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

On 11 Oct FOUR members of SCS, including our President Prof Glenn Richardson, will be contributing to a study day titled 'Cardinal Wolsey, 1525-2025: Still the King's Cardinal?'at Oxford University Lifelong Learning (Rewley House)! Register here 👉 lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/card...

SCS seminar. A panel discussion on "New Directions in Royal Histories". Lauren Shaw (Celtic Harmony / University of Roehampton) on Tudor ancestral legacies

SCS seminar. A panel discussion on "New Directions in Royal Histories". Holly Marsden (Historic Royal Palaces) on communication and desire between women at seventeen century English courts

Panel discussion on "New Directions in Royal Histories". Misha Ewen (University of Sussex) on Black Subjects at early modern courts.

First autumn SCS seminar. A panel discussion on "New Directions in Royal Histories" with Misha Ewen (University of Sussex), Holly Marsden (Historic Royal Palaces), and Lauren Shaw (Celtic Harmony / University of Roehampton).

Hopefully you have signed up for the panel discussion on Monday on "New Directions in Royal Histories"? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-direct...

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”

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...

If you missed @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social ‘s book launch today, don’t despair—for a limited time her excellent edition of Margaret Tudor’s holograph letters is free to download, such a fantastic resource for queenship/Tudor/Scottish history scholars! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

👑📢 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...

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...

Across the pond, National Bow Tie Day is celebrated. Naturally the Society for Court Studies feel this should be marked with a royal trendsetter.

Do you work on the Hispanic Middle Ages? If so, a CFP from the Society for Iberian Global Art on the theme "Women in Action: Women's Artistic Practices in the Hispanic Middle Ages". A 500 word proposal is due 8 Sept. See the link below for more details! bsky.app/profile/siga...

1525 saw the Battle of Pavia, the height of the German Peasant's War, and the founding of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's Oxford College, today called Christ Church. To commemorate this, until 22 Dec they are holding an exhibition "Imagining Wolsey: The Invention of an English Cardinal".

In Germany a church renovation has uncovered what appears to be the previously unknown grave of Julie von Voß, morganatic wife of Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia. She died only 22 years old in 1789 and the King quickly replaced her in 1790. Quick rebound www.berlin.de/landesdenkma...

SCS is happy to announce it has awarded the 2025 Early Career essay prize to Dr Elizabeth Hines. Her essay, “How to Pawn the Crown Jewels” demonstrates how Charles I was able to use his networks with agents in the Dutch Republic to raise badly needed funds by pawning items

CfP related to Royal Studies for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026. Get your proposals in before the 25th September!

Royal patronage could make an artist, but chasing after this could be a miserable existence hoping to grasp a mirage as elusive as smoke. OTD 1741, Vivaldi died in Vienna. He had moved hoping to capitalise on having met Emperor Charles VI, who then died destroying Vivaldi's hopes

Workshop - Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany are seeking proposals on the topic 'Power Couples? Collaborations and work and home, c. 1750-1914'. Interested? Please email [email protected] and [email protected] with a 250 word proposal by 1st September 2025

CFP - Leeds International Medieval Congress is seeking papers considering 'New Perspectives on the Viking Diaspora' - they welcome papers on Viking settlements across Europe. We would love to see your research on the relationship between the Vikings and Court Studies! bsky.app/profile/jake...

Attention courtiers! Our blog 'The Court Observer' is currently accepting submissions! Open to researchers of any career stage. Interested? Please see courtstudies.org/about/scs-bl... for more information!

Do you have 19/20C research interests? A CFP from the Geneva Graduate Institute for conference 'Diplomatic Intereiors: Spaces, Practices and Infrastructures in Historical Perspective'. 300 word abstract and 100 word bio required by 31 July. See link below for details. bsky.app/profile/hsoz...

CFP 'The Court escapes from Town (II) Arts, Diplomacy and Politics in the Countryside (Europe, 15th-17th Centuries)', Domaine et Musée Royal de Mariemont, Belgium. Contributions welcome in French, English and Spanish. 300 word abstract required by 5th July. bsky.app/profile/irhi...

Kings and Queens 14 starts tomorrow! Join us in Lisbon (or online 💻 ) for "Beyond the King: Diplomacy, Social Roles and Family Dynamics of Monarchies" 👑 More information is available on our website here: www.royalstudiesnetwork.org/current-conf... 🧵/2

Due to unforeseen circumstances, todays VSS with Ludovic Jouvet: ‘The Medal Cabinets in the Habsburg Monarchy’ has been cancelled. A new date will be announced in due course. We apologise for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

Thursday, 15 May 2025 at 18:00 CET Ludovic Jouvet: “The Medal Cabinets in the Habsburg Monarchy" Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/may-vss-th...

