The CIETA Members are professionals in the research and preservation of historical textiles, namely museum curators, conservators, university professors and independent scholars.
If you would like to become a Member, we can offer you several options:
Membership by correspondence is available free of charge for institutions that cannot pay annual fees, but would like to exchange periodical or other publications with those of CIETA.
For all types of membership, please complete the form attached and send it, addressed to:
CIETA
34, rue de la Charité
F – 69002 Lyon
by email to the Membership Secretary, Katja Schmitz-von Ledebur (membership-secretary@cieta.fr).
Those who would like to become Individual Members are kindly requested to add a CV (300 words max.) and a list of authoritative publications (if applicable, 300 words max.). A letter of recommendation written by any active member of CIETA, preferably by a person acquainted with you and your activities in the field of textile research, will be a welcome addition to your application (but it is not mandatory!).
Your application will be submitted to the Directing Council. Please, understand that the Directing Council cannot consider applications at any given moment, but will do so at regular intervals; deadlines are 31 January, 30 April, 31 July and 31 October. As soon as the Directing Council have approved the applications received until these dates, you will receive a letter confirming your membership and providing all necessary information.