Call for Papers

Exploring the Renaissance 2009

An International Conference

Hot Springs, Arkansas
March 5-7, 2009

The historic Arlington Hotel on Bathhouse Row constitutes conference headquarters (shuttle service provided).

Keynote Lecturer, Nabil Matar, University of Minnesota: “Eschatology, Tobacco, and Moriscos: Islamic Cross-Currents in Jacobean England.”

Sponsored by:

The South-Central Renaissance Conference
The Queen Elizabeth I Society
The Marvell Society
The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women
The Society for Renaissance Art History

The Society for Renaissance Art History, an affiliate of the South-Central Renaissance Conference, invites papers (20 minutes in length) in any area of Renaissance art and architectural history. Abstracts only (400-500 words; a shorter 100-word abstract for inclusion in the program) must be submitted online no later than December 15, 2008 via the SCRC website's abstract submission form.

For further conference information, contact the SRAH program chair:

Ellen Longsworth, Chair
Fine Arts Department, Cushing Hall
Merrimack College, 315 Turnpike Street
North Andover MA 01845
tel. 978-837-5000

Program participants are required to join SCRC and are encouraged to submit publication-length versions of their papers to the SCRC journal, Explorations in Renaissance Culture.

A limited number of graduate travel fellowships are available; graduate students presenting a paper at the conference may apply to the program chair for travel assistance (maximum $250). Complete essays must be submitted electronically by February 1 to be eligible for consideration. See the graduate travel fellowships page for instructions on how to apply.