The Royal Studies Podcast
Episodes
Interview with Brooke Newman: Monarchy and Slavery
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Victoria Barlow interviews Dr Brooke Newman about her recent book The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Mo...
Interview with Miranda Johnson on Chiefly Women
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we delve into the story of female sovereignty and chiefly women in Aotearoa New Zealand via the story of Meri Te Tai Mangakahia and Qu...
Le Grand Dauphin (1661-1711) Exhibition
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Victoria Barlow interviews Lionel Arsac about the recent exhibition at the Palace of Versailles: The Grand Dauphin (1661-1711). ...
Monarchy & Money Episode on Court Economy: Interview with Fabian Persson (Linnaeus University)
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The mini series within the Royal Studies Podcast on Monarchy & Money is hosted by Charlotte Backerra from the University of Klagenfurt in Austria,...
Monarchy & Money Episode on the Revenues of Habsburg Nobility in the long 18th century: Interview with Veronika Hyden-Hanscho (Klagenfurt)
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The mini series within the Royal Studies Podcast on Monarchy & Money is hosted by Charlotte Backerra from the University of Klagenfurt in Austria,...
Monarchy & Money Episode on The Queen’s Lands: Interview with Katia Wright (Winchester)
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The mini series within the Royal Studies Podcast on Monarchy & Money is hosted by Charlotte Backerra from the University of Klagenfurt in Austria,...
RSJ Feature: Cluster on ‘Diplomacy as Performative Politics in the Early Modern Courts’
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews the editor of the cluster ‘Diplomacy as Performative Politics in the Early Modern Courts’, as feat...
Female Rulers Reimagined in Film and Television – A Royal Studies Roundtable (Part 2)
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Female Rulers Reimagined in Film and Television – A Royal Studies Roundtable (Part 2)In this second episode of a three-part series, members of the R...
Female Rulers Reimagined in Film and Television – A Royal Studies Blog Roundtable (Part 1)
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Female Rulers Reimagined in Film and Television – A Royal Studies Roundtable (Part 1)In this first episode of a three-part series, members of the Ro...
Interview with Lorinda Cramer on Queen Charlotte and the Colonies
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Susannah Lyon-Whaley interviews Lorinda Cramer on her research on Queen Charlotte. In this episode they discuss Queen Charlotte&...
African Queenship Episode 2: Interview with Paula Akpan
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the second of our feature on African Queenship, host Ellie Woodacre interviews Paula Akpan. Our discussion mirrors the same lines as ...
African Queenship Episode 1: Interview with Nwando Achebe and Lydia Amoah
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the first of a new part series on African queenship, which will connected with coming episodes on African monarchy which you can look ...
Interview with the organizers of Kings & Queens 15
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews three of the organizing team for the Kings & Queens 15 which will be held from September 2 to 4, 2...
"Violence à la cour française"
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
(English below)---Cet épisode, animé en français par Victoria Barlow, est consacré au colloque « Violence à la cour française », qui s’est t...
Interview with Peter Stiffell
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews Dr. Peter Stiffell about his research on the imagery and iconography of Mary I, Mary's reputation...
Exhibition Feature: Faces of Eternity
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews Emma Cahill Marrón about her pop up exhibition at the British Museum 'Faces of Eternity'. W...
Interview with the Royal Studies Journal Article Prize Winner 2025: Patrik Pastrnak
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews the winner of the Royal Studies Journal PGR/ECR Article Prize Winner for 2025, Patrik Pastrnak. We dis...
Royal Studies Journal Special Issue: Material Culture and Built Heritage: Manifestations of Scotland’s Royal Past, Present and Future
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode focuses on RSJ Issue 12.1 (June 2025) a special issue on 'Material Culture and Built Heritage: Manifestations of Scotland's Roy...
Roundtable Feature: Representations of Regency Royalty
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Amy-Jane Humphries interviews Natalee Garrett, Sarah Betts and Rosalind Freeborn to discuss (fictional) representations of regen...
A Queen's Book of Flowers
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Victoria Barlow is joined by guest Susannah Lyon-Whaley to discuss the royal links with early 17th century gardening practices a...
Interview with Marlene L. Daut on Haitian Kingship
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Dr Susannah Lyon-Whaley interviews Marlene Daut on her new book The First and Last King of Haiti, giving us an insight into thi...
