ICHRPI
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The International Commission for the History of Representative & Parliamentary Institutions promotes parliamentary, constitutional, legal & political history
ICHRPI website: https://ichrpi.info
Journal website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rper20
ICHRPI website: https://ichrpi.info
Journal website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rper20
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We are pleased to announce the invitation for proposals for our 78th annual conference in Barcelona 🇪🇸, 1-4 September 2026.
The submission deadline for abstracts is 30 April.
See cfp below for further details.
The submission deadline for abstracts is 30 April.
See cfp below for further details.
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The History of Parliament is excited to announce a new year lecture!
On Wednesday 11 February, Dr Stephen Roberts will be speaking on 'Power and the Culture of the Commons in the Long Parliament'.
It is a hybrid event, either in-person in Parliament or online. Grab your FREE ticket below:
On Wednesday 11 February, Dr Stephen Roberts will be speaking on 'Power and the Culture of the Commons in the Long Parliament'.
It is a hybrid event, either in-person in Parliament or online. Grab your FREE ticket below:
Lecture: Power & the Culture of the Commons in the Long Parliament
Join us for a History of Parliament lecture, given by the editor of the House of Commons 1640-1660 volumes, Dr Stephen Roberts.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The History of Parliament is excited to announce a new year lecture!
On Wednesday 11 February, Dr Stephen Roberts will be speaking on 'Power and the Culture of the Commons in the Long Parliament'.
It is a hybrid event, either in-person in Parliament or online. Grab your FREE ticket below:
On Wednesday 11 February, Dr Stephen Roberts will be speaking on 'Power and the Culture of the Commons in the Long Parliament'.
It is a hybrid event, either in-person in Parliament or online. Grab your FREE ticket below:
See the call for papers below for our remote conference on 26 March.
The deadline for submissions is 2 March.
The deadline for submissions is 2 March.
January 7, 2026 at 11:09 AM
See the call for papers below for our remote conference on 26 March.
The deadline for submissions is 2 March.
The deadline for submissions is 2 March.
We are pleased to announce the invitation for proposals for our 78th annual conference in Barcelona 🇪🇸, 1-4 September 2026.
The submission deadline for abstracts is 30 April.
See cfp below for further details.
The submission deadline for abstracts is 30 April.
See cfp below for further details.
January 6, 2026 at 10:52 AM
We are pleased to announce the invitation for proposals for our 78th annual conference in Barcelona 🇪🇸, 1-4 September 2026.
The submission deadline for abstracts is 30 April.
See cfp below for further details.
The submission deadline for abstracts is 30 April.
See cfp below for further details.
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Applications are also invited for a new RHS programme for 2026, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and @chalkefestival.bsky.social.
'Pitch my Project' is for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in June bit.ly/44kfUMM. Closing date: 6 February. #Skystorians
'Pitch my Project' is for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in June bit.ly/44kfUMM. Closing date: 6 February. #Skystorians
Pitch my Project: an opportunity for early career historians to present their work at the Chalke History Festival 2026 - RHS
Have you ever wanted to share your research with a wide audience? Would you like to gain experience in public speaking, and be supported to develop imaginative ways to communicate your research to the...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Applications are also invited for a new RHS programme for 2026, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and @chalkefestival.bsky.social.
'Pitch my Project' is for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in June bit.ly/44kfUMM. Closing date: 6 February. #Skystorians
'Pitch my Project' is for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in June bit.ly/44kfUMM. Closing date: 6 February. #Skystorians
We look forward to an exciting programme of events & research in 2026:
– Three ICHRPI panels at the @historians.org meeting, 8-11 January
– Our remote only conference on 26 March
– Our 78th conference in Barcelona, 1-4 September
– Volume 46 of Parliaments, Estates and Representation
– Three ICHRPI panels at the @historians.org meeting, 8-11 January
– Our remote only conference on 26 March
– Our 78th conference in Barcelona, 1-4 September
– Volume 46 of Parliaments, Estates and Representation
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
We look forward to an exciting programme of events & research in 2026:
– Three ICHRPI panels at the @historians.org meeting, 8-11 January
– Our remote only conference on 26 March
– Our 78th conference in Barcelona, 1-4 September
– Volume 46 of Parliaments, Estates and Representation
– Three ICHRPI panels at the @historians.org meeting, 8-11 January
– Our remote only conference on 26 March
– Our 78th conference in Barcelona, 1-4 September
– Volume 46 of Parliaments, Estates and Representation
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As the holidays approach, here is a gentle reminder to submit your abstracts for the Late Stuart Symposium, being held at Christ's College, Cambridge, on 4 April 2026.
