Plans for our spring 2021 Virtual Conference are underway, with both traditional and new session formats. All conference sessions will be recorded and available for registrants to view for 30 days following the conference.
There will be six conference days, consisting of three 90-minute sessions per day, taking place over two weeks during April 2021:
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 13–15, 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. EDT
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 20–22, 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. EDT
The submission portal for Virtual 2021 will open on Monday, 16 November 2020. The deadline for all submissions will be Tuesday, December 15.
Please visit our website to learn more about RSA Virtual 2021.
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We hope you will join the RSA and Fordham University for a special online symposium, Plagues, Pandemics, and Outbreaks of Disease in History. The virtual event will be held 13 November 2020 and is open to the public.
They symposium aims to develop and review specific ways to incorporate the historical understanding of disease outbreak into the teaching curriculum at colleges and secondary schools. This symposium is co-sponsored by Fordham University's Center for Medieval Studies, and the Departments of Art History and Music, Classics, and History.
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Applications are now open for the RSA Digital Innovation Award. Submissions are due by 30 November 2020 and the award of $600 will be conferred at the RSA 2021 Annual Meeting that is being held virtually.
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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As we look ahead to 2021 and beyond, your opinion is very important to us. Your participation in the RSA Members’ Survey will help us learn about your experience with the RSA and guide us in developing new features and programs for our members. We would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete the questions by 30 November 2020.
Thank you to our members who have already taken the survey. Please use the button below to begin.
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Board Member Awarded
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship
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Congratulations to RSA board member Hannah Murphy for being awarded the UK Research and Innovation’s prestigious Future Leaders Fellowship. Murphy will receive £1.4m for her winning project, Medicine and the Making of Race, 1440–1720. The project will develop a global prehistory of race through the lens of medical encounters and practices of enslaved and free Black Africans forcibly transported during the African slave trade. More details on the award and Murphy's project can be found here.
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Renaissance Quarterly
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Thank you to to everyone who attended our "Meet the Editors" event last week with Renaissance Quarterly editors Jessica Wolfe and David Myers. Members can view the recording of the event by clicking here.
If you haven't had the chance to read the fall 2020 issue (73.3) of Renaissance Quarterly, it is available online.
In addition, there are six featured, open-access book reviews that you can find here.
Complimentary access to a collection of articles from the journal relating to Germany and the Habsburg Empire will expire at the end of November.
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The RSA Graduate Student Advisory Committee is pleased to launch the Online Graduate Student Lightning Talk Series with its inaugural session, “Expanding the Renaissance,” taking place 3 December 2020 from 12:00–1:30 p.m. EST. We invite the Renaissance studies community to join us online and engage with graduate students presenting on topics, sources, or methodologies that are commonly excluded or overlooked from mainstream narratives.
To register for the Thursday, December 3 event, please click the button below.
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Religion and Art in the Renaissance |
Submissions are now open for a special issue of Religions. The issue will focus on the intersections of religious faith and artistic production during the Renaissance.
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Models Matter: The Choice of Models and the Way to Reproduce Them in the Renaissance |
Submissions due 15 November 2020 for a volume of essays about copies in any aspect of Renaissance culture and civilization.
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Maintaining the Presence of the Prince: Management of Royal Geographies (1300–1900)
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Submissions due 23 November 2020 for this international symposium highlighting the way royal spaces were maintained from a transnational and diachronic perspective.
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Questioning the Crime of Witchcraft: Definitions, Receptions, and Realities |
Submissions due 30 November 2020 for this May 2021 conference revolving around the definition of the crime of witchcraft, its different receptions, and the question of its reality.
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Ut Pictura Medicina? Visual Arts and Medicine |
Submissions due 15 December 2020 for this November 2021 conference co-sponsored by the University of Salzburg and the Mozarteum University.
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Iconography and Religious Otherness |
Submissions due 15 January 2021 for the Fifteenth International Conference of Iconographic Studies being held in Rijeka, Croatia, in June 2021.
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Diversity in Digital Publishing
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Applications are now open for a fellow at the Brown University Library who will focus on projects relating to the history and experience of oppressed or marginalized peoples. $60,000 stipend plus benefits.
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Take a look at the dates and details of the RSA's Annual Meetings through 2026 and please note the RSA calendar highlighting important upcoming deadlines.
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Submit Your News
Please let the RSA know about your announcements, events, and calls for papers related to the study of the Renaissance and early modern era (1300–1700). We will highlight your news on our website and/or digital channels.
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The Renaissance Society of America makes Renaissance News available to current, past, and non-members of the RSA. Each edition highlights Renaissance studies and what's happening at the RSA. If you're not a current RSA member, you can click below to receive Renaissance News each month.
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Have a question or comment about Renaissance News? Contact us.
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Follow the RSA on social media. We are using the hashtags #RenSA21 for social posts related to the 2021 Annual Meeting and #RenTwitter for Renaissance studies content.
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The Renaissance Society of America is the largest international academic society devoted to the study of the era 1300–1700. Founded in 1954, the RSA includes thousands of members around the world. Find out more.
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