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ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Sep 3

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From the diet of estates to the parliament. The case of Transylvania (1846–69)

This article focuses on the transition from the diet of estates to the modern parliament in Transylvania – a province of the Habsburg monarchy until 1867 and part of dualist Hungary between 1867 an...

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ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Sep 3

As our conference is in full flow in Sibiu 🇷🇴, why not take a deep dive into the C19th Transylvanian estates & parliament with this article from vol. 42 of PER (2022):

Judit Pál & Vlad Popovici, 'From the diet of estates to the parliament. The case of Transylvania (1846–69)'

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Paulina Kewes @paulinakewes.bsky.social · Jul 11

Please spread the word! @pseaward.bsky.social @brfmiranda.bsky.social @laurenworking.bsky.social @ichrpi.bsky.social @oxfordcih.bsky.social @histparl.bsky.social @parlculture.bsky.social

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jul 11

Now available in 'Transactions' bit.ly/465CiLC

New 'special section' of 4 articles on 'Parliamentary Culture and Indigenous Traditions of Assembly in the Americas and South and East Asia, c.1500–1700', with an Introduction by @paulinakewes.bsky.social, Paul Seaward and Jim Van der Meulen 1/3

'Parliamentary Culture and Indigenous Traditions of Assembly in the Americas and South and East Asia, c.1500–1700: Comparative Perspectives', edited by Paulina Kewes, Paul Seaward and Jim van der Meulen

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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · Mar 14

#ICYMI, earlier in the week we looked at the career of Nancy Astor over on our #TikTok channel.
#WomensHistoryMonth

Click below to see the video:

History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · Mar 12

For #WomensHistoryMonth, find out about the interesting- and controversial- career of Nancy Astor, the first female MP to sit in the House of Commons.

#WHM
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This Women’s History Month, learn about the controversial career of Nancy Astor, the first woman to take her seat as an MP in Westminster. #WHM #womenshistorymonth #HistParl #historytok #parliament #p...

TikTok video by History of Parliament

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ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Mar 13

We have a new article in #PER online on #representative institutions in late medieval 🇵🇹

Maria Helena da Cruz Coelho (University of Coimbra), 'The ‘irregular’ Cortes of Coimbra in 1385 and Lisbon in 1439, in the context of the medieval Portuguese Cortes'

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ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Mar 11

This conference is coming up this Friday & it looks to be a corker!

See below for further details.

warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...

#ParliamentaryHistory #PeopleandParliament #Representation

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ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Mar 7

More fresh #GovernmentalHistory published in this #PER article which is a reminder of the global scope of the #ICHRPI.

Pham Duc Anh (Vietnam National University) compares government under the Nguyen dynasty to earlier institutions in Vietnam & China

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ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Mar 5

A closely related #OpenAccess article to the one below has recently been published on #PER online.

Laura Doak, another member of the Scottish Privy Council Project team, investigates the Privy Council's registers through the lens of #materiality.

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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · Feb 13

We're so pleased to be supporting the upcoming conference, 'Lived experiences of the Westminster Parliament in history: People, sociability, communities and space', at the University of Warwick.

Find out more, including how to register, via our website:

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ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Feb 12

Yet more new #ParliamentaryHistory published this week in #PER online.

Silke Hensel (unicologne.bsky.social) discusses the gendering of debates on political representation and representative institutions in 19th century Mexico.

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#Representation #Politics #Gender

ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Feb 4

New article in #PER online.

Martín O. Castro (University of Buenos Aires) analyses female petitioning and political culture in Argentina between the late-19th century and the beginning of the 20th.

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#ParliamentaryHistory #Petitioning #HistoricalResearch

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Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · Feb 4

Funded PhD opportunity with the University of Sheffield and the History of Parliament on Irish MPs in the 19th century House of Commons. Application deadline 5 March 2025. For further details, see the links here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/n...

