Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

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Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

Welcome to the Centre for Renaissance & Early Modern Studies

“The staff have been very helpful, welcoming and eager to impart their knowledge. I have made great friends in my programme and together we've had fantastic opportunities…”

Bringing together faculty and postgraduates from a wider range of disciplines than any other university in the UK

The Centre has its own dedicated space in the historic Heslington Hall

CREMS is part of the University of York's Humanities Research Centre

Well placed for research into the rich archival and cultural resources found in and around York

A lively programme of seminars and conferences attracting scholars of international standing

The Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies is a flourishing interdisciplinary community devoted to the study of the long 16th and 17th centuries. Find out more about our \ MA in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies.

News

Call for Papers: Poetry and Science, From the Renaissance to Enlightenment, c.1580-1750

Monday 21 July 2025

We invite proposals for the final conference of the AHRC-DFG project, ‘Scientific Poetry and Poetics in Britain and Germany, from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, 1580-1750’.

Kevin Killeen wins 2024 Bainton Prize

Wednesday 6 November 2024

Kevin Killeen has been awarded the 2024 Bainton Prize, for his monograph, The Unknowable in Early Modern Thought: Natural Philosophy and the Poetics of the Ineffable (Stanford University Press, 2023).

Publication News: Matt Townend's 'J. R. R. Tolkien: A Very Short Introduction'

Monday 21 October 2024

Congratulations to Matt Townend, who has just published 'J. R. R. Tolkien: A Very Short Introduction' (Oxford University Press).

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