For the past year I have been on the most amazing team organising the ‘Understanding King James VI & I 400 Years On’ conference! (1/3) 🧵 @kingjamesconf.bsky.social

And we’re off! DAY ONE, PANEL ONE - Inheritance Our own Charlie Spragg uses material culture to explain why James’s 1603 coronation set out his stall as a ‘British’, rather than English or Scottish, monarch…

The ‘Wall of Jameses’ votes have been counted and the winner is… Nicholas Hilliard’s Lyte Jewel (c.1610-11)!!! (Modelled here by our speaker @emilyhay.bsky.social)

Thank you to our speakers and attendees for making the conference so special! Wonderful to hear from so many scholars who work on or are intrigued by James VI & I… We hope you will keep the momentum going and we look forward to seeing what the future of Jacobean studies holds!

On 9 July we are hosting a workshop on 'Establishing yourself as a PGR' @uofglasgow.bsky.social The event is supported by @sgsah.bsky.social & is open to any PGRs. You don't need to be attending the conference! For full details see below 😀 Text version: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🚨 REMINDER 🚨 1 WEEK LEFT TO REGISTER 😃 Join us in Glasgow from 9-11 July (and online!) for an amazing line up of speakers and roundtables, plus much more ... eventbrite.co.uk/e/understand...

👑 This three-day, hybrid conference will feature contributions from our own @cvspragg.bsky.social and Catriona Murray, plus recent PhD graduates Ashlyn Cudney and Elisabeth Rébeillé-Borgella. ⬇️ Click below to see the programme and find a link to register before the 8 June deadline!

This @historyworkshop.org.uk series looks fab! York's @ciscstudies.bsky.social is just taking off, but the goal is to form some kind of network within early modern studies for all this, too.

UPDATE: Registration will now be open until 8 June Join us in Glasgow (and online!) from 9-11 July for an amazing line up of speakers and roundtables😃 see the programme below ... Scan the QR code on the poster to register now 🥳🥳

Don’t forget to register for our summer conference ‘Understanding King James 400 Years On’! 👑

I’m excited to feature in the History Scotland special issue on King James VI&I👑 Full of fantastic articles from top scholars and PGRs I explore some of James’ portraits and I hope readers will visit the exhibition ‘The World of King James VI and I’ @nationalgalleries.bsky.social to see them!

Fantastic time at #RSA25 in Boston! Over the moon that my panel ‘Keeping Up Appearances: Royal Bodies at the Jacobean Court’ was a success! So grateful to @emilyhay.bsky.social and @glonsber.bsky.social for their excellent papers - both will also be presenting at @kingjamesconf.bsky.social ! 👑

Had a wonderful time speaking at #RSA2025 this morning alongside @cvspragg.bsky.social and Gabriel Lonsberry on our panel “Keeping Up Appearances: Royal Bodies in Jacobean Britain” (even as a Marian interloper!) 👑

The latest Royal Studies Podcast episode is out! Join @vic-de-valois.bsky.social for her conversation with Nicole Maceira Cumming and @cvspragg.bsky.social about their research and the upcoming (July 2025) conference "Understanding James VI&I 400 Years On" 👑 🧵/3