With more than 3,300 registered attendees and 600 panels, RSA Virtual 2021 was a huge success. A special thank you to our wonderful exhibitors. Please be sure to visit our Virtual Book Fair to obtain discounts on hundreds of publications. These reduced rates are available to everyone, not just conference attendees. Simply click on each exhibitor's page and search for the promotion code.

All of the conference sessions were recorded and are now available to view through May 23. If you don't see a specific session recording, you likely need to clear your cache by clicking on this link in your browser. If you haven't already, please take a look at this video that highlights how to keep the conversation moving forward for panels that you couldn't attend live.

If you were unable to attend the Annual Meeting, there's still time to view all of the recorded sessions. Click here to register.
We are delighted to announce that our next professional development webinar will explore the topic of careers in academic publishing. The event will be held Tuesday, May 25 at 12:00 pm EDT. Our panelists include Sara K. Austin, Editor-in-Chief of the Huntington Library Quarterly; Christopher McKeen, Senior Editorial Assistant at Cambridge University Press; and Erika Suffern, Head of Book Publications at the Modern Language Association. Click here to register.
Proposals are due Monday, May 17 for the RSA's new competition for the best online teaching projects in secondary education. The three winners of this competition will each receive an award of $1,000. Additional details can be found here.
The deadline to apply to become an RSA nominee for a Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Fellowship or Seed Grant is Wednesday, May 12. Whiting awards $50,000 for fully developed projects and $10,000 for developing new projects. Get to know the first RSA-nominated Whiting Seed Grant recipient and click here for application information.
Mark Your Calendar
Please take a look at the RSA calendar highlighting important upcoming dates and deadlines and view the details of the RSA's Annual Meetings through 2026.
Call for Papers
Founders Prize, Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Submissions due 1 June 2021 for this annual prize of $500 for the best paper on medieval or Renaissance philosophy. Eligibility is restricted to graduate students and recent PhDs.

Afterlives: Reinvention, Reception, and Reproduction
Submissions due 15 June 2021 for this November 2021 conference being held in Glendale, California.

Tacitus ad Litteram
Submissions due 31 July 2021 for this February 2022 conference being held in Padua, Italy.

View the most updated list of Calls for Papers on the RSA website.
Call for Applications
Managing Editor, American Academy of Rome
Applications are open for this remote position that will focus on overseeing academic publications such as the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, among others.

Samuel H. Kress Fellowships, Medici Archive Project
Graduate and pre-doctoral students are encouraged to apply by 15 June 2021. The fellows will specialize in archival research on-site in Florence and Tuscany.

Canada Research Chair (History of South Asian Art, Architecture, and Visual Culture)
Applications are open for this position at the University of British Columbia.
Doctoral Positions, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Applications are open for the international doctoral program Philology: Practices of Premodern Cultures, Global Perspectives, and Future Concepts.
View the most updated list of Calls for Applications on the RSA website.
Upcoming Conferences & Events
Objects of Devotion: Religion and Its Instruments
Registration is open for this virtual conference being held 20–22 May 2021. The event is sponsored by the Centre for Renaissance Studies and Ghent University.

How to Investigate Student Notes from the Renaissance (ca. 1300–1600)?
This workshop is being held 20–21 and 27–28 May 2021. The conference is sponsored by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculty of Arts.

Paper Religion: Affordances and Uses in Christian Practices 1400-1800
Registration is open for this virtual meeting taking place 27–29 May 2021. The conference is hosted by the Centre for Religion and Heritage at the University of Groningen.

Fake Blues: Exposures of Forgeries and Their Aftermaths
Registration is open for this online workshop being held 18 June 2021.The conference is hosted by organizers from Warwick University and Cambridge University.

View the most updated list of Upcoming Conferences and Events on the RSA website.
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