Call for Papers

Submissions are now closed

The Sixteenth Century Society invites proposals for individual presentations and complete panels for its 2023 annual conference. The conference will take place from 26-29 October 2023 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. The deadline for submissions is Monday 1 May 2023.

The Society promotes scholarship on the early modern era (c. 1450 - 1750).  We encourage the participation of international scholars and warmly welcome advanced graduate students, independent scholars, postdoctoral and early career researchers. 

Submissions: 
We invite submissions in the following fields: 

Art and Architecture
Digital Humanities
English Literature
French Literature
German and Dutch Studies
Global History
History
History of Science & Medicine
Interdisciplinary
Italian Studies
Reformation Studies
Sidney and Spenser Studies
Pedagogy and Professionalization
Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American Studies
Religion and Theology

In addition to standard panels, the organizing committee will consider proposals for four alternative panel types:

  • Affiliated Society Sponsored Roundtables

  • General Roundtables and Workshops

  • Pre-circulated Papers workshop

  • Translation or Paleography focused workshop

  • General Topic Roundtables

Those who are interested in contributing to a poster session should submit their proposals as ‘papers’ to the digital humanities track. 

Within approximately four weeks of this date, the Program Committee will contact all those who have made submissions about their proposals.  

Questions about the conference format should be directed to conference@sixteenthcentury.org.

The 2023 conference will be held in person. The safety of all participants is our primary concern and we will be guided in our decisions by recommendations made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) and federal, state, and local guidelines. Remote or hybrid accommodations for participants will not be possible. Submitting a proposal assumes a commitment to attend the conference in person.

Information about Conference registration and hotel accommodations will be forthcoming in the near future. 

For more information, please contact:

Allyson M. Poska
Vice President and Program Chair 
conference@sixteenthcentury.org