Submissions are due on Monday, 5 January - Please get in touch with any questions!
#cfp #earlymodern #callforpapers
Submissions are due on Monday, 5 January - Please get in touch with any questions!
#cfp #earlymodern #callforpapers
December 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
As the holidays approach, here is a gentle reminder to submit your abstracts for the Late Stuart Symposium, being held at Christ's College, Cambridge, on 4 April 2026.
Submissions are due on Monday, 5 January - Please get in touch with any questions!
#cfp #earlymodern #callforpapers
Submissions are due on Monday, 5 January - Please get in touch with any questions!
#cfp #earlymodern #callforpapers
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Find out about this event & more - including travel grant opportunities, our essay prize, conference reports & recent publications - below, in our website newsletter
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December 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Find out about this event & more - including travel grant opportunities, our essay prize, conference reports & recent publications - below, in our website newsletter
ichrpi.info/news/
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What does Gen AI mean for the work of the historian and the value of historical experience, skills and craft?
'The Historian in the Age of AI' by @chriscampbell1.bsky.social.
New Comment article now available in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/4atErTB #Skystorians 1/2
'The Historian in the Age of AI' by @chriscampbell1.bsky.social.
New Comment article now available in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/4atErTB #Skystorians 1/2
December 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
What does Gen AI mean for the work of the historian and the value of historical experience, skills and craft?
'The Historian in the Age of AI' by @chriscampbell1.bsky.social.
New Comment article now available in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/4atErTB #Skystorians 1/2
'The Historian in the Age of AI' by @chriscampbell1.bsky.social.
New Comment article now available in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/4atErTB #Skystorians 1/2
Find out about this event & more - including travel grant opportunities, our essay prize, conference reports & recent publications - below, in our website newsletter
ichrpi.info/news/
ichrpi.info/news/
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Find out about this event & more - including travel grant opportunities, our essay prize, conference reports & recent publications - below, in our website newsletter
ichrpi.info/news/
ichrpi.info/news/
🚨🚨We are pleased to announce a remote conference to be held on 26 March 2026. Papers are welcome on topics related to parliamentary history. Proposals with a 100 word abstract & brief bio should be submitted to Dr. Peter J. Aschenbrenner by 2 March 2026. More details to follow.
December 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🚨🚨We are pleased to announce a remote conference to be held on 26 March 2026. Papers are welcome on topics related to parliamentary history. Proposals with a 100 word abstract & brief bio should be submitted to Dr. Peter J. Aschenbrenner by 2 March 2026. More details to follow.
Archaeologists unearth 6,000 years of history beneath the Palace of Westminster in London
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Archaeologists unearth 6,000 years of history beneath the Palace of Westminster in London
Archaeologists uncover 6,000 years of human activity beneath the Palace of Westminster, revealing rare flints and major medieval remains.
archaeologymag.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Archaeologists unearth 6,000 years of history beneath the Palace of Westminster in London
archaeologymag.com/2025/11/hist...
archaeologymag.com/2025/11/hist...
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Recordings are now available of Jane Ohlmeyer's excellent RHS Anniversary Lecture: 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland' bit.ly/3MdjXEn
Jane's lecture was given on 21 November and is available to watch or listen to again. #Skystorians 1/2
Jane's lecture was given on 21 November and is available to watch or listen to again. #Skystorians 1/2
Recordings available of the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture, with Professor Jane Ohlmeyer - RHS
On 21 November, the Society was delighted to welcome Professor Jane Ohlmeyer to give the 2025 RHS Anniversary Lecture: ‘Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland’. Recordings of Jan...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Recordings are now available of Jane Ohlmeyer's excellent RHS Anniversary Lecture: 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland' bit.ly/3MdjXEn
Jane's lecture was given on 21 November and is available to watch or listen to again. #Skystorians 1/2
Jane's lecture was given on 21 November and is available to watch or listen to again. #Skystorians 1/2
Our Director of Publications, Dr Coleman Dennehy is speaking to the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society in Dundalk on Thursday at 7pm.
