The RSN is a global scholarly network dedicated to providing educational resources, scholarly connections, and highlighting current research on all aspects of monarchical history. The RSN began at the first Kings & Queens conference series formed in April 2012 and is also the inspiration for the establishment of Royal Studies Journal. To date, we have over 1000 members around the world.

WHAT IS THE DIGITAL SERIES SEMINAR?
The Digital Seminar Series provides a platform to help scholars enhance their professional engagement and outreach activities to reach a wide, international audience and can also provide late-stage doctoral students, postdocs, and early career researchers with an opportunity to enhance their CVs and networks while disseminating their research.

Seminar Sessions are usually held once a month on Tuesdays at 17th GMT.

SPECIAL INTERESTS
We are particularly interested in proposals/recommendations for seminars that diversify the Royal Studies Network’s scope and membership. Any session on a royal studies topic is welcome, but we will give preference to sessions on less-studied chronologies or regions. Similarly, we are also interested in fostering new and upcoming scholars and students. If you are a professor supervising students who can present their research in a setting like the DSS, please reach out.

REACH US!
We welcome proposals on all topics and periods related to roval studies for our 2026 Seminar.
For consideration in the 2026 series, we are awaiting your proposals. Please reach out to the DSS Coordinator at: inesolaia@edu.ulisboa.pt.

SESSION FORMATS

• Standard format: 45-minute presentation, followed by 15 minutes of audience interaction.
• Panel format: 3 to 4 presentations (totalling 45 minutes), followed by 15 minutes of audience interaction.
• Interview/discussion: less structured format, designed to allow research project leaders, publication editors/authors and others to disseminate their work and engage with a wider audience.
• Workshops: proposals designed to raise awareness for collections, archives and share new research tools or skills with the network.