Sixteenth Century Society and Conference
Encyclopedia
The Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC) is a learned society
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.
The SCSC has close associations with an academic journal
, the Sixteenth Century Journal (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.
The SCSC holds an annual conference, usually during October.
Currently, the President is Amy Burnett, Department of History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the Executive Director is Donald J. Harreld
, Department of History, Brigham Young University
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Learned society
A learned society is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline/profession, as well a group of disciplines. Membership may be open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honor conferred by election, as is the case with the oldest learned societies,...
that promotes research on the early modern period
Early modern period
In history, the early modern period of modern history follows the late Middle Ages. Although the chronological limits of the period are open to debate, the timeframe spans the period after the late portion of the Middle Ages through the beginning of the Age of Revolutions...
. 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.
The SCSC has close associations with an academic journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
, the Sixteenth Century Journal (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.
The SCSC holds an annual conference, usually during October.
Currently, the President is Amy Burnett, Department of History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the Executive Director is Donald J. Harreld
Donald J. Harreld
Donald James Harreld is a professor of history with a dual appointment in European studies at Brigham Young University . Harreld specilizes in the early modern history of the Netherlands...
, Department of History, Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
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Prizes Awarded by the SCSC
- Roland H. Bainton Book Prize
- Gerald Strauss Prize
- Harold J. Grimm PrizeHarold J. GrimmProfessor Harold J. Grimm was an academic, historian and writer and an expert on the Reformation.Born in Saginaw in Michigan in 1901, Grimm gained his PhD at Ohio State University. Grimm's numerous posts as an educator included Professor of History at Capital University, the Ohio State University...
- SCSC Literature Prize
- Nancy Lyman Roelker Prize
- Carl S. Meyer Prize
- Richard Kieckhefer Prize
- Sixteenth Century Society and Conference Medal