Publications
Renaissance Studies
Renaissance Studies is the Society’s quarterly multi-disciplinary journal, publishing articles and editions of documents covering all aspects of Renaissance history and culture. Latest Issue
SRS Book Series
This series is dedicated to the exploration of the many cultures of knowledge, learning, reading and performing in the Renaissance and Early Modern world (c.1400-c.1700).
Bulletin
The Bulletin is published twice a year and is issued free to members. It contains substantial articles relating to SRS events and reports on Society-funded projects and conferences.
The Architecture of Conversion in Early Modern Europe
April 10, 2025
The “Irish Problem” in English Colonial History
June 18, 2025
July 2, 2025
Public Engagement Scheme
April 1, 2025
Small Conference Grants
April 1, 2025
Postdoctoral Fellowships
April 30, 2025
Scholars of Colour MA Scholarships
July 15, 2025
Renaissance Studies Article Prize 2024
October 11, 2024
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…
SRS Book Series Interviews: Edward Holberton
March 12, 2025
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…
SRS Biennial Conference 2027 & 2029
January 11, 2025
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,…
SRS Book Series: 2024 Round-Up and Looking Ahead to 2025
January 1, 2025
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 2024. We will also give a sneak preview of…
#RenSoc25 Seminar Descriptors
December 14, 2024
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…
Vacancy – Editor for Renaissance Studies
November 14, 2024
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…
Renaissance Studies Article Prize 2024
October 11, 2024
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…
SRS Book Series Interviews: Edward Holberton
March 12, 2025
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…
Religion and the Decline of Magic at Fifty
By Michelle Pfeffer, Robin Briggs, and Jan Machielsen | September 12, 2021
Sir Keith Thomas on the fiftieth anniversary of his Religion and the Decline of Magic A speech given at All Souls College on Friday 3 September 2021 by Sir Keith Thomas reflecting on the fiftieth anniversary of his ground-breaking Religion and the Decline of Magic, introduced by Alan Macfarlane. Due to a technical difficulty…
Playhouse Lab
By Jane Rickard | December 8, 2023
Playhouse Lab is a play-reading group, which meets regularly in the Workshop Theatre of the University of Leeds to explore early modern plays in script-in-hand performances. It is co-convened by José A. Pérez Díez and Jane Rickard, and Brett Greatley-Hirsch manages the website. Our regular readers include members of academic staff; current undergraduate and postgraduate…
Professor Natalie Zemon Davis, CC (1928-2023)
By Liesbeth Corens | October 23, 2023
We are deeply saddened to learn that the historian Natalie Zemon Davis has died just shy of her 95th birthday. Her career spanned decades, encompassed early modern France, the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Caribbean, and was never confined to or contented with the scholarly debate du jour but instead incorporated categories of analysis which…
Gateway to Early Modern Manuscript Sermons
By Anne James | March 11, 2023
Although by 1681 Edmund Hickeringill could complain ‘that every Book-sellers Stall groans under the burthen of Sermons, Sermons’ (The Horrid Sin of Man-Catching, 1681 ‘Epistle to the Reader’), many more early modern sermons were preached than printed. Consequently, the print record tells an incomplete story of preaching in early modern Britain, one that generally favours…
GEMMS Research Assistant Opportunities in the UK and the US
By Jennifer Farooq | September 21, 2022
The Gateway to Early Modern Manuscript Sermons (GEMMS) project is seeking two PhD students, one in the northeastern US and the other in the UK, in a related field of study (including but not limited to early modern English literature, social, political, and religious history, theology, and book history) to assist with data collection. The…
Early Modern German Shakespeare in Action: Creation Theatre’s Romio und Julieta
By Maria Shmygol | November 20, 2021
An online roundtable hosted by the Society for Renaissance Studies on 4th May 2021 Participants: Maria Shmygol (University of Leeds), Harry McCarthy (University of Cambridge), Kareen Seidler (ex. Université de Genève), Lucy Askew (Creation Theatre), and Ryan Duncan (Creation Theatre) This event brought together scholars, translators, and theatre practitioners for a discussion of…
Religion and the Decline of Magic at Fifty
By Michelle Pfeffer, Robin Briggs, and Jan Machielsen | September 12, 2021
Sir Keith Thomas on the fiftieth anniversary of his Religion and the Decline of Magic A speech given at All Souls College on Friday 3 September 2021 by Sir Keith Thomas reflecting on the fiftieth anniversary of his ground-breaking Religion and the Decline of Magic, introduced by Alan Macfarlane. Due to a technical difficulty…
Playhouse Lab
By Jane Rickard | December 8, 2023
Playhouse Lab is a play-reading group, which meets regularly in the Workshop Theatre of the University of Leeds to explore early modern plays in script-in-hand performances. It is co-convened by José A. Pérez Díez and Jane Rickard, and Brett Greatley-Hirsch manages the website. Our regular readers include members of academic staff; current undergraduate and postgraduate…
Events
Information about our own biennial conference, and other events around the world that may be of interest to those with an interest in the Renaissance period.