Call for papers! SRC 2026 will be held at the University of Tennessee, October 23-24, 2026. The deadline for proposed papers is July 1, 2026. Whether presenting or not, come join us in Knoxville in October! For the CFP, just follow this link: https://t.co/VKw4Pb8V7y
Congratulations to SRC member Jesse Russell of Georgia Southwestern University, whose article "Edmund Spenser’s Stripping of the Altars: The Altar and Catholic Liturgy in _The Faerie Queene_" has just been accepted for publication in the journal _Renaissance Studies_!
The call for papers for SRC 2026 is now out! We invite you to submit a proposed paper for the 2026 meeting, which will be held at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, October 23-24. The deadline is July 1, 2026. For the CFP, just follow this link: https://t.co/VKw4Pb8V7y
Congratulations to SRC member John Wall of NCSU, whose Virtual John Donne Project has been nominated for a Digital Humanities Award! The Donne Project is part of John's Virtual St. Paul's Cathedral Project, which can be accessed here: https://t.co/CqAXA78jcj
Congratulations to SRC President Matthew Carter of Clayton State University, whose edited collection _Echoes of Violence on the Early English Modern Stage and Beyond_ has just been published! Learn more about Matt's new work here: https://t.co/wb0qMwDyi4
Congratulations to SRC Treasurer Eric Dunnum of Campbell University, whose article "The Essay and the Unessay in the Early Modern Classroom" has just been published in the _Sixteenth Century Journal_!
Call for papers! The SRC is sponsoring a session at SCSC 2026 on "The Changeling Narrative and Disability." Please submit an abstract if this topic is in your area of interest! Follow this link for more information: https://t.co/xkAenhPyL0
Call for papers! The SRC is sponsoring a session at SCSC 2026 on "The Changeling Narrative and Disability." Please submit an abstract if this topic is in your area of interest! Follow this link for more information: https://t.co/xkAenhPyL0
Congratulations to SRC member Rachel Roberts of North Greenville University, whose co-written volume _Deep Reading_ has won the Arlin G. Meyer Book Award for 2025! Learn more about Rachel's book here: https://t.co/l2QgPXMmHh
Meet the 2026 officers of the SRC (cont!). Rachel Roberts returns this year as Membership Director. Rachel is a scholar of English Renaissance literature, with a particular focus on prose romance.
Please welcome the 2026 officers of the SRC (cont.)! Jim Pearce of North Carolina Central Univ. continues on the Board of Directors in his role as editor of the SRC's journal _Renaissance Papers_. Since 2013, Jim has ably served the Conference as our journal's editor!
Meet the 2026 officers of the SRC (cont.)! Dr. Melissa Rack continues in her role as the conference's Director of Digital Media. Melissa is a specialist in English and Neo-Latin literature. Her most recent article will appear in _Renaissance Papers 2025_, out later this year!
Please welcome the 2026 officers of the SRC (cont.)! Jesse Russell continues this year as SRC Secretary. Jesse is a specialist in Renaissance English literature at Georgia Southwestern University. His most recent publication appears in _Renaissance Papers 2024_ (2025).
Meet the 2026 officers of the SRC! Dr. Eric Dunnum of Campbell University continues as the SRC Treasurer this year. Eric is a scholar of English Renaissance drama. His latest monograph is _Temporality and Alienation in the Works of Thomas Middleton_ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025).
Meet the 2026 SRC officers! Dr. Jonathan Shelley of St. John Fisher Univ. now moves into the Past President office. Jonathan will spend time this year overseeing work on his MLA-funded Pathways Step project, which assists students from groups underrepresented in the humanities.
Meet the 2026 officers of the SRC, part II! This year's Vice-President is Professor Alexis Culotta of Tulane University. Dr. Culotta is a scholar of Renaissance art history. Her most recent monograph is _The Frescoed Façade in Renaissance Roman Visual Culture_ (2025).
Meet the 2026 officers of the Southeastern Renaissance Conference! This year's president is Dr. Matthew Carter of Clayton State University. Matt is a specialist in English Renaissance drama and co-editor of the collection _Boundaries of Violence in Early Modern England_.
The new issue of the SRC's official journal, _Renaissance Papers_, is out! Featuring the best papers presented at the 2024 conference (held at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina), it is a great way to start off the new year!
A belated congratulations to SRC member Jesse Russell, who presented the paper "Rejecting Giordano Bruno's Cosmology in Edmund Spenser's 'Two Cantos of Mutabilitie'" at the Sixteenth Century Society Conference in Portland, Oregon!
Helen Hull of Queens University brought SRC 2025 to a stimulating conclusion with her presentation "'My sovereign mistress clouded so': Sovereign Bodies and Sovereign Texts in Shakespeare's _The Winter's Tale_." We look forward to next year for SRC 2026 at the U. of Tennessee!