The Belgian Association of Anglicists in Higher Education (BAAHE), which was founded in 1981, provides a forum both for academics who study the literatures in English or English linguistics at Belgian universities, and for Anglicists who teach and do research in interpreters' schools and other Belgian institutions of higher education.

BAAHE membership benefits include the following:

• a subscription to English Text Construction, the internationally peer-reviewed journal published by John Benjamins (Amsterdam & Philadelphia; two issues per year, adding up to ca. 300 pages per year)
• free participation in national, and reduced fees for participation in international, BAAHE conferences
• the right to submit papers to BAAHE conferences
• the right to submit MA theses written under one's supervision to the thesis award
• membership in the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE), which in its turn entails
  • a subscription to The European English Messenger, the biannual ESSE newsletter
  • the right to submit papers or theme session proposals for the biannual ESSE conference (upcoming venues: 2010 Turin, 2012 Istanbul)

Membership fees are due for each calendar year. The 2010 membership dues amount to 55,00 EUR for tenured members and 40,00 EUR for students, non-tenured and retired members, and should be paid into BAAHE's bank account 001-5213611-34, at the latest before or at the annual meeting. Please notify the treasure (treasurerbaahe.be) when payment has been made. New members joining BAAHE for the first time should also contact the secretary (secretarybaahe.be) so as to provide their details (e-mail address and any info they want to see listed in the directory).

Full bank references for international payments :

Bank account (Fortis Bank)	001-5213611-34
IBAN	BE68 0015 2136 1134
BIC	GEBABEBB