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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre
@ewoodacre.bsky.social
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Royal Studies scholar, interested in monarchy (particularly queens!) in all periods and places. Always spinning a few too many plates for my own good, and admit to having a soft spot for a good G&T

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 1d
Delighted to see this new issue of Potestas out, featuring a series of articles on #queenship from the REGINET project led by Lledó Ruiz Domingo, www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/po...
Núm. 28 (2026) | POTESTAS. Estudios del Mundo Clásico e Historia del Arte
www.e-revistes.uji.es

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 17d
10am, BBC Radio 4! We dive into the extraordinary life of Philippe, Duc d’Orléans with our guests Tom Allen and @jspan.bsky.social

Or listen to the full length podcast on BBC SOUNDS

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 17d
New Podcast episode out now!

Part 2/3 on Monarchy and Money (monarchy-money.org), our hosts, Charlotte Backerra & Cathleen Sarti, interview Veronika Hyden-Hanscho to discuss Revenues of Habsburg Nobility in the long 18th century

Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...

Reposted by Pauline Stafford

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 22d
The happiest days are when new books arrive… #queenship

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 26d
International Conference: Women and Music in the Iberian Courts (1600-1900)

7th and 8th May, 2026

Deadline for submissions: 15th January 2026

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · Dec 19
International Conference: Women and Music in the Iberian Courts (1600-1900)

7th and 8th May, 2026

Deadline for submissions: 15th January 2026

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · Dec 16
Royal Studies Journal 12.2 is now published, featuring the RSJ Article Prize Winner 2025, a global diplomacy cluster, five research articles and seven book reviews.

📖 Read the issue here: rsj.winchester.ac.uk/31/volume/12...
🎧Listen to the prize winner podcast here: bit.ly/4s5g7xI

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · Dec 15
Delighted to announce that RSJ 12.2 is out now—a packed issue w/article prize report, a cluster feature, 5 articles ranging from early modern England to Asian monarchy today + 7 book reviews, a holiday present for you all, thanks to our amazing staff & authors! rsj.winchester.ac.uk/31/volume/12...
Issue 12.2 | Royal Studies Journal
rsj.winchester.ac.uk

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The Castle Studies Trust @castlestudies.bsky.social · Dec 14
Following the Trust receiving 21 applications asking for £170,000, will you help us fund major new castle research projects in 2026? Since 2013, we have made a major contribution to boosting the understanding & preservation of castles. To help please donate here: donate.kindlink.com/castle-studi...

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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · Dec 13
Who's entering our Biennial Book Prize 2026, to celebrate the best monographs in Renaissance studies published in 2024 and 2025? Send your scintillating scholarship to the Chair of the Book Prize Committee, @racheljwillie.bsky.social, by 31st January 2026.

www.rensoc.org.uk/funding-priz...
Society Biennial Book Prize The Society awards a biennial book prize of £500 to encourage original research on any aspect in the field of Renaissance studies and to recognise significant accomplishments by members of the SRS. The SRS Book Prize for the year 2026 will be awarded to the author of the best monograph in Renaissance Studies published (digital/hard copy) between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2025. To be eligible the monograph must be written in English by a current member of the SRS. The prize will be awarded for a book with a topic where the majority of material is within the chronological period 1300-1700. Books about Renaissance history, art, architecture, philosophy, science, technology, medicine, religion, music, the literatures and languages of Europe, and of the countries in contact with Europe during the Renaissance, are eligible. Books will be judged on the following criteria: contribution to Renaissance Studies; quality and originality of research; clarity and eloquence; thoroughness and accuracy in documentation; methodological skill and/or innovation.

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · Dec 13
New podcast episode available! Join @ewoodacre.bsky.social and Dr Kristen Vitale Engel who discuss the Dec RSJ Feature: Cluster on ‘Diplomacy as Performative Politics in the Early Modern Courts’

Royal Studies Journal: rsj.winchester.ac.uk

Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Nov 20
Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026-27 Centenary PhD Fellowships for early career historians completing a doctorate bit.ly/48pWB72

Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Applications invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships, 2026-27 - RHS
Applications are now invited for the Royal Historical Society’s Centenary PhD Fellowships to support postgraduate historians to complete a doctorate. Two Fellowships, of six months each, are offered f...
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Dr David Rundle @drdavidrundle.bsky.social · Nov 13
Are you a scholar of the fifteenth century and have an interest in the British Isles and its wider connections? If so, then you will want to know that @memsunikent.bsky.social will be hosting the 2026 Fifteenth Century Conference in Canterbury and the CfP is now open: www.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
MEMS to Host the Fifteenth Century Conference 2026
www.kent.ac.uk

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · Oct 31
Lecture on Marie Antoinette at the V&A on November 6th (1-2pm).

More info here: www.vam.ac.uk/event/YgezRP...

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · Oct 24
New book series, “Court Cultures, 1000-1900”, launched
by @historyboy30.bsky.social & @patrikpastrnak.bsky.social w/ @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

Series feat. books that explore any & all
aspects of global courts.

