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Seminar series focusing on the political and cultural life of courts and courtiers. 4:30pm, Mondays fortnightly in odd weeks of term, Jesus College, Oxford. All welcome. Convenor: @hannasinclair.bsky.social

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Oxford Court Studies @oxfordcourtstudies.bsky.social · 13d

It’s that time of year again! Here is the term card for the upcoming talks. As always, everyone is welcome! Fortnightly, 4:30pm in the Memorial Room, @jesusoxford.bsky.social

Term card for Oxford Court Studies seminars:

13 October Elizabeth Norton (Independent Researcher)
‘Constructing a Queen: The Career of Jane Seymour from Gentlewoman, to Queen, to Central Dynastic Figure’

27 October Elena Taddei (University of Innsbruck)
‘A Princess of House d’Este at the English Court: Mary of Modena Between Religious-Political Alienation and Cultural Transfer’

10 November Susannah Lyon-Whaley (University of York)
‘Her Material World: Queens’ Stuff in the Global Seventeenth-Century’

24 November Liesbeth Geevers (Lund University)
‘Male Marriage Gaps, Dynastic Centralisation and Habsburg Trust Fund Babies: Analysing Early Modern Dynasties from a Long(er)-Term Perspective’

The seminar will take place at 4:30pm at Jesus College. All are welcome, and wine reception to follow.

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Oxford Court Studies @oxfordcourtstudies.bsky.social · 13d

It’s that time of year again! Here is the term card for the upcoming talks. As always, everyone is welcome! Fortnightly, 4:30pm in the Memorial Room, @jesusoxford.bsky.social

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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 19d

The first SCS seminar for the autumn will be a panel. Monday, September 22 · 6:45 - 8:45pm CEST you can rejoice in:

New Directions in Royal Histories (Panel)
Misha Ewen (University of Sussex) – “Black Subjects: Recovering Histories of Enslavement at the Early Modern Palaces”

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you to everyone that attended our last session! Our next Digital Seminar Series seminar is on October 20 (date changed from the 21st) at 6pm UK time. Join Julia Hamilton’s talk on ‘All that’s Rich’: The Intended Meanings of Luxury Goods in Stuart Interiors.

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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 22d

TOMORROW SCS launches our 2025/26 VSS programme with the talk "Building the Presence of the Prince" by José Eloy Hortal Muñoz and Merlijn Hurx!

This session will explore the significance of royal buildings in the consolidation of a sovereign's power

Register below
courtstudies.org/events/virtu...

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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · Sep 8

👑📢 And check out our 2026 programme too! Come along to hear speakers talk about the truly global nature of court studies! See our website for more details on timings 👉 courtstudies.org/events/virtu...

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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · Sep 8

SCS is excited to launch our Virtual Scholarship Series programme for 2025/26! Come along to hear about royal buildings, patronage, gardens, and more!

Here is a summary of our programme for 2025; stay tuned for 2026! See link below for dates and times - courtstudies.org/events/virtu...

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Sarah Betts @wromantichistry.bsky.social · Jul 25

New @royalstudies.bsky.social podcast out today - hear the excellent @patrikpastrnak.bsky.social talking about his prize winning article on 15th century royal wedding gifts, his wider research on royal wedding journeys, and his project on bohemian queens royalstudies.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...

Interview with the Royal Studies Journal Article Prize Winner 2025: Patrik Pastrnak - The Royal Studies Podcast

In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews the winner of the Royal Studies Journal PGR/ECR Article Prize Winner for 2025, Patrik Pastrnak. We discuss his research on bridal journeys, what can go ...

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Oxford Court Studies @oxfordcourtstudies.bsky.social · Jun 9

Our own Richard Schlag will speak today on the Status of Burgundy within the Holy Roman Empire at the time of Friedrich III, in a session co-convened with the Early Modern Central European Seminar. All welcome, drinks to follow. talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/10d...

Court Factions and Crown Authority: Contesting the Status of Burgundy within the Holy Roman Empire at the Court of Emperor Friedrich III of Habsburg (Co-convened with the Oxford Early Modern Central E...

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · Jun 4

Next in #KQ14 Session 2.12: Matrimonial Politics: Dynasties, Counsel, and Alliance was Johanna (Hanna) Sinclair “Forestieri, Stranieri & Étrangers: Foreignness at the marriage of Maria de Medici & Henri IV in 1600” unpicking the perception the ‘other’ in marriage negotiations & her bridal journey

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Oxford Court Studies @oxfordcourtstudies.bsky.social · Jun 5

A highlight being Fabian Persson’s opening line ‘Does it matter if you are useless? An important question for academics as well as courtiers.’

Oxford Court Studies @oxfordcourtstudies.bsky.social · Jun 5

Multiple past speakers at #KQ14, including this fantastic panel on court employees, featuring three! (And three more in the audience). Future speakers being recruited as well!

