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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Only a few days left to get reduced rates for the Palmer House Hilton for Sixteenth Century Society Conference #SCSC2026. Book by October 6! Link available at the conference website--> sixteenthcentury.org/conference/2...
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Bodies, Nature, Knowledge Track organizers are excited to announce a thrilling panel at this year’s #SCSC2026! Female Bodies and Regimes of Legibility in the Seventeenth-Century Hispanic World Organizer: Daniela Ruiz Chair: Pablo F. Gómez Papers include...
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Come listen to a tremendous pedagogy panel organized by Case Western’s Denna Iammarino! Keeping it Real: Using Special Collections in the Classroom Sponsor: Newberry Library's Center for Renaissance Studies Organizer/Chair: Christopher Fletcher, Newberry Library
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#SCSC2026 is only FIVE weeks away! Have you registered yet? sixteenthcentury.org/conference/2...
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2026 | Sixteenth Century Society
The Sixteenth Century Society hosts one of the most important annual conferences in early modern studies each year, where senior, junior, and future colleagues of all early modern disciplines meet to…
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Check out the new Lightning Round sessions for new books at #SCSC2026! The two "New Books in Early Modern Studies: Lightning Talks” panels highlight new works in early modern studies, with brief presentations from 25 different authors about their recently published scholarship.
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Are you interested in co-authoring? Or do you have experience and want to share what you’ve learned? Join us at #SCSC2026 for a social sponsored by Emory’s Oxford College titled Co-Authoring: A Social About Social Writing Pick up a drink ticket from Sarah Higinbotham at the Mezzanine, then..
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Another session to consider at #SCSC2026 is Space and Society in Early Modern Italy: From Mapping to Machine Learning, organized by Jennifer Mara DeSilva and chaired by Catherine Kerton-Johnson. Papers will include:
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
As we approach #SCSC2026, we will be highlighting some of the sessions on offer at the meeting. Our first highlight are the two Burnetti Boni sessions which celebrate Amy Nelson Burnett and Stephen Burnett for their outstanding contributions to early modern scholarship and the 16CSociety.
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Noticed an uptick in posts from SCS? That's thanks to the society's new Tech Advisors, Seán Thomas Kane and Joshua Caleb Smith. They serve jointly in the position created at #SCSC2025. You can reach out to them by emailing TechAdvisor@sixteenthcentury.org.
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Chicago Journals @chicagojournals.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This article from The Sixteenth Century Journal examines the historical and philosophical significance of Renaissance literature on space travel. Learn more here: ow.ly/V5s650XR60M. Sixteenth Century Society
The Sixteenth Century Journal
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender is sponsoring a conference session dedicated to the work of ECRs at the upcoming meeting of the @16csociety.bsky.social in Chicago, Oct 29-31, 2026. Submit an abstract of 250 words & a brief bio to Michelle Dowd, mmdowd1@ua.edu, by April 3.
Conference banner, with a colorful medieval drawing of rooftops in the background under a smiling sun. In the center, in black text within a translucent white rectangle, are the conference dates and location.
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Lavinia Gambini @lavinia-gambini.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
🚨CFP - Sixteenth Century Society Conference 2026, Chicago Really excited to be organising this panel for SCS 2026 (@16csociety.bsky.social) with my colleague, Andreas Berger (@unibe.ch)! Don't forget to apply! Deadline: 10 April 2026 👇
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Harry Spillane @harryspillane.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Pleased to see my review of Raphael Magarik's 'Fictions of God' out with the Sixteenth Century Journal. Well worth a read @16csociety.bsky.social
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Fictions of God: English Renaissance Literature and the Invention of the Biblical Narrator. Raphael Magarik. University of Chicago Press, 2025. 264 pp. $115.00. ISBN 978-022684221-9. | The Sixteenth Century Journal: Vol 57, No 3
Downing College, University of Cambridge
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
The Lise Meitner Research Group at the Biblioteca Hertziana, Rome has just issued a CfP around the theme of "Reworking Early Modern Drawings." For further details, please see: recruitment.biblhertz.it/auth/2%3A1%3...
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Selectus - Home
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
Announcing the CfP for the Twelfth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies! www.smrs-slu.org/uploads/1/2/...
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
Nominations are now open for the Kluge Chairs, the Maguire Chair, the Kislak Chair, and the Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress! www.loc.gov/programs/joh...
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Chairs | Chairs & Fellowships | The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress | Programs | Library of Congress
The Kluge Center welcomes scholars and practitioners at the height of their fields for residencies as chair holders or as distinguished visiting scholars.
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
The new issue of the Sixteenth Century Journal is now available via Chicago Journals! Check out the Table of Contents! www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/scj/curr...
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The Sixteenth Century Journal | Vol 55, No 1-2
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
The Preliminary Draft Program *and* Toronto travel information are both now available via the Sixteenth Century website! #SCSC2024 #earlymodern #twitterstorians #interdisciplinary #conference www.sixteenthcentury.org/conference
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 20/05/2024
Registration is now open for #SCSC2024!
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 03/05/2024
This looks fantastic!
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Rediscovering Catharina van Hemessen's Scourging of Christ
Catharina van Hemessen, Scourging of Christ, Oil on Wood Panel, 1556, private collection
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 17/04/2024
The Sixteenth Century Society (SCS) has extended the deadline for submission of proposals for its Toronto conference to Monday, May 6, 2024.
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Elizabeth (Liz) Lehfeldt (she/her/hers) @lizlehfeldt.bsky.social · 03/04/2024
Hoping to put together a panel on Catholic religious households for #SCS2024. My paper would look at the generative possibilities of imagining the convent as a household & how the non-religious members of that household transform the use of convent space. Ping me if interested! #earlymodern
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 10/04/2024
Every year in June, the IHR organizes an intensive summer course for graduate students (MA), doctoral candidates or already postgraduates in history, history of religions, theology, philosophy or literature. For more info., see: www.unige.ch/ihr/fr/ensei...
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 20/03/2024
We've added a "Search for Panelists" button to our Conference page! Full details are available there. #SCSC2024 www.sixteenthcentury.org/conference
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 14/03/2024
The European Branch of the Society for Court Studies is looking for a Deputy Chair. Details are attached!
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 01/03/2024
The #CfP for #SCSC2024 is now live! #twitterstorians #earlymodern #Toronto www.sixteenthcentury.org/conference
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 29/02/2024
#CfP #Friday
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
Our very own Kathryn Brammall is currently featured in the AHA Member Spotlight!
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AHA Member Spotlight: Kathryn Brammall
Kathryn Brammall is a professor and chair of history at Truman State University and the managing editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal. She lives in Columbia, Missouri, and has been a member since 1...
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
This summer, Brown University is hosting an NEH Institute on Born-Digital Scholarly Publishing! More information may be found at:
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Born-Digital Scholarly Publishing: Resources and Roadmaps - An NEH Institute on Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities
Hosted by Brown University Library, this inclusive Institute supports scholars who wish to develop born-digital scholarship intended for publication but lack the necessary resources and capacity at th...
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
The Medieval Academy is seeking an editor for Speculum!
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Editor of Speculum: Call for Applications
With the retirement of Editor Katherine Jansen forthcoming in 2025, the Medieval Academy of America seeks to appoint an Editor, or co-Editors, for Speculum. The position is configured as part-time,…
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Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social · 19/02/2024
This is not a test. This is the real thing. #scsc2024 #earlymodern
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