SRS News & Reports
SRS Book Series: Renaissance and Early Modern Worlds of Knowledge – 2022 Book Round-Up and Looking Ahead to 2023
At the start of the new year, we want to take the opportunity to highlight some of the fantastic work being done in the field of Renaissance Studies by looking back at the books published with the Renaissance and Early Modern Worlds of Knowledge book series in 2022. We will also give a sneak preview…
SRS Biennial Conference, 2025 & 2027
Call for expressions of interest The Society for Renaissance Studies seeks expressions of interest in relation to hosting the Society’s biennial conference in 2025 or 2027. The conference has a strong reputation for collegiality, innovation and support of ECRs, and draws a large number of delegates from the UK, Ireland, the rest of Europe…
Renaissance Studies Article Prize 2022
The Renaissance Studies article prize 2022 goes to Erin Griffey for ‘”The Rose and Lily Queen”: Henrietta Maria’s fair face and the power of beauty at the Stuart court’, Vol. 35 No. 5, pages 811-836, November 2021. (DOI: 10.1111/rest.12724). The judges noted this was a beautifully-written and original piece in which a truly interdisciplinary range of sources…
SRS Book Prize 2022
The SRS is delighted to announce the Biennial Book Prize 2022 goes to Suzanna Ivanič for Cosmos and Materiality in Early Modern Prague (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021). In an exceptionally strong field, Sarah Bendall and John Christopoulos were highly commended for their Shaping Femininity: Foundation Garments, the Body, and Women in Early Modern England…
SRS Book Prize Shortlist 2022
The Society for Renaissance Studies is pleased to announce the shortlist for its 2022 Book Prize: Sarah A. Bendall, Shaping Femininity: Foundation Garments, the Body and Women in Early Modern England (London: Bloomsbury, 2021) John Christopoulos, Abortion in Early Modern Italy (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2021) Suzanna Ivanič, Cosmos and Materiality in Early Modern…
SRS Postdoctoral Fellows 2022-2023
The Fellowships Committee is pleased to announce James Misson and Julia Smith have been awarded Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2022-2023. We received 29 applications this year and, as ever, the field was exceptionally strong. James Misson, ‘Manuscript>Print>Code’ In the 1490s, the printer Richard Pynson and his team of compositors printed two books using Middle English manuscripts…
Renaissance Studies Latest Issue (April 2023)
The latest issue of Renaissance Studies (Vol 37, no. 2, April 2023) is now available online via the Wiley Online Library. It is a special issue on Aretino’s Cityscapes, guest edited by Kate De Rycker and William T. Rossiter. Articles Kate De Rycker and William T. Rossiter, ‘Introduction’, pages 153-165 William T. Rossiter, ‘”I…
SRS Vice-Chair Nominations
The position of vice-chair of the Society will be vacant and open to nominations, for election at the summer AGM (6 May 2022). 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 at least 21 days before…
SRS Book Series Interviews: Ian Campbell and Floris Verhaart
In our latest interview with authors from the Society for Renaissance Studies book series, we talk to Ian Campbell and Floris Verhaart about their forthcoming book Protestant Politics Beyond Calvin, the appeal of early modern studies and advice to PhD students starting out in intellectual history. 1) What drew you towards Renaissance and Early…
SRS Book Series Interviews: Kaarlo Havu
In this, the first of our new series of interviews with authors from the Society for Renaissance Studies book series, we talk to Kaarlo Havu about Juan Luis Vives, Renaissance Studies and whether all early modernists need to be able to read Latin. 1) What drew you towards Renaissance and Early Modern studies in…