renaissance

Ecocritical Theory and Practice, a book series published by Bloomsbury Academic, is seeking proposals for books at the interface of literary/cultural studies and the environment. Learn more about the 100+ books already published at: https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/ETAP/Ecocritical-Theory-and-Practice

 Shakespeare’s Globe is inviting proposals for an interdisciplinary conference bringing together literary and performance scholars, historians, archivists, and disability scholars and activists around the theme ‘Disability and the Archives’. This two-day hybrid event will be held in London on 23 - 24 January 2026 and will explore how disabled lives have been­—and continue to be—recorded, erased or obscured.

Organizers: Rhema Hokama (University of Washington) and Tom Clayton (Colgate University)

This is a call for submissions for a guaranteed session in English Literature sponsored by the Renaissance Society of America for the 2026 RSA conference in San Francisco (February 19–21, 2026).

Organizers: Rhema Hokama (University of Washington) and Mihoko Suzuki (University of Miami)

This is a call for submissions for a guaranteed session in English Literature sponsored by the Renaissance Society of America for the 2026 RSA conference in San Francisco (February 19–21, 2026).

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries markets expanded globally, transactions increased, and the circulation of capital accelerated. This new situation, that created an unprecedented concern with the nature of money (in different forms: bullion, coins, bills of payment, and promissory notes) and with economic concepts (inflation, interest, usury), made its way into all sorts of literary texts and cultural artefacts: plays, poems, pamphlets, or emblems, among others. People started to suspect that money, commercial exchanges, and economic transactions at large were becoming mysteriously free from bedrock referents (fixed value, fair prices) in order to be subjected to uncertain and fluctuating social rituals and conventions.

The 19th International Conference of Taiwan Association of Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies (TACMRS)November 6-7, 2026National Central UniversityTaoyuan City, Taiwan---- 

Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) Conference 2025 October 16–18, 2025 - York University, Toronto, ON Queer(Ing) Early Modern Art [Panel Session]This session seeks to bring together scholars interested in the representations of trans and queer desires, bodies, identities, performances, cultures, and resistances in early modern visual works and texts. The aim is to investigate: 1. the intersections of gender and sexuality with race, class, religion, and ability in early modern art and how these intersections complicate our understanding of trans and queerness. 2.

Call for Papers -- The Sixteenth Century Society: A Society for Early Modern Studies

Portland, Oregon, October 30 - November 1, 2025

Call for Papers to be prestented at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) 2025 in Spokane, WA!

Description of Session: The session is currently accepting submissions for papers on all topics related to Shakespeare. Submissions from Ph.D. candidates and early career scholars are especially encouraged.

NOTE: This call is for papers to be presented at the conference.

Please direct your brief abstract (less than 250 words) and/or any questions to Jennifer Topale at Jennifer.topale@du.edu. Abstracts are due by 30 April 2025.

Discernment as Process/Method

Conference dates: 6–8 November 2025

Conference venues:

• Multimedia Hall, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Rectorate Building, 47 Domneasca St., Galati, Romania/
• “Dunarea de Jos” Cultural Centre
• Library of “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati.
• Online sessions on Zoom

Submission deadline: 30 June 2025

UVA Wise Medieval-Renaissance Conference XXXVIII

Undergraduate Sessions

The University of Virginia’s College at Wise

September 18-20, 2025

Keynote Address:  

“Cervantes’ Architectures: Windows, Holes, Corners, and Fissures”

Frederick de Armas, University of Chicago

In keeping with this year’s MMLA conference theme, “The Humanities is Where Hope Lives,” this permanent session is seeking proposals, which discuss how we “make our case” for Early Modern English. How do we explain to our audiences – both in our classrooms and in public settings – on what interests us and motivates our scholarly activities? How do we demonstrate impact and encourage further participation? Where does the study of Early Modern English align with other organizations and initiatives designed to promote the humanities in public life?  What has worked for us? What hasn’t? 

Call for Papers, Sixteenth Century Society Conference, Portland, OR, Oct 30-Nov 1 2025

Crafters of Laughter: Innovation in Early Modern Comic Imagery

Session Organizers: Sandra Cheng (NYC College of Technology) and Kimberlee A. Cloutier-Blazzard (Independent Scholar)