Welcome to the website for the Renaissance Conference of Southern California.

The RCSC promotes study of the period c. 1300–1800, broadly interpreting the Renaissance within a global framework.

The Renaissance Conference of Southern California (RCSC) is a scholarly association dedicated to the advancement of learning in Renaissance Studies. Since 1956, the RCSC has sponsored and organized conferences at centers of learning in Southern California. Our annual conference brings together academics, students, and independent scholars whose interests include the history, literature, visual arts, architecture, music, theater, religion, rhetoric, science, and languages of the Renaissance. The RCSC is an affiliate of the Renaissance Society of America.