Antwerp, Belgium, 10-11 May 2012: Conference on Rubens and the Thirty Years War: Dynastic Politics, Diplomacy and the Arts, c. 1618-1635. Using the career of Peter Paul Rubens as an organising thread, this conference will examine the complex relationships between, diplomacy, dynastic politics and the visual arts during the early part of the Thirty Years War. Read on or download the flyer.
CALL FOR PAPERS: The ESF Research Networking Programme PALATIUM (www.courtresidences.eu) and the Society for Court Studies are organizing a conference on The Key to Power? The Culture of Access in Early Modern Courts, 1400-1700, which will take place in Antwerp (Belgium) on 8-9 November 2012. The aim of this conference is to study the concept of 'access to the monarch' through palace architecture, spatial arrangements, court ceremonial, material culture and the arts. Another aim is to offer a comparative, transnational view that potentially covers the whole of Europe. Deadline for proposals: 31 May 2012. Download the call for papers.
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London, UK, 2-4 April 2012: Conference onThe Royal Body (Royal Holloway, University of London): The idea of the king’s two bodies, the body natural and the body politic, founded on the distinction between the personal and mortal king and the perpetual and corporate crown, has long been of interest to scholars of medieval and early modern kingship. This interdisciplinary conference will examine all aspects of the royal body, from art, dress and personal service to sex, disease and death. Drawing on examples from Britain, Europe and the wider world, it will explore the ways in which attitudes and ideas about the royal person have changed from the middle ages to the present. For more information, see http://www.royalbodyconference.com.
Conference Proceedings: The published proceedings of past conferences organised by the Society for Court Studies are still available and can be ordered from the Society or the respective publishers. Click here to see a list of publications.
Bibliographical Database on Court History: The Society for Court Studies has created an online bibliographical database of recent publications (since 2003) on court history. The database will be updated frequently, and is free and accessible to all. Search the database!
The Court Studies Forum: In London in July 2007 a decision was made to establish the Court Studies Forum. Read on.
Back Copies of The Court Historian: Most past issues of our journal The Court Historian - The International Journal of Court Studies are still available and can be ordered from the Society. Click here for more information.
