The RSA 2021 Annual Meeting will be virtual. While we had hoped to gather in person in Dublin on 7–10 April 2021, the safety of RSA members and staff is our top priority. The Dublin conference has been rescheduled to the spring of 2022. The San Francisco conference, previously scheduled for 2022, has been rescheduled to 2026. You can view the schedule of our upcoming Annual Meetings here. Please see the full announcement for information about the virtual conference.

Renaissance Quarterly

The fall 2020 issue (73.3) of Renaissance Quarterly has been published and is now available online. There are six featured, open-access book reviews:   Renaissance Encyclopaedism: Studies in Curiosity and Ambition, review by Hannah Marcus   Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice, review by Susan Nalezyty   The Silver Caesars: A Renaissance Mystery, review by Susanne Thürigen   Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life, review by Norm Jones   Property and Dispossession: Natives, Empires and Land in Early Modern North America, review by David Tavárez   Premodern Ecologies in the Modern Literary Imagination, review by Perry Guevara Click here to view the featured reviews.

The editors of Renaissance Quarterly are pleased to provide complimentary access to a collection of articles from the journal relating to Germany and the Habsburg Empire.

Call for Papers

Harvard-Dante Society of America 2021 Conference Submissions due 15 October 2020 for this meeting commemorating the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death. The conference will highlight his reception and influence on the literatures and cultures of the American continents.  Click here

How to Investigate Student Notes from the Renaissance (ca. 1300–1600)? Submissions due 1 November 2020 for this workshop on the teaching of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew in the 16th-century Southern Low Countries. Hosted by KU Leuven Faculty of Arts.  Click here

Animals and Humans on the Move Submissions due 16 November 2020 for a Viator essay cluster highlighting moving animals and animals as the companions of traveling humans in the Middle Ages and early modernity.  Click here

Ninth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies Submissions due 1 December 2020 for this symposium being held at St. Louis University in 2021. The meeting will highlight topics in all disciplines of medieval and early modern studies. Click here

Intersectionalities of Class in Early Modern English Literature Submissions due 1 December 2020. Papers treating both dramatic and non-dramatic genres are welcome, as are papers that focus on early modern or contemporary performance. Click here

Early Modern Rome 4 Submissions due 15 December 2020 for this three-day conference in 2021. Scholars will investigate the city proper as well as the campagna romana through a variety of different approaches and methods. Click here

Call for Applications

Citations: The Renaissance Imitation Mass (CRIM) Participate in a digital scholarship project on Renaissance music. CRIM is devoted to the problem of similarity, borrowing, and transformation in Renaissance counterpoint (and beyond). Click here

Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Professor, American Academy in Rome Submissions due 23 October 2020 for this position beginning in summer 2021, for an initial term of three years (2021–2024), with the potential for two one-year renewals.  Click here

Vice President for Research and Academic Programs, Newberry Library Submissions are now open for this position providing leadership and intellectual vision to the Newberry in the areas of research, academic programs, and public engagement. Click here

Fellowships & Grants

Clark Art Institute: Critical Race Theory and Caribbean Art Fellowships Submissions due 15 October 2020 for three new fellowships focused on the systemic inequalities of art history as a discipline. Click here

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library Fellowship Program Submissions due 15 October 2020 for residencies between January and June of 2021. Applications are now open for Heckman Stipends, the Nicky B. Carpenter Fellowship in Manuscript Studies, and Swenson Family Fellowships in Eastern Christian Manuscript Studies for Junior Scholars. Click here

Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Art Submissions due 28 October 2020 for 2021–22 fellowships, each carrying a stipend of $60,000, plus $5,000 for research and travel during the award period. Click here

The Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL) Fellowship Submissions due 6 November 2020 for a one-year fellowship through the Society of Classical Studies. The American scholar will conduct lexicographical research at the TLL Institute in Munich. Click here

Villa I Tatti Fellowships Nine different fellowships are being offered by The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy, for the 2021–22 academic year. The I Tatti Fellowship submission deadline is 16 October 2020 and the deadline for the eight additional fellowships is 16 November 2020. Click here

American Philosophical Society's Franklin Research Grants Submissions due 1 December 2020 for these grants that support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. Awards of up to $6,000 are available and young scholars are encouraged to apply. Click here

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