Call for papers and sessions

The Program Committee welcomes submissions for individual papers or sessions on any aspect of Renaissance studies, or the era ca. 1300–1700.

How to organize sessions: Members are invited to post their own calls for papers and participants on our CFP blogs to aid in the organization of sessions. You may also use the discipline group pages on this site to communicate with others in your discipline. The RSA 2016 Boston social media hashtag is #RSA16.

When to submit your proposal: The submission site for 2016 Boston will open in mid-May 2015.

Submission deadline: The submission deadline for 2016 Boston will be Wednesday, 10 June 2015. Late submissions are not accepted by the Program Committee.

Who may apply to present at an RSA conference: You do not need to be a member to submit a session or paper proposal, but all accepted conference participants must become 2016 members, in addition to registering for the Boston conference. More about membership requirements and applying as a nonmember.

RSA welcomes sessions that present the scholarship of members at various stages of their career. Each session must include at least one speaker who has received the PhD or other terminal degree. Graduate students should be in candidacy (or the equivalent for their program; that is, they must be advanced graduate students who have completed coursework, examinations, and dissertation research). They are invited to speak on topics directly related to the research already completed for their dissertation. They should not present term papers or incipient dissertation research. Sessions composed entirely of predoctoral speakers, or any sessions that include precandidates or MA students, will not be considered for inclusion in the program.

Funding: A limited number of grants to support paper presenters traveling from outside of North America are available to scholars in all disciplines by separate application. Please see the conference travel grants section of this page for more information. All participants must pay 2016 membership dues and the conference registration fee, which does not cover travel or accommodation costs.