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  • STANDARD MEMBERSHIP ($100): includes access to the Virtual Reading Group, Annual Fall Conference, Spring Social, and discounts on select titles
  • ARENDT SCHOLAR ($135): includes Standard Membership benefits PLUS our newest edition of the Hannah Arendt Yearbook
  • ARENDT SCHOLAR II + TOTE ($150): includes Standard Membership benefits PLUS our newest Hannah Arendt Yearbook AND tote
  • ACTION MEMBERSHIP ($350): includes Arendt Scholar II benefits PLUS On Civil Disobedience by Roger Berkowitz
  • THINKERS' CIRCLE ($1,000): includes Action Member benefits PLUS exclusive dinner invite during the 2025 conference and a limited edition print by the artist, Julia Csekö
  • BENEFACTOR ($5,000): includes Thinkers' Circle benefits PLUS exclusive invites to events at Bard and NYC and a limited edition print by the artist, David Schorr
See our Limited Time Partnerships (July 20-30, 2025) with Los Angeles Review of Books, Salmagundi, and Lapham's Quarterly below!

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    Standard Membership
    Includes:
    1. ​​​​​Access to the weekly Virtual Reading Group
    2. Free entry to our Annual Fall Conference
    3. Discounts on select titles from our partners
    $100
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    Arendt Scholar II (plus tote)
    OUR BEST DEAL!
    Includes all Standard Member benefits, plus:
    • The latest Hannah Arendt Yearbook
    • Our newest tote bag
    $150
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    Arendt Scholar
    Includes Standard Member benefits, plus:
    • The latest Hannah Arendt Yearbook
    $135
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    Action Member
    Includes Arendt Scholar II perks, plus:
    1. A copy of On Civil Disobedience by Roger Berkowitz
    $350
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    Thinkers' Circle
    Includes Action Member perks, plus
    1. An exclusive invitation to our 2025 Conference Dinner
    2. Speaking Truth to Power limited edition print by the artist, Julia Csekö. Read more about the print here.

    $1,000
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    Benefactor
    Includes all Thinkers' Circle perks, plus:
    1. Special invitations to private Hannah Arendt Center discussions at Bard College and in New York City
    2. The limited edition "Hannah Arendt Center: Centenary Print" by artist David Schorr. Read more about the print here.

    $5,000
  • Senior Citizens and Armed Services
    Discounted rate, includes:
    1. Complimentary admission to the annual fall conference
    2. Access to the Virtual Reading Group
    $50
  • Student Membership
    Discounted rate for students, includes:
    1. Complimentary admission to the annual fall conference
    2. Access to the Virtual Reading Group
    $25

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    LA Review of Books + HAC
    DUAL MEMBERSHIP $200 INCLUDES:
    • HAC Standard membership
    • HA Yearbook
    • HAC 2025 Tote
    • LARB Print and Digital Subscription [retail: $60]
    • LARB Member only Conversations
    • 10% off discount with LARB partner Bookshop.org
    • LARB tote bag [retail: $25]
    • 10% off all LARB merchandise and workshops
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    Salmagundi + HAC
    DUAL MEMBERSHIP $175 INCLUDES:
    • HAC Standard Membership at the $100 level
    • A one year subscription to Salmagundi, beginning with the Salmagundi 226-227, Spring - Summer 2025 issue, featuring “Influence and Anxiety” by Adam Phillips, “From Philosophy to Power: the Misuse of René Girard by Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance and the American Right” by Paul Leslie, ”Trump and the Legacy of the Left,” by Martin Jay, “Unalive: the United Healthcare Murder,” by Elizabeth Benedict, “Bezos and Baron” by Linda Hall, “Time in Havana” by Campbell McGrath, “The Letters of Seamus Heaney,” by Jeffrey Meyers and more.
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    Lapham's Quarterly Raffle
    Enter to win the eight essential back issues according to Lewis H. Lapham 
    • With dozens of issues on eternally timely subjects, it can be difficult to decide which ones to revisit. That is why we keep returning to the eight issues that Quarterly founder, Lewis H. Lapham, considered essential. 
    • This collection includes his selections: States of War, About Money, The Sea, Death, Revolutions, Philanthropy, States of Mind, and Climate. 
    • Eligibility: Any new or renewing member over $200 levels 
    • Winners will be chosen & announced at the end of the drive
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Member discounts at De Gruyter!

Member discounts at De Gruyter!

All members of the Hannah Arendt Center receive a 50% discount on De Gruyter books from the Philosophy, Social Sciences and Cultural Studies lists.

