In this interview with authors from the Society for Renaissance Studies book series, we talk to Katie Bank and reflect on her book Knowledge Building in Early Modern English Music which was published in 2021. We discuss the music’s affective power, the John Templeton Foundation project ‘Can Beauty Save the World?‘​ and the importance of…

In this interview with authors from the Society for Renaissance Studies book series, we talk to Syrithe Pugh and reflect on her book Euhemerism and Its Uses: The Mortal Gods which was published in 2021. We discuss the difficulties of lost texts and fragments, acrostics found in the pseudo-Virgilian Culex and the importance of reading texts…

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….

In this interview with authors from the Society for Renaissance Studies book series, we talk to Ovanes Akopyan about his forthcoming book with David Rosenthal Disaster in the Early Modern World: Examinations, Representations, Interventions, similarities between early modern and modern understandings of disaster, and how a decline in knowledge of ancient languages is shaping Renaissance…

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…

In this interview with authors from the Society for Renaissance Studies book series, we talk to Edward Holberton about his forthcoming book Atlantic Circulations: Literature, Reception and Imperial Identities, 1650-1750, contemporary adaptations of early modern texts, and the instabilities of an unfolding British imperial identity in this period.   1. ​What drew you towards Renaissance…

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,…