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The Society’s newsletter editor is seeking individuals to be part of the newsletter team, including candidates for the Assistant Editor role, to generate content for the newsletter and become regular contributors. Currently, the Society sends out a newsletter to members three times per year. The newsletter strives to be inclusive, diverse and relevant. To this Read more

The Executive Committee announces the recent changes to position appointments of the committee. After several years of great service, Esther Griffin has stepped down from her role as the Society’s Secretary. The Executive Committee is grateful for her work on transforming the administrative processes of the Society. The Secretary role has now been filled by Read more

The Society’s 2025 conference, “Reconsidering Courtly Environments, c. 1200-1800: Interconnecting European Court Cultures and the Role of Natural Environments and Landscapes”, will take place on 20-21 November 2025. Organised by Households and Environmental Studies (HES), Centre for Research on Courts and Residences (DaR), and the Society for Court Studies, the conference brings together scholars from Read more

The Executive Committee has decided to approve 4 proposals during the Autumn round applications for the Research and Publication Bursaries. The Society would like to congratulate Charlie Spragg (PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh), Dominika Adamcová (MA student, Palacký University Olomouc), Dr Elizabeth Hines (Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University) and Dr Oskar Rojewski (Adjunct Assistant Professor, Read more

The Society is delighted to share the announcement of a new research network from one of the Society’s affiliated partners, the Centre for Research on Courts and Residences (DaR) at the Institute of History with the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. On 9 October 2024, DaR announced the launch of a new research network – “Household Read more

The Society recently announced that the North American branch has been re-launched and expanded to include all of North America and South America. It is now known as the Americas branch (AMB) and is chaired by Dr Anatole Upart (SUNY Binghamton). The AMB is currently recruiting for the branch’s committee. The AMB serves as a first point Read more