Call Deadline: June 20, 2025
Call for Papers
Deadline: June 20, 2025
IAS-Sponsored Sessions at RSA 2026
72nd Annual RSA meeting
San Francisco Hilton Union Square
San Francisco, CA, 19-21 February 2026
Deadline for Submission to IAS: Extended to 20 June 2025
The Italian Art Society (IAS) invites proposals for up to four sponsored panels at the Renaissance Society of America (RSA) Annual Meeting, to be held in person at the venue listed above, 19-21 February 2026.
IAS members interested in organizing a panel, or linked panels, on any topic focusing on Italian art and architecture from ca. 1300 to ca. 1650 CE, should submit:
· session title (15-word max.)
· brief abstract (300 words max.)
· name of the chair(s)/organizer(s) with email addresses and affiliations, with a one-page CV for each (.pdf or .doc)
· list of three or four confirmed or potential speakers.
When submitting your proposal to the IAS, please specify either Complete Session OR Session Seeking Contributions. In preparing your proposal for submission to IAS, please consult IAS Submission Guidelines.
Organizers seeking papers for sponsored panels may post their calls on the RSA’s CFP blog. Please consult RSA’s Submission Guidelines before submitting.
Participants of selected sponsored sessions must be members of both the RSA and the IAS at the time of application, and at the time of the conference. Those with financial need may be eligible for IAS Sospeso Memberships. To join or renew with IAS, go to: https://www.italianartsociety.org/join/.
Applicants may propose only one session, and no participant in that session may be included in any additional role (organizer, speaker, discussant, etc.) in another panel submitted for IAS sponsorship for the same conference.
Deadline: Please submit all materials by 20 June 2025 via the IAS Submissions Portal. Please note that you must be logged into the IAS website to access the portal.
The IAS submits the completed sponsored session information into the RSA portal in August. A call for papers will go out in late June. The deadline for complete session submissions to IAS will be 7 August 2025.
Please direct any questions to Livia Lupi, Program Committee Chair, programs@italianartsociety.org