CourtStudies

The Society for Court Studies exchanges knowledge and ideas about royal and princely courts in history.

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On Friday 5 June Exeter College Oxford will host a conference on "Portable Archives: Moving Repositories and their Makers across the Early Modern World"

Themes will include Madrid, Rome, and Ming China!

Spaces are limited, so email [email protected] to register!

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2026. Submissions should be sent to [email protected].

https://t.co/Vm0D8oBHRN

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

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focus on any area of court studies, with no restrictions on time period or geographic location. 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

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The Philip Mould gallery in London is opening an exhibition on "Elizabeth I: Queen and Court". Looks quite promising!

https://t.co/tX19Da8DDT

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For more information visit 👇

https://t.co/8S5BRKJs3I

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📣 CfP "Renaissance and Early Modern Meanings of History"

Renaissance Society of America welcomes proposals on any aspect of this theme. Possible themes include:
- Definitions
- Audiences/spaces
- Sources
- Collections

🗓 200 word abstract due 1 July

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Swedish Linnea Nyström making crowns in her spare time: https://t.co/j4VaBGd1J9

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A lavish exhibition opens in Dresden about courtly life during the reign of August the Strong and his lik. Including a reconstructed wax figure of August himself for his coronation: https://t.co/gVRUlnU4S4

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Applications due by 31 May and must be sent to [email protected] or via the form on the official webpage, and must include:

✔️ Completed registration form

✔️ Motivation letter (max 500 words)

✔️ CV

See the link below for more info
https://t.co/IqfySVbryG

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📣 This year the Sintra Summer School will focus on 'Serving at the Palace: From the Throne to the Kitchen in Early Modern Courts'

📍National Palace of Sintra
🗓 31 Aug - 4 Sept 2026

If you are in academic study heritage work, or are interested in this period you can apply!

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Why not introduce your young to court studies? A few years ago Playmobil launched a Margrave Frederik III of Brandenburg-Beyreuth figure.

https://t.co/6TyvzROayr

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Lacquer in many forms brings China and Japan into restoration era Ham House. Even lacquer tea cups of the Duke of Lauderdale. Kerry Apps on “Encountering East Asia in the Restoration Refurbishments of Ham House"

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The Duchess of Lauderdale characterised as a "violent friend and a violent enemy". "She doesn't get much attention because she was not a mistress of Charles II", but a big name at court still. Kerry Apps on “Encountering East Asia in the Restoration Refurbishments of Ham House"

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"There was an East Asia moment in restoration England", SCS seminar Kerry Apps on “Encountering East Asia in the Restoration Refurbishments of Ham House, c.1672-1698”. Anglo Scottish courtiers the Murrays changed Ham House. Then their daughter married to the Duke of Lauderdale.

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The SCS hybrid seminar now in full swing with Kerry Apps (Open University and The National Trust) on “Encountering East Asia in the Restoration Refurbishments of Ham House, c.1672-1698”.

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Anthropological Institute (50 Fitzroy St., London W1T5BT) please email [email protected]. Please note the in-person event has a limited capacity so pre-booking is essential.

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Yes, today is Hybrid Lecture Day with SCS! Kerry Apps will delight and entertain with “Encountering East Asia in the Restoration Refurbishments of Ham House, c.1672-1698”. Registration for online event:
https://t.co/QywvxFhchp

If you would like to attend in-person at the Royal

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Visit the link below for more details!

https://t.co/UL7yFGxjb3

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📣 CFP "Tuscany and the Iberian Empires: Migration and Knowledge Transmission in the Early Modern Period"

🗓 30 Oct 2026
📍Medici Archive Project Via de' Benci 10, Florence

Papers can explore migration, diplomacy, and knowledge/cultural exchange!

🗓 200 word abstracts 15 July