The Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC) is a

learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership m ...

that promotes research on the early modern period. The society is interdisciplinary in membership, welcoming scholars in history, art history, religion, history of science, musicology, dance history, and literary and cultural studies in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Founded in 1969, its initial officers included Kyle Sessions as president and

Miriam Usher Chrisman Miriam Usher Chrisman (May 20, 1920 – November 17, 2008) was an American historian of sixteenth-century Germany and the Reformation. Active as an individual scholar, teacher, and collaborator, she was one of the founders of the Sixteenth Centur ...

as vice president. The SCSC has close associations with an

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, the ''

Sixteenth Century Journal ''The Sixteenth Century Journal: The Journal of Early Modern Studies'' (SCJ) is a quarterly journal of early modern studies. The senior editors are Merry Wiesner-Hanks and Patricia Phillippy. It is published by Sixteenth Century Publisher Inc. an ...

'' (SCJ), and with the Iter bibliographic database. The society also sponsors a book series, Early Modern Studies, now published by the

Truman State University Press Truman State University (TSU or Truman) is a public university in Kirksville, Missouri. It had 4,225 enrolled students in the fall of 2021 pursuing degrees in 52 undergraduate and 11 graduate programs. The university is named for U.S. Presid ...

. In 1990, it established an endowment and joined the American Council of Learned Societies. The SCSC holds an annual conference, usually during October. Its presidents have included Walter S. Melion of

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...

, Amy Burnett, Department of History,

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, and Executive Director Donald J. Harreld, Department of History,

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Prizes Awarded by the SCSC

* Roland H. Bainton Book Prize * Gerald Strauss Prize * Harold J. Grimm Prize * SCSC Literature Prize * Nancy Lyman Roelker Prize * Carl S. Meyer Prize *

Richard Kieckhefer Richard Kieckhefer (born 1946) is an American medievalist, religious historian, scholar of church architecture, and author. He is Professor of History and John Evans Professor of Religious Studies at Northwestern University. Education After an un ...

Prize * Sixteenth Century Society and Conference Medal

References

External links

Sixteenth Century Society and Conference WebsiteEarly Modern Book Series, Truman State University Press
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