The Renaissance Society of America’s Graduate Student Advisory Committee invites participants from various disciplinary backgrounds to think about the complex relationship between Artificial Intelligence and Renaissance studies. Abstracts of 150 words are due by Thursday, May 1, 2025, for our Online Graduate Student Lightning Talks to be held on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Please visit this webpage for more information.

The RSA Nominating Committee invites self-nominations from members to fill several upcoming vacancies in leadership and publications at the Society. The deadline for submissions is Monday, May 5, 2025. The positions include:

• Counselor on the RSA Board of Directors
• Articles Editor of Renaissance Quarterly
• At-Large Member of RSA Nominating Committee.

To learn more about the positions and to make nominations, please complete the appropriate form on this webpage.

Put your dancing shoes on for our upcoming online workshop, Dancing through Europe: Late 16th - early 17th century. Led by dance instructors Dorothy Olsson and Peggy Murray, this event will be held Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. EDT. Easily convert the time zone.

Working in an archive this summer? You could win a free RSA membership for a year! From May 1 to August 31, 2025, the RSA will hold a photo contest to highlight the archives (broadly defined). From museums and libraries to churches and universities, we want to see your summer 2025 archive photos. To enter the contest, simply post your photo on Instagram, tag us @rsaorg, and include the hashtag #rsasummerarchive. If you would like to photograph yourself with an archival document, please confirm that taking photos of documents is permitted in your archive. In addition to receiving a year of free membership at the RSA, the winner and their photo will be highlighted in the September edition of Renaissance News and on the RSA’s website and social media channels. We look forward to seeing your summer work in the archives!

Thank you to our members from across the globe who joined us in Boston last month for the largest international conference devoted to the study of the era 1300–1700. More than 2,200 Renaissance studies scholars participated in our 71st Annual Meeting. Conference photos taken by Boston attendees can be viewed on our Instagram stories. We are deeply grateful to our members and we look forward to seeing you at RSA San Francisco 2026.

Please take a look at the RSA calendar highlighting important upcoming dates and deadlines, and view the details of the RSA’s conferences through 2029.

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