See below for further details 👇
clahs.ie/events/justi...
See below for further details 👇
clahs.ie/events/justi...
Justices of the Peace in medieval and early modern Ireland, with County Louth references – CLAHS
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December 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Our Director of Publications, Dr Coleman Dennehy is speaking to the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society in Dundalk on Thursday at 7pm.
See below for further details 👇
clahs.ie/events/justi...
See below for further details 👇
clahs.ie/events/justi...
The Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory (@mpilhlt.bsky.social) is also hiring a postdoctoral fellow in the new Centre for Legal History in India
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ006/o...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ006/o...
One Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory (@mpilhlt.bsky.social) is also hiring a postdoctoral fellow in the new Centre for Legal History in India
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ006/o...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ006/o...
See below details of an exciting opportunity at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory (@mpilhlt.bsky.social) for three PhD students in the newly established Centre for Legal History in India
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ045/t...
#LegalHistory #LegalTheory #ConstitutionalHistory
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ045/t...
#LegalHistory #LegalTheory #ConstitutionalHistory
Three Doctoral Students – Centre for Legal History of India at Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
An academic position as a Three Doctoral Students – Centre for Legal History of India is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunitie...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
See below details of an exciting opportunity at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory (@mpilhlt.bsky.social) for three PhD students in the newly established Centre for Legal History in India
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ045/t...
#LegalHistory #LegalTheory #ConstitutionalHistory
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ045/t...
#LegalHistory #LegalTheory #ConstitutionalHistory
A reminder for this hybrid event next Wednesday
An @ihr.bsky.social Parliaments, Politics & People seminar on 3 December will be of interest to our members & followers:
Helen Wilson, 'Black and Political: Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850'
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Prosopography #PoliticalHistory
Helen Wilson, 'Black and Political: Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850'
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Prosopography #PoliticalHistory
Black and Political: Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850
www.history.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A reminder for this hybrid event next Wednesday
🚨Four Courts Press 50% sale on 2 titles until 9am tomorrow!
1. Bríd McGrath's study of the early C17th Irish Commons from our studies series www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2021/t...
2. A legal history of 🇮🇪 with chapters by ICHRPI's Coleman Dennehy & Colum Kenny
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2021/l...
1. Bríd McGrath's study of the early C17th Irish Commons from our studies series www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2021/t...
2. A legal history of 🇮🇪 with chapters by ICHRPI's Coleman Dennehy & Colum Kenny
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2021/l...
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🚨Four Courts Press 50% sale on 2 titles until 9am tomorrow!
1. Bríd McGrath's study of the early C17th Irish Commons from our studies series www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2021/t...
2. A legal history of 🇮🇪 with chapters by ICHRPI's Coleman Dennehy & Colum Kenny
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2021/l...
1. Bríd McGrath's study of the early C17th Irish Commons from our studies series www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2021/t...
2. A legal history of 🇮🇪 with chapters by ICHRPI's Coleman Dennehy & Colum Kenny
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2021/l...
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#OTD 1696, a bill was passed that would result in the execution of Sir John Fenwick for treason.
Dr Paul Seaward explores the reasonings behind his beheading and how a bill of attainder sentenced Fenwick to death without the provision of two witnesses:
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/25/t...
Dr Paul Seaward explores the reasonings behind his beheading and how a bill of attainder sentenced Fenwick to death without the provision of two witnesses:
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/25/t...
The passing of the bill of attainder against the Jacobite Sir John Fenwick - The History of Parliament
after a bitter series of debates, finally passed a bill that would result in the execution of the Northumbrian baronet Sir John Fenwick, for treason
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November 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#OTD 1696, a bill was passed that would result in the execution of Sir John Fenwick for treason.