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Oxford Court Studies @oxfordcourtstudies.bsky.social · Jun 2

Congratulations to @patrikpastrnak.bsky.social who won the @royalstudies.bsky.social article prize! #k&q14

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · Jun 2

Today's the day! Kings and Queens 14 starts today in Lisbon (and online!) 🎉

Below, you can find today's programme, including timings for the conference workshop and Ana Maria Rodrigues' keynote 📄

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Oxford Court Studies @oxfordcourtstudies.bsky.social · Apr 22

Trinity Term Card! This term featuring talks by brilliant scholars on the Early Modern courts of Tunis, Copenhagen, Sweden, Poland-Lithuania, and the Holy Roman Empire. Alternate Mondays, 4:30pm, Memorial Room at Jesus College (plus Friday 9 June at Ship Street Centre). All are welcome! (edited)

Oxford Court Studies Seminars will take place at Jesus College, Memorial Room, at 4:30pm (except *9 May)

28 April
Rubén González Cuerva (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas): ‘The Court of Tunis: Negotiating Kingship in the Sixteenth-Century Maghreb’

FRIDAY 9 May *Ship Street Centre, Jesus. Ulrik Langen (University of Copenhagen): ‘Troubled Life Stories: Complaint Culture, Life Writing, and Urban Experiences in Eighteenth-Century Copenhagen’.
(Co-convened with the Oxford Scandinavian Studies Network)

12 May Dustin Neighbors (University of Helsinki): ‘The Queen’s Court: Materiality and Colour at Early Modern Scandinavian Courts’

26 May Katarzyna Kosior (Northumbria University): ‘The Royal Court and the Sejm in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Seventeenth Century’

9 June Richard Schlag (Jesus College): ‘Court Factions and Crown Authority: Contesting the Status of Burgundy within the Holy Roman Empire at the Court of Emperor Friedrich III of Habsburg’ (Co-convened with the Oxford Early Modern Central European Seminar Series)

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Patrik Pastrnak @patrikpastrnak.bsky.social · Apr 15

CfA: we are looking for two replacements for our Bohemian queenship project.
More details below 👇👇👇
pracuj.upol.cz/nc/zprava/cl...

Researcher

Faculty of Arts, Department of History, Research Field: History/Latin or German Philology; Type of contract: Fixed-term contracts; Offer Starting Date: 01.01.2026.

pracuj.upol.cz

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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thursday, 17 April 2025 at 18:00 CET
Benjamin Ringot:
“VERSPERA Project : Versailles From Historical Records to Virtual Worlds"
eventbrite.fr/e/apr-vss-ve...
#courtstudies #versailles #digitalhumanities

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brunoolisipo.bsky.social @brunoolisipo.bsky.social · Apr 9

Only two weeks to go! Enroll now on Sintra Summer School 2025 and enjoy a full week of lectures, workshops and visits to historic palaces and courtly sites around Lisbon! #courtstudies #palaces #royalstudies #earlymodern #iberianstudies
www.parquesdesintra.pt/en/made-for-...

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Oxford Court Studies @oxfordcourtstudies.bsky.social · Feb 28

A change in the programme for the final session of the term: Unfortunately Kirsty Wright is unable to attend, but we are lucky to have the President of the Society of Court Studies, Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly in her place. 4:30pm, Monday 3 March, Ship Street Centre, Jesus College, all welcome!

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · Jan 21

🏆 Call for Nominations

ECRs & PGRs: Submit your work for the 2025 RSJ Biennial Prize in Royal Studies by 15 March 2025! 🌍👑

Details: rsj.winchester.ac.uk/prizes

Prizes | Royal Studies Journal

The Royal Studies Journal has developed as an offshoot of the successful Kings & Queens conference series and the Royal Studies Network. The Network has provided a framework for researchers in the...

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Oxford Court Studies @oxfordcourtstudies.bsky.social · Jan 20

Reminder: the first talk of the year is today (20th) at 4:30 in the Ship Street Centre at Jesus College. All are welcome!

Oxford Court Studies @oxfordcourtstudies.bsky.social · Jan 13

I’m pleased to announce the programme for Hilary 2025, with papers on 19C French and Spanish kings, a Savoy wedding that didn’t happen, Habsburg courtiers between Austria and Spain, and the Royal progresses of Katherine of Aragon and Katherine Parr. Alternate Mondays, Jesus College, all welcome!

Programme for Oxford Court Studies seminar series, Hilary 2025.

20 January
Munro Price (University of Bradford)
‘Shipwreck and Survival: Louis XVI, Ferdinand VII and Revolution’
3 February
Richard Cooper (Brasenose College)
‘Four Weddings and a Funeral: The Savoy Marriage of July 1559’
17 February
Bianca Lindorfer (University of Vienna)
‘Aristocrats without Borders: The Emergence of a Cosmopolitan Elite in the 17th-Century Habsburg Monarchy'
3 March
Kirsty Wright (Historic Royal Palaces)
‘“Kingless Progresses”: Locating Authority in the Regencies of Henry VIII’s Queens’
Jesus College Ship Street Centre, 4:30pm, odd Mondays.

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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · Dec 21

The Society for Court Studies is taking its first steps on Bluesky!

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · Dec 6

My first monograph is officially available for pre-order! One for fans of #18thcentury history, #queencharlotte and #royalhistory 👑

#skystorians please do share!

@routledgehistory.bsky.social

www.routledge.com/Queen-Charlo...

Book cover. Title is 'Queen Charlotte: Family, Duty, Scandal' by Natalee Garrett. The cover shows a woman wearing a gold and white period dress and holding a fan in her right hand.

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Jemma Field @jemmafield.bsky.social · Dec 5

My new chapter “Clothing the Royal Family: The Intersection of the Court and City in Early Stuart London” is out now in this fab collection #stuart #dress

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · Nov 24

The deadline for the Call for Papers for Kings and Queens 14 is quickly approaching! 📝 You only have 3 more weeks until proposals are due 🚨

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