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Enjoy this session of the recent VRG series on Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition, led by Roger Berkowitz.

The Virtual Reading Group
 

Members Participate for Free!
Members of the Hannah Arendt Center and Bard College students are invited to join us for the Virtual Reading Group, held regularly online and led by Hannah Arendt Center Founder Roger Berkowitz.
 

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MEMBER TESTIMONIALS

MEMBER TESTIMONIALS

"I stumbled upon the HAC online, began listening to the Reading Hannah Arendt podcast, and I felt like I had found one of the missing pieces I’d been searching for." - Joseph Lightfoot, Los Angeles, CA

“I joined the HAC because I love Hannah Arendt and her work. She was a brilliant woman of great physical, moral, and intellectual courage. I like everything about being a member, but most of all the Virtual Reading Group archives. Whenever I'm returning to one of Arendt's works, there's a VRG series I can call up and watch the discussion as I read. I also enjoy the newsletter and all of Roger's essays.” - Tom Panelas, Chicago, IL

“Roger Berkowitz deserves a wider readership of his comments on current affairs. The world would be a better place if his analysis were applied to daily political thinking. And an organization that keeps Hannah Arendt's thinking and writing alive in the world is to be commended and supported. Arendt's analysis of Totalitarianism should always be studied and referenced in political life.” - Stella de Vulder, Sydney Australia

MEMBER TESTIMONIALS

“I have been enriched by every program that I have attended. Thinking with Arendt gives a framework for every discussion, publication and presentation, a place to start, a place to think with and a place to return to.” - Wendy Chappel, Mississauga, Ont, Canada

“Reading, appreciating, comprehending, & critiquing the works of Arendt is a life-long project for me. Participating in the VRG has provided me with a renewed sense of the vitality, originality, and continuing relevance of Arendt’s thought. Indeed, when I first learned about “dark times,” I thought that we were experiencing another “dark times” in the 1970s. But it seems positively idyllic compared to the present. And through the VRG, we’ve not only been able to explore Arendt’s insights with others interested in her project, but to think about how her insights apply today. All-in-all, a rewarding and enlightening experience.” - Stephen Greenleaf, member since 2020

"Being even minimally informed these days requires-- if relentless stress is to be avoided-- well-founded philosophical and moral bearings. Arendt gained these with such intellectual power and grace that her writings are a salvation now. I am so happy when I see her cited regularly in the publications I read. She has become a resource that can reliably and responsibly help to bail us out when cultural/political despair seem to be all that looms." - Michelle von Koch, Rhinebeck, NY

“I feel more confident putting my own ideas and questions into the world as a result of having read Arendt and hearing from Berkowitz and other members of the HAC community, and I have a greater sense of optimism about the future. Beyond the intellectual reward I feel as a member, I am continuously impressed by the organization's administrative apparatus—all of its programs are carefully conceived and executed; communications are timely, reliable, and transparent; and the HAC builds exciting and unexpected bridges between the academy and public and civic institutions.” - Sarah E. Rogers Morris, Washington, DC

“The weekly newsletter is among the best in academia. Always interesting, relevant. Good at bringing in younger scholars.” - Mel Topf, Providence, RI

“Thank you for the Virtual Reading Group. I have been a member and have enjoyed attending for over three years. This group is a modern miracle, allowing people to access these materials in an open and contemporary way. I've had many breakthrough moments reading Arendt with you. I sometimes listen to the podcast or watch videos on YouTube to gain new insights.” - Sean Young, Eugene, OR 

“Hannah Arendt's view of political activism helped me better envision my commitment to a life of action on behalf of social justice and political reform, so I have benefited greatly from Roger Berkowitz's explication of her reasoning process specifically and the Center's promotion of her worldview generally. This is my third renewal!” - Alex Knopp, Norwalk, CT

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$25.00 -- HAC Standard Membership, Fully tax deductible*
$50.00 -- HAC Standard Membership, Fully tax deductible*
$100.00 -- HAC Standard Membership, $40.00 tax deductible*
$350.00 -- HAC Standard Membership, $270 tax deductible
$1000.00 -- HAC Standard Membership, $920 tax deductible
$5000.00 -- HAC Standard Membership, $4,920 tax deductible

* HAC Standard Memberships at the $25, $50, and $100 levels: If you choose to attend the annual Fall Conference, no part of your membership fee is tax-deductible. Any amount beyond the membership level is fully tax-deductible.

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