RNS Call for Papers – 2024-25 lecture series

The Royal Numismatic Society (RNS) is the UK’s foremost society for numismatics – the study of coins, medals and related currency items. Founded in 1836 as The Numismatic Society of London, today’s Society is international in subject and membership. Its lectures and publications deal with Classical, Asian, Medieval and Modern coins, paper money, tokens and medals. Fellows include scholars and enthusiasts from around the world.

Our annual lecture series runs from October to June, with December and June meetings usually set aside for the Medallist and Presidential addresses, and February for the Early Career Lectures. For our 2024-2025 series we would like to adopt a new approach to reach a broader and more diverse numismatic audience, partly reflecting the success of similar calls for our Early Career Lectures.

The RNS is therefore issuing a Call for Papers to encourage anyone engaged with the study of numismatics in its broadest sense to offer a Lecture during our 2024-2025 Lecture programme. Our lectures in 2024-2025 will take place at the Royal Asiatic Society (London) and on Zoom.

What

We would love to hear from you if:

• You are engaged in the study of numismatics in its widest sense;
• Are working on a research project with numismatic focus;
• Are engaged with numismatic collections in the heritage, museums, or archaeological sectors.

Who

Submissions are welcomed from:

• Students, early career professionals, academics, numismatists, those engaged in the study of money and medals in all their forms;
• Archaeologists working with numismatic material/coins as archaeological objects;
• International colleagues (some lectures will take place over Zoom).

The RNS supports diversity in numismatic research – feel free to email Andrew if you have any questions about this call.

How

Please send a short proposal by 15^th September 2024 to Andrew Brown at: abrown@britishmuseum.org, with:

• Name
• Job title and institutional affiliation (optional)
• Contact details
• Title
• Short abstract (up to 250 words)
• Short personal biography (up to 100 words)
• Dates in the Lecture series you might be available to speak (15^th October, 19^th November (Zoom only), 21^st January, 18^th March, 15^th April, and 20^th May)

Please circulate this information to anyone who you think might be interested in this opportunity.

We look forward to hearing from you!