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Registration is now open! Click the link on our registration page. See also a draft schedule for the program here.
Click here for a link to the SMRS Paper Abstracts.

The Twelfth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies (June 9-11, 2025) is a convenient summer venue in North America for scholars to present papers, organize sessions, participate in roundtables, and engage in interdisciplinary discussion. The goal of the Symposium is to promote serious scholarly investigation into all topics and in all disciplines of medieval and Renaissance studies (c. 500-c. 1700). 

​The plenary speakers for 2025 will be John Van Engen (University of Notre Dame), and Elissa B. Weaver (University of Chicago). The Lowry C. Daly, SJ Lecture on Manuscript Studies will be delivered by Adam S. Cohen (University of Toronto).
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Important dates:

• The Twelfth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies will take place June 9-11, 2025.
• Early-bird registration closes June 1. Housing in on-campus accommodations should be made by April 15 and at The Element Hotel by May 1. See our Lodging page for more information.
• Registration will open in mid- or late March, when the draft schedule will be released.
• ​Submissions for individual papers, complete sessions, and roundtables are due December 31, 2024.
• The submission portal will open November 1.

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The Symposium is pleased to be hosting three mini-conferences this year:

• The 50th Annual St. Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies
• ​International Arthurian Studies Mini-Conference
• South Central Renaissance Conference

Mini-conferences operate under the SMRS umbrella, maintaining their distinctive character and traditions, such as meals or keynote lectures. SMRS participants may attend general SMRS or mini-conference sessions, as they wish, and vice versa. Certain mini-conferences may have other events limited to their members. Participants cannot give the same paper in a mini-conference and SMRS but may submit up to two different proposals to two different mini-conferences or to the main SMRS plus one mini-conference.
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Submissions are now closed. For the full Call for Papers, click here.

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​At the Symposium

The Symposium is held on the beautiful midtown campus of Saint Louis University, hosted by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. On and off-campus housing options include affordable, air-conditioned dormitory rooms and a luxurious boutique hotel. Being in the middle of a large, vibrant city such as St. Louis means that there's plenty to see and do in your down-time, and plenty of great places to eat! Click on the map below to explore the exciting activities that St. Louis has to offer!