The Modern Humanities Research Association encourages and promotes advanced study and research in the field of the modern humanities, especially modern European languages and literature, including English, and also cinema. It aims to break down the barriers between scholars working in different disciplines and to maintain the unity of humanistic scholarship. The Association fulfils this purpose through the publication of journals, bibliographies, monographs, critical editions, and the MHRA Style Guide, and by making grants in support of research. Membership is open to all who work in the Humanities, whether independent or in a University post, and the participation of early-career researchers entering the field is especially welcomed.
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Returning members renewing for 2026: as this is a new membership platform, you count as a new member for the purposes of signing up, even if you have been with us for many years, so please register as such (rather than trying to renew, which will not work until you have already signed up on this platform).
Postgraduate students in the modern humanities* are able to join at no cost. Please ask your supervisor to confirm the details of the higher degree for which you are registered by sending an email to membership@mhra.org.uk.
While both taught and research postgraduate students in the modern humanities are able to join the MHRA at no cost, we regret that the free print copy of the MHRA Style Guide is available to doctoral students in the modern humanities (and paying members) only.
For the purposes of the MHRA’s charitable obligations, the modern humanities includes the modern and medieval languages, literatures, and cultures of Europe, including English and the Slavonic languages, and the cultures of the European diaspora. History, art history, and philosophy as narrowly conceived fall outside the Association’s remit, but the study of language and literature is interpreted in the broadest sense to include an overlap with neighbouring disciplines, e.g. cultural history, wherever appropriate.