Interview with Vincent O'Malley on Kingitanga (Māori King Movement)
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Vincent O’Malley FRHistS FRSNZ is an award-winning and bestselling historian who has written and published extensively on the history of Māori a...
Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography. Interview with the Royal Collection Trust
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Saira Baker chats with senior curator of photographs at the Royal Collection Trust and curator of the exhibition, Alessandro Nasini, in The King’s G...
Interview with Megan Shaw on the Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Megan Shaw is an art historian who recently completed her PhD at the University of Auckland with her thesis entitled ‘A Female Favourite: Katherine ...
Publication Feature: Coronations
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode host Ellie Woodacre interviews Noel Cox about his upcoming book: The Coronation and the Constitution: The political, legal and theolog...
Interview with Emily Chambers on Tudor Women
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode host Susannah Lyon-Whaley interviews Emily Chambers about her research on the lives, relationship and networks of the women of the Tud...
Interview with Alexander Courtney on James VI & I
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Johanna Strong speaks with Dr Alexander Courtney about his research on James VI of Scotland and I of England, focusing on his recent ...
Roundtable Feature: James VI of Scotland and I of England
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this roundtable episode, hosted by Victoria Barlow, Nicole Maceira Cumming and Charlie Spragg discuss their research and the upcoming 'Underst...
Publication Feature: Mary, Queen of Scots, and Captive Queen
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Johanna Strong speaks with Dr Jade Scott about Jade's new book, Captive Queen: The Decrypted History of Mary, Queen of Scots ...
Publication Feature: Queen Charlotte
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews Natalee Garrett about her new biography of Queen Charlotte (Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort...
Royal Studies Journal 10th Anniversary Feature
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Royal Studies Journal. Host Saira Baker interviews Ellie Woodacre, in her capacity as ...
RSJ Feature: Cluster on Queenship and Cross-Confessional Identity
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Amy Saunders and Dr Johanna Strong join Susannah to speak about their Royal Studies Journal Cluster, “Queenship and Cross-Confes...
Interview: New books on queenship in East Asia
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews Alban Schmid and Alison J. Miller to discuss queenship in East Asia. We discuss K-Dramas and real life...
Roundtable Feature: Medieval Queenship
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews three guests on their recently released works on medieval queens in Routledge's Lives of Royal Wo...
Interview with Stephanie McCarter: Women in Power in the Classical World
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews Stephanie McCarter about her new book Women in Power: Classical Myths and Stories from the Amazons to ...
Roundtable Feature: Buddhist Monarchy in Asia
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this roundtable episode, host Ellie Woodacre is joined by a panel of five experts on monarchy in premodern Asia--including the Indian subcontinent,...
Conference Feature: Interview with the organizers of Kings & Queens 14
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ellie Woodacre interviews three members of the organizing committee for next year's Kings & Queens 14 conference: Manuela Sa...
Project Feature: Polish Queens
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Magdalena Biniaś-Szkopek and Darius von Güttner join host Susannah Lyon-Whaley to discuss their Polish Queens project, which examin...
Exhibition Feature: Untold Lives
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Exhibition Feature: Six Lives (National Portrait Gallery, London)
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews Charlotte Boland, the curator of the Six Lives exhibition currently running at the National Portrait G...
Interview with Alexandra Forsyth on Medieval French Dauphines
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
CONTENT WARNING: Please be aware that there are brief discussions of infant and child mortality in this episode.In this episode Susannah Lyon-Whaley i...
Royal Studies Journal Feature: Special Issue on Aristocracy (part 2: German version)
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the release of the Royal Studies Journal special issue 'Defining Aristocracy' (issue 11.1: June 2024), we have two roundtable e...
Royal Studies Journal Feature: Special Issue on Aristocracy (part 1: English version)
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the release of the Royal Studies Journal special issue 'Defining Aristocracy' (issue 11.1: June 2024), we have two roundtable e...
Interview: Winner of the 2024 Royal Studies Journal Book Prize
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews the winner of the Royal Studies Journal Book Prize 2024--Matthew Fitzpatrick. In the interview, we dis...
Publication Feature: Intercultural Explorations at the Court of Henry VIII
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is an interview with Nadia van Pelt about her new book, Intercultural Explorations and the Court of Henry VIII which came out with OUP i...
