Despite its lack of a constitution, membership fee, or fixed location, the New England Renaissance Conference (NERC) is the oldest scholarly association in the USA dedicated to study of the Renaissance. To learn more about the history of the NERC, please read this article:

Christopher Carlsmith, “Diamond Jubilee: A History of the New England Renaissance Conference, 1939-2014”. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History, 3rd series, vol. 11 (2014): 345-406.

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