Submissions are open for the RSA's 67th Annual Meeting, to be held virtually April 13–15 and April 20–22, 2021. All conference sessions will be recorded and available for registrants to view for 30 days following the conference.
The deadline for all submissions is Tuesday, December 15.
The Josephine Waters Bennett Lecture will be presented by Ayanna Thompson, Professor of English at Arizona State University and Director of the Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies (ACMRS).
The RSA welcomes submissions from advanced graduate students, regardless of the anticipated date of degree completion. For more information, please view the eligibility details.
You can access the submission portal for RSA Virtual 2021 by clicking here. Please note that you will need an active RSA membership to submit conference proposals. For assistance with membership, please email us.
Information on how to resubmit a session already rolled over from RSA Philadelphia 2020 or how to resubmit a proposal submitted for Dublin 2021 can be found on the RSA website.
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Call for Papers
Boston University Graduate Symposium in the History of Art & Architecture
Submissions due 15 December 2020 for this Zoom symposium being held April 2021. Proposals should examine images, objects, and structures that engage with the regulation and redirection of peoples and their social behaviors.
Dressing a Picture: Reimagining the Court Portrait, 1500–1800
Submissions due 4 January 2021 for this May conference being held at the University of Cambridge. The meeting will examine early modern court portraiture and its multifaceted meanings and functions within European society.
Pastoral Care, Medical Practices, and Welfare of Religious Dissenters during the Long Reformation
Submissions due 1 March 2021 for the International John Bunyan Society's Early Career Essay Prize. This award recognizes the cutting-edge research of junior scholars in the field of early modern religion and dissent.
Open-Rank Position in Medieval or Early Modern Art
Application review begins 10 December 2020 and continues through 10 February 2021 for this three-year fixed-term position at Hong Kong University, with the possibility of renewal and consideration for tenure.
Applications due 13 December 2020 for this position at Kings College London. The ideal candidate for the role is someone with substantial research experience, at PhD level or beyond.
Assistant Professor in the Area of History of Science and Technology
Applications due 21 December 2020 for this non-tenured position at the UniversitàCa' FoscariVenezia. The candidate will carry out research in the context of the ERC Advanced Grant, "The Water Cultures of Italy, 1500–1900."
Applications highlighting new research on the museum’s collection, its history, and activities due 17 January 2021. Fellowships to begin September 2021.
Assistant Professor, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
Applications are open for this full-time tenure stream position in the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Toronto. Submissions due 18 January 2021.
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