Richard III Society American Branch

  We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 Schallek Fellowship is Jack McCart of the University of Toronto. His research topic “The Material Cultures of Memory: Death, Patronage, and Self-Presentation in Later-Medieval London,” explores the types of self-presentation that were embedded in Londoners’ activities as patrons, donors, and benefactors. It is interested in questions of how medieval Londoners defined themselves as patrons and sought to shape the

Our 2025 Winter/Spring Lectures have been announced!  Have you ever heard that Richard III invented the concept of universal bail? That he was a protector of the emerging field of moveable-type printing? That his laws regarding property conveyancing are still considered legal landmarks?  Have you ever wondered how so many European medieval objects and manuscripts found their way into American collections? Have you ever wanted to opportunity to meet and

2024 GMM Report Over 50 members gathered virtually and in person in Santa Fe for the biennial General Membership Meeting. For many, this was their first trip to the Southwest and to New Mexico, but of course, the most anticipated part was re-connecting Ricardians who otherwise live thousands of miles away. Members began arriving at the hotel on Friday night, but the big day was Saturday, November 2nd, which kicked

Voice of Richard III — WORLD PREMIERE – ‘LIVING’ AND SPEAKING RICHARD III Imagine if you could see and hear King Richard III speaking his own words. Imagine if you could see him breathing, thinking and effectively ‘brought back to life’. On Sunday 17 November 2024 at York Theatre Royal, state-of-the-art technology will reveal for the first time: a moving, breathing, ‘living’ face of a long-dead king speaking his own