Established

1979

Affiliate Since

2010

Membership

49 universities in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom

Annual Dues

Membership in the center’s consortium is open to graduate-degree-granting universities, by application only; dues vary by type of membership.

Annual Meeting

September of each year

Primary Contact

Lia Markey, markeyl@newberry.org

Address

60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610-7324

Statement of Purpose: The Center for Renaissance Studies promotes the use of the Newberry collection by graduate students and postgraduate scholars in the fields of late medieval, Renaissance, and early modern studies (c. 1300–c. 1750), making available programs that may not be feasible for individual institutions to mount alone. Founded in 1979, the center works with an international consortium of universities in North America and the United Kingdom. It offers a wide range of scholarly programs and digital and print publications based in the Newberry collection, and provides a locus for a community of scholars who come from all over the world to use the library’s early manuscripts, printed books, and other materials.

Officers

Director
Lia Rebecca Markey
Newberry Library
E-mail: markeyl@newberry.org

Assistant Director
Christopher Fletcher
Newberry Library
E-mail: fletcherc@newberry.org

Program Manager
Dylan Bingham
Newberry Library
E-mail: binghamd@newberry.org

Updated 6/5/24