Benefits of Membership

The Society for Renaissance Studies serves as a leading organisation in the UK and Europe for the study of the Renaissance, organising conferences, publications and promoting the interdisciplinary study of the period. The Society offers a wide range of support to its members, including sponsoring conferences and occasional lectures, offering fellowships and a range of support for postgraduate study, and prizes for academic work on the period.  It also works extensively with schools and colleges, and runs a range of events to stimulate interest in the Renaissance and to support teachers.  It offers a forum for advertising forthcoming events, both within Britain and internationally and its website provides a portal to resources in the study of the Renaissance.   The Society arranges regular events and meetings and maintains contacts with other institutions such as The Renaissance Society of America. 

Annual Subscription (UK) is currently £20.00; £15.00 for a student.
Overseas Membership costs £25.00 and Institutional Membership £35.00

It is now possible to make a secure online payment or donation to the Society for Renaissance Studies through our account with the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). Because we are a charity, membership counts as a donation on the CAF site.  

Please click on the 'donate now' link below, which will take you to a page where you will be asked to 'find a charity'. Type 'Society for Renaissance Studies' in the box and click 'search'. A new page will appear with 'Society for Renaissance Studies' listed. Clicking on that name will take you to yet another page listing membership fees. Click on the arrow 'Make a donation'. You will then reach a further page where you will be able to choose your 'Donation Method'. I imagine that for most of us that means selecting the option 'with a credit or debit card'. Click 'proceed' and you will at long (and slightly weary) last arrive at the 'Donation Details' page. Thank you very much for your patience!

Please send a completed membership form to the Membership Secretary if you wish to join the Society through online donation.

Click here for a copy of the SRS Membership form: Word

Click here for the new SRS Membership leaflet: Word

In addition to free admittance to the Society's meetings, members' benefits include:

> The Society's Bulletin, twice a year, free.

The SRS Bulletin features articles and provides a listing of events, calls for papers and conferences on the Renaissance.  Both the Bulletin and the website feature a regularly updated list of members interests, enabling researchers to become aware of ongoing work in their field.

> Renaissance Studies subscription at half-price (for individual members only).

The Society’s journal, Renaissance Studies, is published by Blackwell and is one of the leading scholarly journals in the field, publishing articles and book reviews which provide an incomparable overview of work in the literature, history, art, philosophy, cultural and religious history of the era. 

> Members of the SRS can now receive 20% discounts on Blackwell Publishing and Polity Press books and journals. Click here for details.

> Occasional papers at half-price.

> Volumes of the Bibliographie internationale de l'Humanisme et de la Renaissance at a 10% discount.

For all membership questions, please contact:

SRS Membership Secretary:

Dr Chloë Houston
Lecturer in Early Modern Drama
Department of English and American Literature
University of Reading
Whiteknights
PO Box 218
Reading RG6 6AH 011
E-mail: c.houston@reading.ac.uk

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