We hope you will join us at our 69th Annual Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico! The preliminary conference program for RSA San Juan 2023 is now available to view and registration is open. The meeting will be held Thursday, March 9, to Saturday, March 11, 2023. Our program has more than 400 sessions, including paper panels, roundtables, seminars, workshops, and many opportunities to network in this historic Caribbean locale. The 2023 Josephine Waters Bennett Lecture will be delivered by Rolena Adorno, Sterling Professor Emerita of Spanish at Yale University.

The meeting will take place at the Caribe Hilton and Condado Plaza Hilton. Old San Juan is easily accessible from the conference venues by a short Uber or taxi ride, or a long walk. Attendees will have the opportunity to take special tours organized by the Puerto Rico Historic Buildings Drawings Society, and to visit renowned sites and collections, including the San Felipe del Morro fortress, the Casa del Libro, and the Museo de las Americas. Additionally, the Museo de Arte de Ponce will be holding an exhibition of works from their Dutch and Flemish collections at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico in San Juan at the time of our conference.

RSA membership is required to attend the conference. Membership rates start at just $15 for the year. RSA members who are students, independent scholars, adjunct instructors, part-time instructors, unemployed non-students, and retired scholars are invited to use promotional code REDUCEDREG-SJ during checkout to register for the conference at the reduced rate of $125.

Although RSA Virtual 2022’s live program has ended, there’s still plenty of time to view the more than 150 sessions from the conference. You can access the session recordings through January 31, 2023, by registering for the conference and going to the session(s) of interest to you. Please email us with questions related to registration or the meeting.

Thank you to our members around the globe and across time zones who joined sessions and gave talks at all hours of the day and night. With more than 700 registered attendees, the conference was a big success. A special thanks to our conference program committee, chaired by Angela Dressen.

Applications for the RSA Digital Innovation Award are due by December 15, 2022. This award recognizes excellence in digital projects that support the study of the Renaissance (1300–1700). Projects will be evaluated on content, usability, and the thoughtful implementation of technology. The submission portal can be accessed by clicking on the button below.

In this day and age, being a public scholar is an important aspect of an academic career. Whether you’re considering writing a blog, hosting a podcast, or creating a YouTube channel, join us on January 19 for this new webinar. Scholars with experience in taking the early modern period to the people will share their experiences and answer your questions. If you are not a member, you will need to join the RSA to attend.

Please take a look at the RSA calendar highlighting important upcoming dates and deadlines and view the details of the RSA’s conferences through 2026.

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