More info & CfP at: www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/cocu-...

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · Oct 17
Join @ewoodacre.bsky.social and Paula Akpan for the 2nd episode in our African Queenship series.

The discussion draws on Akpan's new book, 'When We Ruled' and the various case studies she examined in her research.

Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · Oct 3
New podcast episode! @ewoodacre.bsky.social interviews Professor Nwando Achebe and Lydia Amoah, discussing the distinctive features of African queenship, including :

royal women from across African history from ancient Egypt and Kush to the recent death of the Asantehemaa in Ghana.

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Teaching Medieval Women @teachmedwomen.bsky.social · Oct 2
Yesterday TMW's own Natasha Hodgson @nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social spoke with Naga Munchetty and Shalina Patel on @bbc5live.bsky.social about the recent @endsexisminschools.bsky.social report on the limited representation of women in the History curriculum. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (starts at 2:19:35)
Naga Munchetty - 01/10/2025 - BBC Sounds
Naga Munchetty speaks to Richard Osman, Kate Mosse and Care Minister Stephen Kinnock.
bbc.co.uk

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · Oct 2
Most key stage 3 history lessons don’t feature any women, research shows. Teachers tell Tes about the changes they are making to address this gender imbalance in the curriculum
Why are women missing from school history?
The extent to which history lessons ignore female figures has been revealed by new research. Here, teachers share the changes they are making to address this gender imbalance
www.tes.com

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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · Sep 30
Want to know more about the sorts of benefits that working with @vch-home.bsky.social could have, particularly for Early Career Researchers? Take a look at this blog. #Skystorians

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Dr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · Sep 29
It's Michaelmas, so it's also the anniversary of the battle of Auray (1364), which marked the beginning of the end of the Breton War of Succession begun 23 years earlier. And you know what? Let's mark it with a 🚨BOOK GIVEAWAY🚨 this time! (Charles de Blois has never had a stranger memorial...)
photo of two book covers, one called "Princely Power in Late Medieval France: Jeanne de Penthièvre and the War for Brittany", and one called "Gendered Reputations and Aristocratic Partnership: Re-Presenting the Breton Civil War from the Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries", both by Erika Graham-Goering. Princely Power has a green cover with a picture of a medieval document and green wax seal, while Gendered Reputations has a grey cover with a medieval drawing of a crowd of people raising their hands to a man and woman couple.

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End Sexism In Schools @endsexisminschools.bsky.social · Sep 24
We’re launching the results of our research into gender balance in the History curriculum today.

The report - The Great History Heist: Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History Curriculum - found only 12% of History lessons feature women as their main focus. 59% featured no women at all.
Sexism in the History Curriculum - End Sexism in Schools
End Sexism In School’s second crowd research project is looking into the History curriculum taught at KS3 (years 7-9) in England and Wales.
endsexisminschools.org.uk

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · Sep 19
Join @ewoodacre.bsky.social for her interview with three of the organizing team for the Kings & Queens 15 (to be held Sept 2-4 2026) in Prague, hosted by the Czech Academy of Sciences @historickyustav.bsky.social.

The discussion delves into the theme of "KINGS, QUEENS AND DYNASTIES IN PERIL"

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · Sep 19
It is a much needed book, we definitely need to see more work on global queenship—this book is a great way to inspire readers to find out more about queens and queenship around the world, in every era!

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · Sep 18
Thank you to everyone that attended our last session! Our next Digital Seminar Series seminar is on October 20 (date changed from the 21st) at 6pm UK time. Join Julia Hamilton’s talk on ‘All that’s Rich’: The Intended Meanings of Luxury Goods in Stuart Interiors.

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · Sep 17
ANU Fellowship Opportunities: 'Why Monarchy Endures: Answers from the Ancient Mediterranean World'

Get your abstracts in by the end of the month!

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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · Sep 17
Thank you to @ewoodacre.bsky.social for her endorsement of Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy. Elena Woodacre is a leading queenship studies expert, so it was absolute honour that she liked the book.

‘A much-needed book’
@wearefootnote.bsky.social #womenwhoruledtheworld

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Sarah Betts @wromantichistry.bsky.social · Sep 16
CALL FOR CLUSTER PROPOSALS

A few years ago @ewoodacre.bsky.social and I decided to have a go at developing a new cluster feature at Royal Studies Journal - a collection of shortform pieces on a @royalstudies.bsky.social theme published as a single large item in the journal's December issue...

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · Sep 10
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...
Latest volume | Royal Historical Society Camden Fifth Series | Cambridge Core
Royal Historical Society Camden Fifth Series
www.cambridge.org

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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · Sep 9
So looking forward to the book launch for this fantastic edition of Margaret Tudor’s letters tomorrow— @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social and I will be ‘in conversation about the book, the fascinating features of Margaret’s correspondence and what it reveals about the practice of queenship 👸