NEW PhD Studentship on Irish MPs available

The University of Sheffield and the History of Parliament are offering a fully-paid PhD studentship on Irish MPs in the Victorian Commons. Deadline for applications: 5 March 2025. Full details of t…

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ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Feb 3

🚨 New #OpenAccess article in #PER.

Alastair Mann of the University of Stirling (& director of publications for the #ICHRPI) investigates the 1708 demise of the Scottish Privy Council in the context of a rising culture of party in politics.

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ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Feb 1

We have a new book review out in #PER online.

Our journal editor, John Young (@unistrathclyde.bsky.social), assesses Karin Bowie's (@uofglasgow.bsky.social) most recent monograph: 'Public Opinion in Early Modern Scotland, c.1560-1707' (Cambridge UP, 2020).

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Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · Jan 27

This is taking place tomorrow (Tues) - there's still time to sign up to join online.

Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · Jan 22

We're looking forward to hearing Dr Caitlin Kitchener speak next Tuesday at the Parliaments, Politics and People seminar about early 19thC radical material culture (including a rare surviving Peterloo banner). Find out more and how to join online here: historyofparliament.com/2025/01/22/p... #19thC

Producing, Performing and Curating Radicalism: How was radical material culture produced, used and curated in early 19th century Britain? - The History of Parliament

Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Caitlin Kitchener. On 28 January Caitlin will discuss the production, use

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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · Jan 23

Remember the (Geordie) Alamo.

My new article, published open access in early view today, explores New Labour’s (mostly) reluctant & begrudging proposals for English regional #devolution, and the battles within govt that preceded the 2004 N East referendum defeat www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Inevitably the package will be dismissed […] as inadequate and grudging’: regionalism, ambivalence and the road to the North East of England referendum defeat in 2004

The New Labour Government of 1997 to 2010 oversaw considerable constitutional reforms, particularly in relation to the United Kingdom’s territorial constitution. While devolution to Scotland and Wa...

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ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Jan 27

Freshly published in #PER online is this article by @a-b-evans.bsky.social (of @walesgovernance.bsky.social).

Evans looks into New Labour's territorial policies in the UK & its commitment to referenda leading up to the 2004 North East of England referendum.

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ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Jan 24

New research published in #PER this week:

Emiel Geurts (Ludwig Maximilian University) & Carla Hoetink (@unigroningen.bsky.social), 'Perceptions of parliamentary honour in the Dutch House of Representatives in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries'

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ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Jan 23

Brand new #BookReview in 'Parliaments, Estates and Representation' #PER by Thomas Simon of Universität Wien (@univie.ac.at)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · Dec 26

The House of Commons in Session
Peter Tillemans, 1709-14.
(Parliamentary Art Collection)

The pre-1834 interior of the Commons when it was in St Stephen's (feast #otd), where they'd sat since 1547.

The galleries were designed by Sir Christopher Wren who d. #otd 25 Feb 1723.

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ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Dec 4

Friends of the ICHRPI Brendan Tam & Chloe Challender (PhD researchers @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social) are hosting a conference on 'Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament in History' (14 March 2025) with a keynote from ICHRPI member Paul Seaward

See CfP below

warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...

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Second Reading @commonslibrary.bsky.social · Dec 19

The United Kingdom constitution – a mapping exercise https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9384/

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ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Dec 19

As outlined in the recent issue of #PER, we have funding opportunities available to attend our conferences.

The Helen Maud Cam Travel Grant is open to younger scholars & those without permanent contracts or other financial subsidy. The deadline for applications is 31 July 2025.

ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social · Dec 18

As the year draws to a close, we at #ICHRPI look forward to our annual conference next year, which will be held in Sibiu, Romania from 2-5 September 2025.

See below for further details: ichrpi.info/conference/

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · Dec 18

Henry VIII at the opening of Parliament in 1523 from The Wriothesley Garter book c.1530

(Royal Collection Trust, HM Charles III)

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