Are you a specialist on Prince Alexander von Battenberg (1879-1885) or on the Battenberg–Mountbatten family? Get in touch with [email protected] before the 30 June 2025. International Conference celebrating the Unification of Bulgaria: 4-5 September 2025 #bulgaria #courtstudies

Heralds originally integral to organising jousts and tournaments. (Patric Dickinson (Former Clarenceux King of Arms) “Heralds as Courtiers”.)

Heralds for many years very involved in organising key ceremonies - such as the state funeral of Winston Churchill. Though no longer involved in the same degree in the hands in organising the latest coronation. (Patric Dickinson (Former Clarenceux King of Arms) “Heralds as Courtiers”.)

Heralds are important as recorders of royal ceremonies. Here funerals of Anna of Denmark and James VI and I. (Patric Dickinson (Former Clarenceux King of Arms) presenting about “Heralds as Courtiers”.)

Heralds talking part in royal funeral processions. Here at the funeral of Elizabeth I. (Patric Dickinson (Former Clarenceux King of Arms) presenting about “Heralds as Courtiers”.)

Heralds proclaiming new monarchs. (Patric Dickinson (Former Clarenceux King of Arms) presenting about “Heralds as Courtiers”.)

Patric Dickinson (Former Clarenceux King of Arms) presenting about “Heralds as Courtiers”. Paying his dues to Air Anthony Wagner's work on heralds. Patric Dickinson himself worked on ceremonies since the 1960s.

If you are in Oxford, why not go to the Court Studies Seminar? Today 28 April, Jesus College, Memorial Room, at 4:30pm. Rubén González Cuerva (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) will talk about ‘The Court of Tunis: Negotiating Kingship in the Sixteenth-Century Maghreb’.

Courtiers can take many forms. On Monday 28 April Patric Dickinson (Former Clarenceux King of Arms) will talk about “Heralds as Courtiers”. Monday, 28 April 2025 18:00 GMT – Online via Zoom www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patric-dic...

(Continued re essay prize) Submissions are welcomed from post-graduate and early career researchers who have completed their PhD within the last six years. Deadline for the next essay submission is 31 May 2025. Submissions should be sent to Jonathan Spangler, at [email protected]

The Society for Court Studies offers an annual prize on the subject of court studies. The recipient will receive £500 and their essay will be considered for publication in The Court Historian. The essay, up to 10,000 words including footnotes, can focus on any area of court studies (Cont.)

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

New blog post!!! Katherine “Katie” Jackson - "Performer to Peeress: Harriet Mellon, Duchess of St. Albans" courtstudies.hypotheses.org/1519

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-...

Philippa Woodcock (SCS): Morosini's fireworks great success. Even if his silverware was nicked by his guests...

Philippa Woodcock (SCS): The 1649 fireworks by Venetian ambassador Morosini used both tp glorify Venice and the Morosini family (linked to the naval battle it celebrated). It was also used in a printed "Burlesque" to criticise Cardinal Mazarin...

Philippa Woodcock. Firework 1649 celebrated a Venetian victory against the Ottomans. Fireworks tricky as entertainment. They could backfire and harm people. They were weather sensitive. They could also bore the audience... "Please, no more burning lions! No more exploding towers"...

Philippa Woodcock (Highlands and Islands) – ‘Fire and Water on the Seine: the Venetian Ambassador’s Fireworks Party of January 1649’. The traditional fireworks at the feux de la Saint Jean did not take place, but normality returned with King and court in August.

Phillipa Woodcock (Highlands and Islands) – ‘Fire and Water on the Seine: the Venetian Ambassador’s Fireworks Party of January 1649’. SCS seminar begin in in Paris 1649. ("A much troubled city..."

Want more fireworks in your life? Sign up for next SCS seminar Monday 24 March! Phillipa Woodcock – “Fire and Water on the Seine: the Venetian Ambassador’s Fireworks Party of January 1649” Monday, 24 March 18:00 GMT – Online via Zoom Sign up free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/phillipa-w...

Thursday, 20 March 2025 at 18:00 CET Milan Svoboda will be presenting a recent project of redecoration of the ca 1590 Golden Hall banqueting table of Kratochvíle hunting lodge, an Italian villa built in Southern Bohemia for Wilhelm of Rosenberg. Register at: www.eventbrite.fr/e/mar-vss-th...

Paper with fireworks on Monday 24 March! Phillipa Woodcock (University of the Highlands and Islands) – “Fire and Water on the Seine: the Venetian Ambassador’s Fireworks Party of January 1649” Monday, 24 March 18:00 GMT – Online via Zoom Sign up for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/phillipa-w...

The Society for Court Studies is passionate about promoting and supporting new researchers in the field of court studies. Thus, it awards biannual bursaries. The spring deadline for applications is 15 March. Make haste! Details: courtstudies.org/awards-bursa...