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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In our latest episode, host Ellie Woodacre is joined by Elizabeth Norton and Valerie Schutte to explore their new books in the Lives of Royal Women series on Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves. Check it out right here👇🏻 www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Step behind the convent walls of Lisbon in this fascinating new episode. Host Susannah Lyon-Whaley is joined by Ben James to discuss his exciting new book! Check it out right here👇🏻 www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

How do we find out about the everyday lives of queens? Come to my Heritage Open Days talk this Saturday 12 September at 3:30pm to find out! This is a free event-booking is advised but not required, full details in the link www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...

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The Everyday Histories of Queens

In this talk by Dr Ellie Woodacre, discover the everyday lives of queens through diaries, accounts, and historical records. This talk explores the routines, relationships, and experiences behind royal...

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

After a fantastic #KQ15, the Royal Studies Network is excited to announce the dates for Kings and Queens 16, in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱 Join us from 7-10 September 2027 for our first conference in the Southern hemisphere! In 2027,the conference will focus on war and conquest.

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who made #KQ15 such as success, especially our hosts at @akademievedcr.bsky.social and @historickyustav.bsky.social Watch this space for information about #KQ16 #conference #royalstudies #kingship #queenship #prague

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Save the date! We are thrilled excited to announce that Kings and Queen 17 will be returning to Scotland in 2028 Further information about our Aberdeen conference will be available in due course on the RSN website @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social #Aberdeen #KQ17 #Scotland #royalstudies

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#KQ15 has been a wonderful whirlwind of papers, discussions and catching up with lovely royal studies colleagues! All that is left now is tomorrow’s excursions and then we’re off to Chile next year for #KQ16! Thanks again to the Czech Academy of Sciences for being fabulous hosts! 👑

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thank you to Milena Bravermanova and all our speakers for kicking off a fantastic third day of #kq15 @akademievedcr.bsky.social @historickyustav.bsky.social #prague #conference #royalstudies #kingship #queenship

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A few highlights from day 2 of #KQ15 from @jspan.bsky.social keynote this am to the wonderful concert that rounded off the day @royalstudies.bsky.social

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Our evening reception, celebrating the start to a brilliant conference and the winner of the @royal_studies_journal Biennial Book Prize for 2026 @emmaoberat @historickyustav_avcr @akademievedcr #KQ15 #conference #royalstudies #kingship #queenship

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A great first day at #KQ15!! Some amazing action shots here from the panels and papers! Thanks to @dani2772.bsky.social and all the team at the Czech Academy of Sciences for the wonderful job they are doing of hosting us, can’t wait for more to come tomorrow! @royalstudies.bsky.social

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Thank you for our keynote speaker Cindy Mccreery for kicking off our conference this morning and our hosts @historickyustav_avcr @akademievedcr #KQ15 #history #conference #kingship #queenship #royalstudies

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

IMPORTANT: Today is the last day to register if you want to to attend online—see our website for more details and to register for remote participation: www.royalstudiesnetwork.org/copy-of-curr... Looking forward to seeing you all soon in Prague or online for #KQ15!

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Looking forward to giving this talk for Heritage Open Days on The Everyday Histories of Queens on 12 September at 3:30pm at United Church on Jewry Street in Winchester. This talk is FREE and pre-booking is not required but suggested, more details here: www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...

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The Everyday Histories of Queens

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Important Update! Updated timetable for the King and Queens 15 Conference 💜 #KQ15 #royalstudies

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Kings & Queens 15 is next week in Prague. We’d love for you to join us, wherever you are. Organisers have confirmed conference will be streamed online. Remote participation is now available. Register by 31.08.2026. Registration & programme found here: www.royalstudiesnetwork.org/copy-of-curr...

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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...

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🎙️ NEW PODCAST ALERT 👑💰 A Royal Studies Podcast mini-series on how royalty and wealth are connected. Why does money matter for monarchy? From royal finances to global influence—every crown has an economy. 👑💰👇🏻 www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...

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Monarchy & Money Episode on Employment Conditions in Early Modern Courts: Interview with Dries Raeymaekers (Radboud) and Marc Jaffré (Kyoto/Trento) - The Royal Studies Podcast

The mini series within the Royal Studies Podcast on Monarchy & Money is hosted by Charlotte Backerra from the University of Klagenfurt in Austria, and Cathleen Sarti from the University of Oxford ...

