The Renaissance Society of America

This Award honors a lifetime of uncompromising devotion to the highest standard of scholarship accompanied by exceptional achievement in Renaissance studies. It is intended for a scholar near the end of his or her career, whose accomplishments call to mind the example of Paul Oskar Kristeller. The Award is designed to honor a scholar for lifetime achievement, not for an individual work or works of scholarship. The recipient must be a living scholar who is, or has been, a member of the Renaissance Society of America. The Award will be given only when the lifetime achievement of a scholar makes it appropriate.

Nominations for the Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award of RSA may come from an individual member of RSA or the Executive Board. Nominations should be submitted at least two months in advance of the October meeting of the Executive Board and should include a brief explanation and justification for the nomination plus a curriculum vitae. The Executive Board will consider nominations at the fall meeting and decide whether or not to make a Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award. If an award is to be made, it will be presented at the Annual Meeting.