We hope you will consider making a gift to cultivate the next generation of early modern scholars. Your support provides graduate student access to important news, webinars, mentorship, and grant opportunities at the RSA. Over the past year, generous RSA members funded one hundred one-year student memberships at $100 each. By supporting students like Heather N. Smith, the Sponsor-a-Student campaign represents an investment in the future of Renaissance studies.

We hope you will consider supporting this new generation of early modern scholars. Donors are listed on the RSA’s List of Donors webpage and receive a tax receipt for the full amount donated. Thank you for your generosity.

The RSA Philadelphia 2027 Call for Papers submission form is now open. RSA members are invited to submit Calls for Papers to organize sessions for our 73rd Annual Meeting, taking place March 11–13, 2027, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Once approved, CfPs will appear in the Public Index of Calls for Papers. More information about submissions can be found on this web page.

Join us over Zoom on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, for our Works-in-Progress seminar, a forum for meaningful intellectual community, feedback, and support in interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies. RSA members can register here. If you would like to submit your work for consideration, our next deadline is Wednesday, July 1, 2026, and you can do so here. 

Please join the Renaissance Society of America’s Graduate Student Advisory Committee on Thursday, June 4, 2026, for “Fragments.” Participants from across disciplinary backgrounds will explore this theme as both a material condition and analytical framework. This half-day event will begin at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Easily convert the time zone. Our Graduate Student Lightning Talks are open to all. Register here.

We are once again calling for proposals for innovative teaching projects in Renaissance studies by RSA members who are high school teachers. Submissions are open for this year’s grants, which cover eligible expenses up to $3,000. Please click on this link to access the application and view additional information. Submissions are due Tuesday, June 30, 2026, and the winners will be announced this summer. As always, please email us with any questions.

News of Note

Save the Date: The RSA Annual Member Meeting will be held via Zoom on Thursday, June 18, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. (EDT). Easily convert the time zone. The agenda will include a financial report and voting on nominees for leadership positions. A week prior to the meeting, RSA members will receive the meeting agenda and a ballot that will allow members to cast their votes online. Members who cannot attend will have the option to vote in absentia during the week leading up to the meeting.

The RSA extends a warm welcome to our newest Associate Organizations, the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and the Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies.

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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