Elizabeth Tunstall
School of Humanities
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Dr Elizabeth Tunstall is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide where she is continuing her research into early modern history and art. Her publications include her first monograph, The Succession Debate and Contested Authority in Elizabethan England (2024), which was published in Palgrave Macmillan's Queenship and Power series, as well as peer-reviewed articles in Parergon and The Melbourne Historical Journal. She has also contributed to The Smithsonian Magazine. Following her PhD, Elizabeth was appointed the Lorraine Hossack Emerging Curator at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Her work at the gallery was primarily based in the Prints, Drawings and Photographs department where she worked extensively with the collection.
Researching early modern British history and art, with a particular focus on Elizabethan England and Stuart Scotland. Areas of interest include English history, Scottish history, royal studies, queenship, monarchy, law and government, letter writing practices, succession tracts, and art.
Current projects include:
- a study on the motivations of those controlling Elizabeth I's portraits
- a study of Anglo-Scottish diplomacy in the late sixteenth-century
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2022 - ongoing Visiting Research Fellow University of Adelaide 2022 - 2023 Lorraine Hossack Emerging Curator Art Gallery of South Australia -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2019 Award Greg Dening Memorial Prize University of Melbourne Australia - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title University of Melbourne Australia Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne Australia Master of Art Curatorship University of Adelaide Australia Master of Philosophy University of New England Australia Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) University of New England Australia Bachelor of Arts -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2021 Tunstall, E. (2021). The Paradox of the Valentine Thomas Affair: English Diplomacy, Royal Correspondence and the Elizabethan Succession. PARERGON, 38(1), 65-87.
2020 Tunstall, E. (2020). Of Honour and Innocence: Royal Correspondence and the Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. Melbourne Historical Journal, 47, 57-72. -
Books
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Book Chapters
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Internet Publications
Year Citation 2024 Tunstall, E. (2024). The Brothers Who Asserted Their Right to Free Speech in Tudor England. The Smithsonian Magazine. 2024 Tunstall, E. (2024). The Brothers Who Asserted Their Right to Free Speech in Tudor England. The Smithsonian Magazine.
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2024 - ongoing Member Royal Historical Society United Kingdom 2022 - 2024 Member Royal Historical Society United Kingdom
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