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Get your tickets now for the Tudor Queens Talk at Hampton Court Palace, with Elizabeth Norton and Valerie Schutte! They'll discuss their new biographies of Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves, in the Routledge Lives of Royal Women series www.hrp.org.uk/.../members-... www.routledge.com/Lives-of-Roy...

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🎙️ 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...

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

📢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

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🎙️ 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...

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Special Issue on CROWN AND CONSTITUTION in the journal for the History of European Ideas www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhei20/5...

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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...

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Last episode of Queens that Changed the World, season 2, just dropped in North America on @bbcselect “The Ruthless Queen: Agrippina the Younger”, great to have a Roman empress in this group of queens! Agrippina was ambitious—is her portrayal as ruthless and immoral fair or a pushback on her power?

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Out today in North America on BBC Select—Queens that Changed the World: The Divisive Queen: Mary Queen of Scots, always a queen who divides the crowd, are you Team MQS? Tragic victim or agent of her own destruction? #queenship👑

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Available today (ignore date on the poster!), new episode of Queens that Changed the World on Lakshmibai via BBC Select in North America 👸

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

New additions to the @routledgehistory.bsky.social Lives of Royal Women series! So excited to have my editor’s copies and add them to the ever growing shelf of LORW titles! @enortonhistory.bsky.social

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Available now (in North America)—newest episode of Queens that Changed the World on BBC Select on Marie Antoinette—if you enjoyed this episode and want more on this fascinating queen you can also listen to our episodes on Marie Antoinette on the Royal Studies Podcast: royalstudies.buzzsprout.com

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Enjoyed our @royalstudies.bsky.social strand @imc-leeds.bsky.social yesterday, discussing shifting representation & memory of kings & queens from imperial China to Victorian medievalism, today is the ‘Long Live the Queen’ strand from Reconfiguring Bohemian Queenship project in Maurice Keyworth 1.06

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Interested in #royalstudies & #queenship? Come join us for the @royalstudies.bsky.social strand @imc-leeds.bsky.social in Maurice Keyworth 1.32 all day Weds & come back for Central European queens (organized by Patrik Pastrnak) in Maurice Keyworth 1.06 on Thursday, loads of great papers on offer!

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Routledge History Research @routledgehistory.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A pleasure to host a launch for Exploring Monarchy in Medieval Europe www.routledge.com/Exploring-Mo... with @ewoodacre.bsky.social and the amazing author team at #imc2026 Routledge Bookstand, copies still available!

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

TODAY—if you are @imc-leeds.bsky.social join us at 6pm at the @routledgehistory.bsky.social stand in the bookfair to celebrate the launch of our new textbook on medieval monarchy, be great to see you there and you can chat with us and our wonderful contributors about the book

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Out today in N.America on BBC Select —new episode of Queens that Changed the World on the fantastic and formidable Maria Theresa, check it out!

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Queens That Changed the World Series 2 premieres on BBC Select in the Americas on 25 June—episodes will be released every Thursday for the next 6 weeks. Don’t miss episode 1 ‘The Last Queen of America’ on Queen Charlotte tomorrow! So enjoyed working on the series and hope you enjoy watching it!

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Great day at Chalke Valley History Festival with my @teachmedwomen.bsky.social colleagues—doing a bit of mythbusting on the power of medieval women with a large (hot) tent of schoolchildren

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Been a queenly week, presenting with Katia Wright at Beyond Exceptionalism III on queens lands and talking about medieval queens and fake news with my colleague Gordon McKelvie at the @britishacademy.bsky.social Ideas Festival 👸

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Delighted to announce the release of the newest issue of the @royalstjournal.bsky.social 13.1–a special issue featuring 8 fascinating articles connected with the @hrp-palaces.bsky.social Henry on Tour project, plus another 8 book reviews rsj.winchester.ac.uk/32/volume/13...

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Special Issue: Henry VIII on Tour | Royal Studies Journal

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

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

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Just arrived, latest addition to the @routledgehistory.bsky.social Lives of Royal Women series! Join us to launch the book at the Oxford Court Studies seminar on 1 June at Jesus College 4:30pm

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Enjoyed the Museo del Romantismo this morning, definitely falling under the spell of the 19th century recently—so many fascinating queens like Isabel II & Maria Cristina, might have to expand the scope of my early modern #queenship module! 👸

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

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

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