Rachel Willie

The Society for Renaissance Studies is pleased to announce that its 2025–2026 postdoctoral fellowships have been awarded to Nicole Maceira Cumming and Serin Quinn for projects on the humans, animals and the environment in the Scottish Reformation, and on aphrodisiacs and foodstuffs in early modern England. As always, we received an extremely high number of […]

The Renaissance Studies Article Prize 2025 has been awarded to Tim Shephard and Melany Rice for ‘Giovanni Pontano hears the Street Soundscape of Naples’  Vol. 38, No 4, pages 519-540, September 2024 DOI 10.1111/rest.12913.   The judges were hugely  impressed by the quality and range of the articles in the 2024 issues of Renaissance Studies and

David Chambers was a loyal member of the Society for Renaissance Studies, contributed to its journal and served as its chairman. He matriculated at Wadham College Oxford in 1953 and achieved his doctorate in 1961. Encouraged by study and travel grants, he developed an interest in Italian Renaissance history and a knowledge of Italian sources.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of John Gallagher (Leeds) as Editor of Renaissance Studies, together with Elizabeth Petcu (Edinburgh) as Associate Editor. John will take up his role in January 2026, while Elizabeth has recently taken up the post; their range and depth of disciplinary and interdisciplinary expertise, from history and languages to

The position of vice-chair of the Society will be vacant and open to nominations, for election at the summer AGM (5 July 2025). Nominations should be made on the formal nomination form (available in the Members’ Area of the website) and addressed to the Secretary of the Society, to arrive no later than 21 dats

Call for Expressions of Interest   The Society for Renaissance Studies seeks expressions of interest in relation to hosting the Society’s biennial conference in 2027 (our 60th anniversary year) or 2029. The conference has a strong reputation for collegiality, innovation and support of ECAs, and draws a large number of delegates from the UK, Ireland,

Below are the descriptions of the seminars that will take place at the SRS Biennial Conference from 2-5 July 2025 in Bristol. In signing up to participate in a seminar, you are agreeing to pre-circulate a short paper to other participants. Auditors will have access to abstracts of the papers only. Please note that signing

Renaissance Studies is one of the leading journals in the field of Renaissance studies, with an interdisciplinary emphasis, and a worldwide readership. Established in 1987, Renaissance Studies is published in partnership by the Society for Renaissance Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley). The Council of the Society for Renaissance Studies (SRS) seeks to appoint an Editor

The Renaissance Studies article prize 2024 has been awarded to Duncan Frost for ‘Songbirds and Social Distinction in Seventeenth-Century England’, Vol. 37 No. 4, pages 547-64, September 2023. DOI 10.1111/rest.12845   The panel was deeply impressed by the creativity, narrative range, and polished presentation of this article. While keeping songbirds at the centre of the

The SRS is delighted to announce the Biennial Book Prize 2024 goes to Carla Roth for Talk of the Town: Information and Community in Sixteenth-Century Switzerland (Oxford: Oxford University Press, Past and Present Book Series 2022). The winner was announced at an online award ceremony, hosted by Ellie Chan and John Gallagher, which featured pre-recorded