The RSA is currently accepting new annual memberships and renewals from past members. Your membership will last twelve months from the date of registration.

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RSA membership types

All memberships last for a full twelve months from the time of registration or renewal. "Electronic" memberships include electronic access to Renaissance Quarterly, while "print" memberships include print copies of RQ by mail as well as electronic access. There is no difference in price between print and electronic-only memberships.

RSA members, including retired scholars, are invited to opt in privately at the dues level that is appropriate for their income level and circumstances of employment.

Membership dues rates

The current rates of membership dues appear below.

Benefits of membership

The following benefits are included with all RSA memberships. Additional benefits may be available from time to time and will be accessible from the Member Benefits page, upon login.

Renaissance Quarterly and Renaissance News access

Renaissance Quarterly in print and electronic, or electronic-only subscriptions

Renaissance News for RSA news and updates in Renaissance studies (e-version only)

Research fellowships and travel grants

Fellowships in amounts ranging from $2,000–$3,750 are awarded in various categories. RSA members also have the opportunity to apply for travel grants, diversity grants, and onsite care grants, ranging from $250-500, for the annual conference.

“The RSA Short-term Research Grant was my very first external grant, and allowed me to conduct crucial research for the completion of my dissertation, “La città vedova: Widowhood and Politics in Italian Renaissance Literature.” Thanks to the support of the RSA, I traveled to Turin, Paris and Florence on the trail of Ippolita Scaravelli, a charming widow from Turin who found her way into the works of various Italian and French authors of the late sixteenth century, Marie de Romieu and Bernardo Trotti among them. The grant afforded me the precious opportunity to explore numerous archives and libraries over the course of three months, greatly enriching my dissertation research and opening up new avenues of inquiry that I am now incorporating into my first monograph, as well as into a separate article. I credit that summer of research with changing and broadening the scope of my research in multiple ways that I still feel today.” —Anna Wainwright, University of New Hampshire

Discounted subscriptions

Iter Bibliography. You may purchase a discounted subscription to Iter Bibliography, a bibliography of more than 1.1 million citations for secondary source material about the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, 400–1700.

ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB). You may purchase a discounted ACLS Humanities E-Book subscription. ACLS Humanities E-Book is an online, fully searchable collection of approximately 4,000 high-quality books in the humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars.

Book publisher discounts

Brill: 35 percent discount on titles in the RSA-Brill Renaissance Texts and Studies Series.

Cambridge University Press: CUP offers RSA members a discount of 25 percent on all books published by Cambridge, with the exception of those coded R (reference), which are offered at a discount of 10 percent. The books are for members’ personal use only, and are limited to two copies of any given title. These discounts apply only to list price.

Professional Development Webinars

RSA members have the opportunity to register for and participate in professional development groups and webinars. Click here for list of available webinar recordings.

Entertainment discounts

Plum Benefits offers entertainment discounts of up to 50 percent off, access to hard-to-get seats, and easy ticket ordering.