Society for Renaissance Studies explained

The Society for Renaissance Studies is an academic society whose aim is to provide a forum for all those interested in studying the Renaissance. It pursues this though various meetings and publications and providing this and other support for interdisciplinary teaching and research. The society was formed in 1967 with a founding general meeting being held at the Institute of Historical Research. This meeting was chaired by the noted art historian Ernst Gombrich and amongst those participating was Kenneth Clark.^[1]

Its major publication is Renaissance Studies .^[2]

Chairs

The past and current chairs of the society include the following:^[3]

• 1967-1970 Peter Murray
• 1970-1973 Nicolai Rubinstein
  • • 1973-1976 John Hale 1976-1980 Margaret Mann Phillips 1980-1983 Dominic Baker-Smith
      • • • 1983-1986 Peter Burke 1986-1989 Sydney Anglo 1989-1992 Robert Knecht 1992-1995 Susan Foister 1995-1998 Francis Ames-Lewis 1998-2001 Gordon Campbell
• 2001-2004 David Chambers
  • 2004-2007 Brian Vickers 2007-2010 John Law
• 2010-2013 Judith Bryce

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-03-28 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110226114517/http://rensoc.org.uk/default.htm . 2011-02-26 . The Society for Renaissance Studies (Accessed March 2011)
2. Web site: Renaissance Studies: The Journal of the Society for Renaissance Studies . 2011-03-28 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110320041122/http://www.rensoc.org.uk/SRSRenaissanceStudiesPage.htm . 2011-03-20 . SRS Publications: Renaissance Studies (accessed March 2011)
3. Web site: Society for Renaissance Studies: Officers (1967-Present) . 2011-03-28 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110106021050/http://rensoc.org.uk/SRS_Officers.htm . 2011-01-06 . The Society for Renaissance Studies: History (accessed March 2011)