
Digital Seminar Series - Past Programmes
The list below is a list of seminar topics and themes from past programmes.
2022 Programme
18 January 2022 - Roundtable
Roundtable: Writing Biographies for Royal Women: Challenges and Approaches- featuring Ellie Woodacre, Rúben Gonzalez Cuerva, Kristen Geaman, Stefany Wragg, Silvia Mitchell, Jonathan Spangler, with Louise Wilkinson as chair
15 February 2022 - Matthew Firth
Seminar: The Prerogatives, Lands, and Revenues of England's Early Queens, 850-1000
15 March 2022 - Panel
Panel: A ‘Fresh’ Perspective? Comparison as a Core Methodology in Medieval Queenship Studies - featuring Paula Del Val Vales, Anaïs Waag, and Gabrielle Storey
26 April 2022 - Cindy McCreery
Seminar: Modern Monarchy in a Global Perspective: From Hawaii to Australia
17 May 2022 - Takashi Fujitani
Seminar: Another Girl?: The Japanese Royal Succession Debate in Historical Perspective
16 August 2022 - Robert Aldrich
Seminar: Royal Connections between Europe and Asia, 1870s-1920s
20 September 2022 - Carolyn Harris
Seminar: Royal Tours of Canada During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth II - Change and Continuity
18 October 2022 - Russell Martin
Seminar: Wedding Rituals of the Russian Monarchy
15 November 2022 - Barbara Bieniek
Seminar: Restoration and the Romanian Monarchy
13 December 2022 - Paige Emerick
Seminar: George IV's Royal Visit to Ireland and Scotland and the Display of Sub-National Identities
2021 Programme
18 January 2021 - Rocío Martínez Lopéz
Seminar: Or marriage or nothing? A comparative study on unmarried royal women in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe.
15 February 2021 - Valerie Schutte
Seminar: “Into the handes of the ragged beare”: John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, in the Accession Literature of Queen Mary I
16 March 2021 - Natalee Garrett
Seminar: Behind Closed Doors: Celebrity Culture and the British Royal Family, 1760-1820
19 April 2021 - Special Event
10th Anniversary Celebration – Roundtable Discussion
17 May 2021 - Gabrielle Storey
Seminar: Co-Rulership and Co-operation: Royal Partnerships in the Angevin Domains
16 August 2021 - Cathleen Sarti
Seminar: Getting Rid of a King or Queen Regnant
21 September 2021 - Diana Pelaz, Manuela Santos Silva, Lledó Ruiz Domingo
Panel Seminar: Queenship and Landholding in the Iberian Peninsula during the Late Middle Ages
18 October 2021 - Hannah Grieg
Interview/Discussion: Visualising Royalty: Historical Consulting and Depictions on Film
15 November 2021 - Stephanie Russo and Laura Saxton
Panel Seminar: Anne Boleyn in Historical Fiction
14 December 2021
Holiday Social and Trivia
If you would like to submit a proposal or recommend an event for the Digital Seminar Series, we are accepting proposals/recommendations for ongoing consideration. For more information, check out our CFP via our website here: https://www.royalstudiesnetwork.org/digital-seminar-series