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The Royal Studies Podcast
This podcast is connected to the Royal Studies Network and the Royal Studies Journal and covers topics related to monarchical history as well as featuring new research and publications in the field of royal studies. Join us for interviews, roundtable discussions and more covering all things royal studies and highlighting the latest and greatest in the field!
Episodes
55 episodes
Project Feature: Polish Queens
In this episode, Magdalena Biniaś-Szkopek and Darius von Güttner join host Susannah Lyon-Whaley to discuss their Polish Queens project, which examines Polish queens' roles as spouses, mothers, and queens. The project is also interested in looki...
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Exhibition Feature: Untold Lives
In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews Dr Mishka Sinha, co-curator of the Untold Lives: A Palace at Work exhibition at Historic Royal Palaces (running until 2...
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Exhibition Feature: Six Lives (National Portrait Gallery, London)
In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews Charlotte Boland, the curator of the Six Lives exhibition currently running at the National Portrait Gallery, London. In this interview we discuss the inspiration behind the exhibition, new approa...
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Interview with Alexandra Forsyth on Medieval French Dauphines
CONTENT WARNING: Please be aware that there are brief discussions of infant and child mortality in this episode.In this episode Susannah Lyon-Whaley interviews Alexandra Forsyth on her fascinating research on the dauphines of late medie...
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Royal Studies Journal Feature: Special Issue on Aristocracy (part 2: German version)
To celebrate the release of the Royal Studies Journal special issue 'Defining Aristocracy' (issue 11.1: June 2024), we have two roundtable episodes with the guest editor, Cathleen ...
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Royal Studies Journal Feature: Special Issue on Aristocracy (part 1: English version)
To celebrate the release of the Royal Studies Journal special issue 'Defining Aristocracy' (issue 11.1: June 2024), we have two roundtable episodes with the guest editor, Cathleen ...
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Interview: Winner of the 2024 Royal Studies Journal Book Prize
In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews the winner of the Royal Studies Journal Book Prize 2024--Matthew Fitzpatrick. In the interview, we discuss his prize winning book
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Publication Feature: Intercultural Explorations at the Court of Henry VIII
This episode is an interview with Nadia van Pelt about her new book, Intercultural Explorations an...
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Project Feature: Roundtable with Henry on Tour Project Team
This episode, hosted by Dr Ellie Woodacre, features another roundtable with members of the Henry on Tour project team--we discuss the progresses of Henry VIII and the big themes of the project including kingship & queenship, logistics, lega...
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Project Feature: Interview with Matthieu Mensch on “Reines en images”
In this episode we feature a project which aims to collect all known images of queens and royal women, called “Reines en images”. Host Ellie Woodacre interviews the project's creator, Matthieu Mensch, discussing the genesis of the project, plan...
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Project Feature: Roundtable with e-Reginae Project Team
This episode features e-Reginae, an exciting project in the field of queenship studies, based at the University of Lisbon. This roundtable includes three members of the project team: project leader Professor Ana Maria S.A Rodrigues, Inês Olaia ...
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Marie Antoinette's Gardens: Rethinking Female Agency - Interview with Susan Taylor-Leduc
In this episode, Susannah Lyon-Whaley is joined by Susan Taylor-Leduc to discuss her latest book and ongoing research on Marie Antoinette and gardens. Susan's 2022 book on Marie Antoinette - Marie Antoinette's Legacy: The...
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Part Two of Egyptian Rulership: Interview with Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on The Cleopatras
In this episode, Ellie Woodacre interviews Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on his new book The Cleopatras. The Forgotten Queens of Egypt, publish...
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Part One of Egyptian Rulership: Interview with Caleb Hamilton on Egyptian kingship
In this episode on Egyptian kingship we are speaking to Dr Caleb R. Hamilton (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Kāi Tahu). Caleb is the Pouārahi, Principal Advisor Environmental Outcomes for Houkura, the Independent Māori Statutory Board. He was previ...
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Roundtable Feature: Notions of Privacy at Early Modern European Courts
In this episode, we have a roundtable with the lead editor and three contributors to the new collection, Notions of Privacy at Early Modern Eu...
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Book Series Feature: New 'Monarchy, History & Culture' series at AUP
This episode features a new book series 'Monarchy, History and Culture' at AUP. The series seeks to publish studies on monarchy, both individual and comparative, from the a...
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Publication Feature: Floral Culture and the Tudor and Stuart Courts
Today’s episode celebrates the publication of Floral Culture and the Tudor and Stuart Courts, ed. Susannah Lyon-Whaley (Amst...
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Roundtable Feature: Royal Mistresses
In this episode, hosted by Susannah Lyon-Whaley, we have a roundtable highlighting recent research on royal mistresses and the important part they played in the French and English monarchies. Guest Biographies:...
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Young Queens Feature (Part 2): Interview with Nicola Tallis
We are back with Part 2 of our feature on 'Young Queens', featuring Dr Nicola Tallis and her new book, Young Elizabeth! In this interview we discuss how important it is to examine Elizabeth's childhood in order to understand the great queen tha...
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Young Queens Feature (Part 1): Interview with Leah Redmond Chang
We open 2024 with a two-part feature on Young Queens, featuring two new books which look at young royal women in 16th century Europe. Our first interview is with Leah Redmond Chang, author of
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Interview with James Taffe: Christmas with the Tudors
This episode features Dr James Taffe speaking with Dr Johanna Strong about his latest publication, Christmas with the Tudors, out now! They discuss the book more generally as well as Christmas traditions of the Twelve Days of Christmas...
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Interview with Valerie Schutte: Royal Studies Journal Cluster
This episode, we are joined by Dr Valerie Schutte for a conversation about her forthcoming Royal Studies Journal Cluster, due for publication next month.Valerie Schutte has publi...
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Interview with Eilish Gregory: Later Stuart Queens, 1660-1735
Later Stuart Queens, 1660–1735: Religion, Political Culture, and Patronage (edited by Eilish Gregory and Mic...
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Interview with Susan North: Dressed to Impress: Courtly Fashion in the V & A Collections
This podcast shines a spotlight on three items of dress in the V&A collections with a courtly or royal theme. Susan North, Curator of Fashion 1550-1800 at the Victoria & Albert Museum, speaks about their style, materials, where and when...
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