"join-renew","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastasianlib.org\/newsite\/join-renew\/","title":{"rendered":"Join CEAL | Renew Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be a CEAL member, <strong>you must be a current member of the AAS. Please check your AAS membership status at the AAS membership portal site (<a href=\"https:\/\/members.asianstudies.org\/account\/login.aspx\">https:\/\/members.asianstudies.org\/account\/login.aspx<\/a>) and update if necessary before the CEAL membership process.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check your AAS membership status, and make a CEAL membership due payment online<\/span>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log into the AAS membership portal site&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/members.asianstudies.org\/account\/login.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/members.asianstudies.org\/account\/login.aspx<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;with your credential information or create your account.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On your AAS account page, from the&nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overview<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;tab, you can check your AAS membership status and your AAS account number. You will need your&nbsp;AAS account number&nbsp;for the CEAL membership online application form. <\/span><b><i>*<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those making a payment by check, skip the following steps and proceed to \u201cSection 2. Submit application for your membership\u201d.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the top menu of the AAS membership portal, hover your mouse onto&nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donate<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and click on&nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make Sponsored Group Payments\/Donations<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose&nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;and click on&nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donate<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow the instructions for the donation on the next page and make a payment as instructed below: (Please note that the amount reflects a 7% credit card service fee).<\/span>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$48.00 \u2014 <\/span><b>Regular membership fee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for next year\u2019s membership renewal submitted on or after November 1<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$37.50 \u2014 <\/span><b>Early bird discounted rate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for next year\u2019s membership renewal submitted before November 1<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$37.50 \u2014 <\/span><b>New membership fee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, applicable year-round for new members<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The payment confirmation email from AAS&nbsp;(info@asianstudies.org) will be sent to your registered email address.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cut-off time will be based on Eastern Time, the time zone in which the AAS office is located.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submit application for membership<\/span>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please fill in:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdKuhhDmJYw1-haw-GI7JoayJZ_XRwvgqW_toSR4VCAsRVZPg\/viewform?usp=header\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CEAL Membership Application Form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After submitting the online form, forward&nbsp;the payment confirmation from AAS&nbsp;(received by email&nbsp;or&nbsp;you can download the pdf from&nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recent Orders of Purchases<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;tab in your&nbsp;AAS&nbsp;account page) to the Treasurer by email (<\/span><a href=\"mailto:ericalu@upenn.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ericalu@upenn.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those making the payment by check, write a check in the amount of&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$45.00<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 <\/span><b>Regular membership fee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for next year\u2019s membership renewal submitted on or after November 1<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$35.00 \u2014 <\/span><b>Early bird discounted rate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for next year\u2019s membership renewal submitted before November 1<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$35.00 \u2014 <\/span><b>New membership fee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, applicable year-round for new members<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cut-off time will be determined based on the postmark date and time.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please make the check payable to<\/span><b> \u201cThe Association of Asian Studies, Inc\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with your <\/span><b>AAS membership number <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the \u201cmemo\u201dsection of the check. Then, mail it to the address below.<\/span> <br>Erica Lu<br>Global Studies Technical Services<br>University of Pennsylvania Libraries<br>3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be a CEAL member, you must be a current member of the AAS. Please check your AAS membership status at the AAS membership portal site (https:\/\/members.asianstudies.org\/account\/login.aspx) and update if necessary before the CEAL membership process. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/link-title":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/exclude-page":false},"ppma_author":[294,327],"class_list":["post-392","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastasianlib.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastasianlib.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastasianlib.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastasianlib.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastasianlib.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastasianlib.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10316,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastasianlib.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392\/revisions\/10316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastasianlib.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastasianlib.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}