The Center for Renaissance Studies will be holding its annual Graduate Student Conference at the Newberry Library in January 2018.

Graduate students in medieval, Renaissance, and early modern studies are encouraged to submit a proposal for this conference.

Here is the call for papers:

2018 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference

Call for Papers

We invite abstracts for 20-minute papers from master’s or PhD students from any discipline on any medieval, Renaissance, or early modern topic in Europe, the Americas, or the Mediterranean world.

The 2018 conference schedule will take place on January 25 to 27, 2018, and will include workshops and presentations with rare books in addition to traditional conference sessions.

Deadline: Sunday, October 15, 2017 at midnight CT

Eligibility: Preference is given to proposals from students at institutions of the Center for Renaissance Studies consortium, but we welcome proposals from students of the Folger Institute consortium.

Submit a proposal using this online form.

A printable CFP is available online here.

Note: Graduate students at member institutions of the Center for Renaissance Studies consortium may be eligible to apply for travel funding to attend this conference. For more information, visit this webpage.

The Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies