Royal Studies
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Scholarly network, resource & podcast for all things relating to royal studies & the institution of monarchy across periods & locations! Oversees K&Q Conference
Leeds International Medieval Congress 2027 Call for Papers. Send your abstracts to zita.rohr@mq.edu or ellie.woodacre@winchester.ac.uk by 15 September www.royalstudiesnetwork.org/post/cfp-com...
Special Issue on CROWN AND CONSTITUTION in the journal for the History of European Ideas www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhei20/5...
🎙️ New Podcast Alert! In the latest episode, host Megan Barber is joined by Dr Owen Emmerson to explore Capturing A Queen: The Image of Anne Boleyn, the acclaimed exhibition at Hever Castle. 👇🏻 www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...
Call for Papers for the Society of Court Studies on the question: "Where are Court Studies, Now?" Get your abstracts in before august 17th to contact@courtstudies.org
📢Call for Papers Quaestiones Medii Aevi Novae invites contributions for its Current Studies section. (qman.com.pl) Submission deadlines are 1 November 2026 for 2026 issue and 1 November 2027 for 2027 issue Contact: redakcja@qman.com.pl
🎙️ New Podcast Episode! This week, Megan Barber is joined by Dr Holly Marsden, Assistant Curator of Research at Historic Royal Palaces, to explore the remarkable life of Queen Mary II. Check it out 👇🏻 www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...
NEW BLOG POST OUT NOW 📣👑 This post describes how a recent exhibition, Love Letters, at the National Archives, London, demonstrated many of the aspects of monarchy and queenship via the items on display. #History #RoyalStudies
New publication in the "Conferenze" series: "Due regine d'eccezione a Roma. Cristina di Svezia e Maria Casimira Sobieska" rzym.pan.pl/blog/2026/06...
Attending #IMC2026 ? Come watch our RSN strands on Wednesday and Thursday
New release in the Routledge 'Lives of Royal Woman' series: 'Leonor of England: The Plantagenet Queen of Castile' by José Manuel Cerda Costabal 20% discount with the code 26AFLY2
New podcast episode out - listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis... Join @susieoftraken.bsky.social and Lauren Working for their discussion on Working's latest book 'A Golden World': www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
NEW BLOG POST OUT NOW 📣👑 This months blog piece looks at how painted portraits served as modern day dating profiles, offering a carefully crafted first impression designed to attract and persuade! #Blog #RoyalStudies #History
Join Ellie Woodacre and Heidi Dawson-Hobbis to learn about the history of the mortuary chests at Winchester Cathedral, the challenges of bone identification and their relationship with queen Emma of Normandy. feeds.buzzsprout.com/1934722.rss
Buy Matthieu Mensch's new book in the Routledge Lives of Royal Women series with this 20% discount code 26AFLY2 Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France: Daughter of Marie-Antoinette and Almost Queen
Listen to our new podcast episode here: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis... @mbarberhistory.bsky.social interviews Alfred Hawkins, curator at Historic Royal Palaces. They discuss the Tower's role as a palace, fortress and prison, its rich history and what royal life there was like in different eras
NEW BLOG POST OUT NOW📣👑 This piece examines how Alexandra, Princess of Wales, used “soft monarchical power” during her 1868 visit to Ireland following the Fenian Rising. #Blog #History #RoyalStudies #Monarchy #Academia
New podcast episode out now - listen here: buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis... @susannah-lw.bsky.social is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Eltze to discuss the reign of Amannote-erike, ancient King of Kush
In this final episode of our Marie Antoinette series, @ewoodacre.bsky.social interviews Matthieu Mensch about his book on Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...
Are you a postgrad or early career researcher? Then the Royal Studies Blog is perfect for you! 👑 We are calling for people to join our blog team! The role offers the opportunity to contribute your own writing while also supporting the editorial process for external submissions. #RoyalStudies
Want to help out with the Royal Studies Network or the @royalstjournal.bsky.social ? We're looking for volunteers! Get in touch before May 29th
NEW BLOG POST OUT NOW! 📣👑 This post is a summary of a discussion held by Cosima Carnige with Dr Helen Carr and Dr Elizabeth Norton, exploring queenship, power, and authority throughout the centuries ✍️ Kurtis Pope royalstudiesblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/e... #Blog #History #RoyalStudies
Join our next DSS seminar on 28th April at 6pm GMT. Registration link: www.tickettailor.com/.../royalstu... “The Governance of Feeling: Gendering the Insider / Outsider Paradigm in Iberian Court Culture” Núria Silleras-Fernández, University of Colorado
New episode out now! The 2nd of a 3 part series, @ewoodacre.bsky.social interviews Tia Caswell about her comparative study of Marie Antoinette and Queen Victoria Listen here: buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...
Fancy writing for the Royal Studies Blog? We are currently calling for submissions! Further details & particulars can be found at royalstudiesblog.wordpress.com #royalstudies #history #academia
New podcast episode out! The 1st of a 3 part series, @ewoodacre.bsky.social interviews Dr Sarah Grant about the 'Marie Antoinette Style' exhibition at the V&A, the inspiration behind it and what it tells us about the French Queen and her legacy. Listen here: buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...
The RSN Blog is back! Check out our latest post, a report on the 'Globan Royal Families' conference which covered the timely issue of global monarchy, and the interconnectedness of the global, national and regional aspects of royal families. Read here royalstudiesblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/c...
Join the 1st 2026 Digital Seminar Series session on 17 March at 6pm GMT. "Court Dwarfs, Physical Difference and Institutionalization" Register here (free entry but you must be an RSN member): www.tickettailor.com/events/royal... Become a RSN member: www.royalstudiesnetwork.org/join-contact...
New podcast episode out! Join @susannah-lw.bsky.social and Dr. Miranda Johnson for their discussion of female sovereignty and chiefly women in Aotearoa New Zealand via the story of Meri Te Tai Mangakahia and Queen Victoria. listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...
Don't miss tomorrow's presentation (25 Feb) on the role of monarchism as a transnational ideology in the nineteenth-century Atlantic world: blogs.uned.es/gidemig/2026...