Renaissance Centre Warwick

29/04/2026

Renaissance Centre Warwick (collaborative) Renaissance PhD Summer School, commencing 29th June 2026 at CESR in Tours, France. 25 places available, so applications should be made as soon as possible. Closing date is Tues 5th May 2026. Full details on website https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/languages/phdsummerschool/

29/04/2026

Beginners Latin for Research course, 5 intense sessions over 2 weeks, starting Wednesday 2nd September 2026. Full details including registration on the website https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/languages/latin4research/intense-beginners/

11/03/2026

9 x weeks Post-Beginner’s Latin for Research course delivered online by Renaissance Centre Warwick. Starts Weds 20 May 2026. Full details including registration

These weekly meetings will allow you to consolidate the knowledge of Latin acquired during the beginner’s course. By engaging directly with Latin texts, you will build on what you have learnt in the previous classes and expand your overall proficiency of the subject. Lessons will focus on the read...

11/03/2026

9 x weeks online English palaeography course starting on Wednesday 6th May 2026. Full details and registration form:

This course will familiarise students with English handwriting from the period 1500 to 1700. It will give students the skills to work with a range of English primary sources from the early modern period. Students will build a strong knowledge of early modern hands. The course will cover secretary, i...

04/02/2026

28/01/2026

Hats off to two of our newest Doctors of Philosophy in Renaissance Studies (Sophie & Mathilde) - rewriting history, one thesis at a time! Congrats also to long-time 'honorary' Renaissance student Maialen!🤩🥳🍾

26/01/2026

The Centre for the Study of the Renaissance at the University of Warwick, is pleased to invite Expressions of Interest from highly qualified researchers in the field who seek to apply for a British Academy International Fellowship, tenable in the Centre. Deadline 16 Feb. Full details https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/research/prospective/baif/

17/12/2025

9 x weeks Post-Beginner’s Latin for Research course delivered online by The Centre for the Study of the Renaissance, University of Warwick . Starts Weds 20 May 2026. Full details including registration https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/languages/latin4research/weekly-post-beginners/

07/10/2025

The choice for this year’s online reading group has been made (Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists), and you are most welcome to join (Weds, 5-6pm UK time). Details on the webpage, including sign-up information https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/readinggroups/vasari/

24/09/2025

Renaissance Centre Warwick's honorary Reader, Dr Elizabeth Goldring, uncovers lost portrait of Henry Wriothesley, Shakespeare’s patron and possible lover.
https://warwick.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/warwick_art_historian

15/09/2025

The Centre for the Study of the Renaissance at the University of Warwick will offer online Italian Palaeography classes (From Manuscript to Print) during term 1 of the current academic year. The classes will be taught virtually (typically via MS Teams) on Wednesdays, 5-6.30pm (British time), starting on 15 October 2025 through 10 December 2025. Participants will require at least an intermediate knowledge of Italian and there is a course fee of £300 charged to non-Warwick students. Participants from institutions in the Newberry Library Consortium may be eligible to have their course costs refunded (check with your institution’s administrator). Full details on the website https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/manuscripttoprint/italian/