The Renaissance Society of America
The Renaissance Society of America (RSA ) is an academic association that was founded in 1954. It is dedicated to the Renaissance, which sets them apart in time with the years 1300-1650. Focuses on art history and history. Its seat is located in the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, however, the annual meeting will be held in North America at different locations.
The line has held an Executive Board, which includes permanent employees are at your side. In addition, a Council committee, composed of representatives of the various disciplines and associated institutions. President since 2010 Elizabeth Cropper, Vice President Edward Muir. From 2008 to 2010 William J. Kennedy has held the office of president. The first president was John H. Randall, Jr. ( 1954-1956). He was followed by Paul Oskar Kristeller (1957-1958) in office.
The company publishes a quarterly journal Renaissance Quarterly, next to appear as bulletin or newsletter for members of the Renaissance News & Notes ). As for series publication of monographs and especially sources of the Renaissance Society of America Reprint Text Series serves.
In addition, the company awards a prize of $ 1,000 award, the Phyllis Goodhart Gordan Prize for the best book in the field of Renaissance studies.
The Renaissance Society has built up a wide network of associated organizations. These include numerous research and higher education institutions, such as the American Cusanus Society, the Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, the Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies / Société canadienne d' études de la Renaissance, the Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies at California State University, the Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University, the Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies at the University of Maryland, the Centre de Recherches episteme at the Université Paris III -Sorbonne Nouvelle, as well as the Centre for Early Modern Studies at the University of Aberdeen or the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies at the University of Toronto. In addition, the Centre for Renaissance & Early Modern Studies, Queen Mary, University of London, the Columbia University Seminar in the Renaissance in New York, which Erasmus of Rotterdam Society in The Hague, the Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo or The Italian Art Society, the Medieval & Renaissance Studies Association in Israel at Haifa University, the Pacific Northwest Renaissance Society in Calgary, Canada, which, Princeton Renaissance Studies at Princeton University, Roma Nel Rinascimento in Rome, the Society for Renaissance Studies, University of Nottingham the South African Society for Medieval & Renaissance Studies in Johannesburg and the University of California Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies. Overall, the beginning of 2011 were more than 80 organizations associated, most of them in North America and the UK but also in France, Canada, South Africa, Israel, Spain and Italy.