Project Feature: Roundtable with Henry on Tour Project Team
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, hosted by Dr Ellie Woodacre, features another roundtable with members of the Henry on Tour project team--we discuss the progresses of He...
Project Feature: Interview with Matthieu Mensch on “Reines en images”
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Wooda...
Project Feature: Roundtable with e-Reginae Project Team
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features e-Reginae, an exciting project in the field of queenship studies, based at the University of Lisbon. This roundtable includes th...
Marie Antoinette's Gardens: Rethinking Female Agency - Interview with Susan Taylor-Leduc
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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....
Part Two of Egyptian Rulership: Interview with Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on The Cleopatras
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ellie Woodacre interviews Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on his new book The Cleopatras. The Forgotten Queens of Egypt, published by Wildfire/...
Part One of Egyptian Rulership: Interview with Caleb Hamilton on Egyptian kingship
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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, Principa...
Roundtable Feature: Notions of Privacy at Early Modern European Courts
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we have a roundtable with the lead editor and three contributors to the new collection, Notions of Privacy at Early Modern European C...
Book Series Feature: New 'Monarchy, History & Culture' series at AUP
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a new book series 'Monarchy, History and Culture' at AUP. The series seeks to publish studies on monarchy, both indivi...
Publication Feature: Floral Culture and the Tudor and Stuart Courts
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode celebrates the publication of Floral Culture and the Tudor and Stuart Courts, ed. Susannah Lyon-Whaley (Amsterdam University Press, ...
Roundtable Feature: Royal Mistresses
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, hosted by Susannah Lyon-Whaley, we have a roundtable highlighting recent research on royal mistresses and the important part they pla...
Young Queens Feature (Part 2): Interview with Nicola Tallis
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Young Queens Feature (Part 1): Interview with Leah Redmond Chang
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 interv...
Interview with James Taffe: Christmas with the Tudors
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr James Taffe speaking with Dr Johanna Strong about his latest publication, Christmas with the Tudors, out now! They discuss th...
Interview with Valerie Schutte: Royal Studies Journal Cluster
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, we are joined by Dr Valerie Schutte for a conversation about her forthcoming Royal Studies Journal Cluster, due for publication next mo...
Interview with Eilish Gregory: Later Stuart Queens, 1660-1735
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Later Stuart Queens, 1660–1735: Religion, Political Culture, and Patronage (edited by Eilish Gregory and Michael Questier) is part of Palgrave Macmi...
Interview with Susan North: Dressed to Impress: Courtly Fashion in the V & A Collections
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Interview with Dr Sarah Bendall: The Women Who Clothed the Stuart Queens
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah A. Bendall is a material culture and gender historian at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, ACU. Her first book, Shaping Feminini...
Interview with Dr. Erin Griffey: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Early Modern Queens, Beauty, and Cosmetics
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Erin Griffey is a specialist in early modern visual and material culture at the University of Auckland and a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries....
Interview with Kings & Queens 13 Host: Professor Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we interview Professor Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier, the host of the upcoming Kings & Queens 13 conference in May 2024 at The Americ...
Exhibition Feature: Crown to Couture
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features an interview with Polly Putnam and Holly Marsden, two of the team responsible for Historic Royal Palaces' innovative '...
Special Feature: RSJ Special Issue on Iberian Household's (IN SPANISH!)
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This very special episode features Diana Pelaz Flores, guest editor of the current Royal Studies Journal special issue 'The Iberian Queen's ...
Interview with Adriana Concin: Winner of the 2023 RSJ PGR/ECR Article Prize
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features an interview with the winner of the Royal Studies Journal 2023 Postgraduate/Early Career Scholar Article Prize. In this intervie...
Interview with Rob Runacres: Fencing and Royal Education
08 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rob Runacres (University of Winchester) speaks about aspects of his doctoral research on fencing and HEMA (Historical European Martia...
Queens' Roles in Warfare, Conflict, and Military Life
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for this episode featuring postgraduate research students Louise Gay and Ashlee Johnson, who speak to Dr Johanna Strong about their research i...
Interview with Dr Nicola Clark & Dr. Caroline Dunn: Ladies-in-waiting in the medieval and early modern English court.
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are joined by Nikki Clark and Caroline Dunn to speak about their work on the role of ladies-in-waiting in the medieval and early mo...
Interview with Dr Alice Hunt: Coronation Special Part 2: A History Of Coronations In England & Britain.
