Cambridge University Press and the RSA are pleased to provide complimentary access to a collection of Renaissance Quarterly articles on Sound, Music & Noise. This collection spans our journal’s history, with articles dating back to the 1940s through our most recent issues. These articles are free to access until February 18, 2024. You can see all of the Renaissance Quarterly collections on our Cambridge University Press webpage. | |
With generous support from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the RSA is delighted to offer six grants in the amount of $5,000 for member public engagement projects in Renaissance studies to be carried out between May 2024 and May 2025. The projects funded by this initiative will spotlight some of the many ways in which RSA members engage in public outreach, and these projects will provide a fertile ground for developing new avenues of communication about a period that resonates with many in the public at large. Please view the grant details and note that the deadline for applications is March 26, 2024. | |
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Please join us for our 70th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Registration is open and the conference program is available to view. RSA Chicago 2024 will take place from Thursday, March 21, to Saturday, March 23, 2024, at the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago.
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 during checkout to register for the conference at the reduced rate of $145. More information about registration rates and conference details can be found on our website. If you aren’t a current RSA member but would like to come to the Annual Meeting, please view our dues rates page for membership details.
There are more than 500 conference sessions at RSA Chicago 2024, including paper panels, roundtables, seminars, workshops, and many opportunities to network. A pre-conference reception for graduate students will be hosted by the Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies. In addition, attendees can enjoy a lecture and performance by the Newberry Consort and a demonstration of Renaissance swordplay by Gregory D. Mele of Forteza. The 2024 Josephine Waters Bennett Lecture will be delivered by Joan-Pau Rubiés, ICREA Research Professor in the Humanities at Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
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The RSA Board of Directors has approved the nomination of Bronwen Wilson as our incoming vice president. She will begin her term on April 26, 2024. She is Professor of Early Modern Art at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Edward W. Carter Chair in European Art, and the Director of the Center for 17th– and 18th–Century Studies and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at UCLA. Prior to her current position, Wilson held posts in Canada and the United Kingdom. Her publications include Conversion Machines: Apparatus, Artifice, Body (2023); Making Worlds: Global Invention in the Early Modern Period (2022); and The World in Venice: Print, the City, and Early Modern Identity (2005). | |
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Submissions for the RSA Digital Innovation Award will close on January 29, 2024.
This award recognizes excellence in digital projects that support the study of the Renaissance (1300–1700). Projects will be evaluated on content, usability, and thoughtful implementation of technology.
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RSA members are invited to use the discount codes “RSAStdnt” or “RSANonStdnt” when registering for the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI). Sessions will be held June 3–7, 2024 (week 1), and June 10–14, 2024 (week 2), on campus at the University of Victoria, Canada. Participants may choose to attend one or two weeks of the institute. DHSI 2024 includes over 40 courses, in-person institute lectures, and conference/colloquium events and related gatherings. See the DHSI website for the anticipated course offerings. | |
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“Teachers Walked Out of a School in France after a Renaissance Art Lesson Led to Student Accusations”
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“AI Uncovers Hidden Secret in Painting by Renaissance Master Raphael”
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