Understanding King James VI & I Conference

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Quatercentenary of King James VI&I's death 9-11 July 2025 Team @a_plane1 @nicole_maceira @HistoryJoey @cvspragg @CMaclean96 @OMDunderdale @AshleyTacademic

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Understanding King James VI & I Conference
@KingJamesConf
Jul 11, 2025
Thank you to our speakers and attendees for making the conference so special! Wonderful to hear from so many scholars who work on or are intrigued by James VI & I… We hope you will keep the momentum going and we look forward to seeing what the future of Jacobean studies holds!
Understanding King James VI & I Conference
@KingJamesConf
Jul 11, 2025
The ‘Wall of Jameses’ votes have been counted and the winner is… Nicholas Hilliard’s Lyte Jewel (c.1610-11)!!! (Modelled here by our speaker @EmilyHay2)
Understanding King James VI & I Conference
@KingJamesConf
Jul 11, 2025
Finally, we have the Biographers Roundtable. Laura Stewart talks with Alex Courtney, Steven Reid, Clare Jackson and Steven Veerapen about what inspired them to write about King James, how they feel about the man himself, and how they see scholarship moving forward…
Understanding King James VI & I Conference
@KingJamesConf
Jul 11, 2025
DAY THREE, PANEL TWO - Court Dynamics Georgianna Ziegler looks at one remarkable letter from Esther Inglis to the king in 1620, which points to the openness of the pre-accession royal city that she remembered…
Understanding King James VI & I Conference
@KingJamesConf
Jul 11, 2025
DAY THREE, PANEL ONE - Influential Relationships Laura Leslie dissects James’s childhood relationship with his ‘Deddy’ and ‘Minny’, the earl and countess of Mar. His time with the Mars’ was a formative and underappreciated aspect of James’ reign…