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the second of two episodes on the history of coronations in England and Britain in connection with the upcoming coronation of King Cha...
Interview with Dr José Manuel Cerda: Coronation Special Part 1: A History Of Coronations in England And Britain.
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the first of two episodes on the history of coronations in England and Britain in connection with the upcoming coronation of King Char...
Interview with Dr Cathleen Sarti: Deposing early modern European monarchs
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we continue this month's theme on deposed or deposing monarchs with an interview with Dr Cathleen Sarti about her work on this t...
Interview with Alex Bescoby: The deposed monarchy of Myanmar--past & present
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Bescoby is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer and presenter from Manchester, UK, with a love of history, travel and storytelling. A C...
Roundtable Feature: Representing Monarchy on Screen
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a roundtable hosted by Johanna Strong featuring four scholars (Elena Woodacre, Sarah Betts, Lucy Coatman and Jessica Storoschuk) discu...
New Directions: Dr Helen Newsome & 'The Queen's Post'
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In connection with International Women's Day, we have a feature on the research of Dr Helen Newsome and her work on the letter writing of queens....
Interview with the Editors (Vols. 2 & 3)--English Consorts: Power, Inflence & Dynasty
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this special three part podcast, Ellie Woodacre discusses the English Consorts series with members of the editorial team. This is the third episode...
Interview with the Editors (Vols. 1 & 4)--English Consorts: Power, Influence & Dynasty
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this special three part podcast, Ellie Woodacre discusses the English Consorts series with members of the editorial team. This is the second episod...
Author Interview: Nicola Tallis
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are speaking to Nicola Tallis, best-selling author and historian about her new book All the Queen's Jewels and her wider work...
Roundtable Feature: Team Queens Contributors
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features contributors from the Team Queens initiative, reflecting on their collective work on Team Queens and their own exciting research...
2022 Recap
31 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Johanna Strong reviews the Royal Studies Network's 2022 and highlights the achievements of the field of royal studies this year. We also look ahe...
Special Feature: RSJ 'Cluster' on Prince Philip
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we're chatting with Sarah Betts, who has curated a 'cluster' of short pieces from various scholars in the field reflect...
English Consorts - Power, Influence and Dynasty. Part 1
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special two part podcast, Ellie Woodacre discusses the English Consorts series with members of the editorial team.The English Consorts Series ...
Monarchy and Money: Examining the Resources & Revenues of Royal Women in Premodern Europe
03 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk to Cathleen Sarti and Charlotte Backerra, co-founders of the Queen's Resources international research project investigating the...
"Monsieur: Second Sons in the Monarchy of France, 1550-1800". Royal Studies Journal Book Prize Winner 2022
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month we talk to the Royal Studies Journal Book Prize Winner 2022, Dr. Jonathan Spangler, about his book "Monsieur: Second Sons in the Monar...
Royal Studies Journal Special Issue June 2022: Beyond the Public/Private Divide: New Perspectives on Sexuality, Rituals, Hospitality, and Diplomacy within Royal Space.
09 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month we discuss the latest Royal Studies Journal Special Issue 9.1 June 2022 with special editor Dustin M. Neighbors, University of Helsinki: &...
Modern Monarchy in a Global Perspective - New Directions in Royal Studies
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's podcast we speak to Dr. Cindy McCreery, Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Sydney, Australia, about...
Elizabeth I and Catherine de' Medici: Blood, Fire, Gold.
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's podcast we talk to Estelle Paranque about her new book covering two amazing women from history - Elizabeth I and Catherine de&apos...
Memorialising Pre-Modern Monarchs - Round Table Discussion. Part 2.
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gabrielle Storey hosts part 2 of this fascinating round table discussion - Memorialising Pre-Modern Monarchs.Links to the works discussed in this...
Memorialising Pre-Modern Monarchs - Round Table Discussion. Part 1.
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gabby Storey hosts the first of a two part round table discussion, memorialising pre-modern monarchs.
Royal Women and Architectural Patronage: The Queen's House before Queen's House: Margaret of Anjou and Greenwich Palace, 1447 -1453
20 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month we talk to Dr Rachel Delman about her Royal Studies Journal prize winning article and her wider work on royal women and architectural patro...
Royal Jubilees
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about Royal Jubilees past and present with Dr. Carolyn Harris.