Welcome

The 4th Biennial Conference of the Society for Renaissance Studies will be held in the historic city of York on 16-18 July 2010, hosted by the Centre for Renaissance & Early Modern Studies - University of York.

Over three days, conference delegates from more than 15 countries will present more than 200 papers in some 50 panels, representing a wide range of new research on Renaissance England, Europe and the wider world. In addition to plenary lectures by Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary), Iain Fenlon (Cambridge) and Penelope Gouk (Manchester) there will be workshops on publishing and research funding and tours of historic buildings around the city.

The conference is timed to follow immediately after the Leeds Medieval Congress and will coincide with the final weekend of the York Early Music Festival as well as street performances of the York Mystery Plays.

These pages should tell you all you need to know about the SRS and the conference: if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to welcoming you to York for what promises to be a rich and rewarding programme of papers, workshops and concerts.

Professor William H. Sherman
Director, CREMS
University of York