Dr Paul Seaward explores the reasonings behind his beheading and how a bill of attainder sentenced Fenwick to death without the provision of two witnesses:
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/25/t...
Dr Paul Seaward explores the reasonings behind his beheading and how a bill of attainder sentenced Fenwick to death without the provision of two witnesses:
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/25/t...
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And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.
#PER accepts reviews of titles relevant to the scope of the ICHRPI, relating but not limited to parliamentary, legal, constitutional & political history. We welcome enquiries about potential reviews.
See our instructions for authors here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
See our instructions for authors here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
#PER accepts reviews of titles relevant to the scope of the ICHRPI, relating but not limited to parliamentary, legal, constitutional & political history. We welcome enquiries about potential reviews.
See our instructions for authors here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
See our instructions for authors here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We would like to welcome our new reviews editor for #PER, Assistant Professor Nina Kršljanin (Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade).
Nina's PhD explored medieval Serbian law and and her research explores broader themes in legal and parliamentary history.
lawgem.ius.bg.ac.rs/people/nina-...
Nina's PhD explored medieval Serbian law and and her research explores broader themes in legal and parliamentary history.
lawgem.ius.bg.ac.rs/people/nina-...
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We would like to welcome our new reviews editor for #PER, Assistant Professor Nina Kršljanin (Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade).
Nina's PhD explored medieval Serbian law and and her research explores broader themes in legal and parliamentary history.
lawgem.ius.bg.ac.rs/people/nina-...
Nina's PhD explored medieval Serbian law and and her research explores broader themes in legal and parliamentary history.
lawgem.ius.bg.ac.rs/people/nina-...
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Now hiring two Research Assistants interested in #history or #economics to support our scholars from Europe! These paid undergraduate roles begin asap and continue through Spring 2026.
Apply now to gain hands-on research experience ➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
@historyecon.bsky.social
Apply now to gain hands-on research experience ➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
@historyecon.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Now hiring two Research Assistants interested in #history or #economics to support our scholars from Europe! These paid undergraduate roles begin asap and continue through Spring 2026.
Apply now to gain hands-on research experience ➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
@historyecon.bsky.social
Apply now to gain hands-on research experience ➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
@historyecon.bsky.social
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Volume 45 issue 3 of #PER is now out in full. It has 15 research articles, 4 book reviews & a miscellany, with details of funding opportunities, the ICHRPI newsletter & information on our 2026 conference in Barcelona.
See the @tandfresearch.bsky.social website:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rper20/c...
See the @tandfresearch.bsky.social website:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rper20/c...
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Volume 45 issue 3 of #PER is now out in full. It has 15 research articles, 4 book reviews & a miscellany, with details of funding opportunities, the ICHRPI newsletter & information on our 2026 conference in Barcelona.
See the @tandfresearch.bsky.social website:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rper20/c...
See the @tandfresearch.bsky.social website:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rper20/c...
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Colonial New South Wales did not have its own parliament until 1856, but it did have a tradition of public dinners and politically charged toasts.
🔒 Matthew Allen’s new article is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 Matthew Allen’s new article is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
Drinking to Australian Democracy
www.historytoday.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Colonial New South Wales did not have its own parliament until 1856, but it did have a tradition of public dinners and politically charged toasts.
🔒 Matthew Allen’s new article is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 Matthew Allen’s new article is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
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#OTD in 1459 marked the opening of the Coventry Parliament.
Although this Parliament only met briefly between November and December 1459, it would have a lasting impact in the Wars of the Roses:
Although this Parliament only met briefly between November and December 1459, it would have a lasting impact in the Wars of the Roses:
A turning-point in the Wars of the Roses: the attainders of the Coventry Parliament - The History of Parliament
As significant, however, as this Parliament was in the history of the Wars of the Roses, it had as least as great a longer-term significance. It saw the
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November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#OTD in 1459 marked the opening of the Coventry Parliament.
Although this Parliament only met briefly between November and December 1459, it would have a lasting impact in the Wars of the Roses:
Although this Parliament only met briefly between November and December 1459, it would have a lasting impact in the Wars of the Roses: