Elizabeth Tunstall

School of Humanities

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities

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Dr Elizabeth Tunstall is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide where she researches 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 BBC History Magazine, History Today, The Smithsonian Magazine and AGSA 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 areas of interest include:
- Elizabeth I's portraits
- Anglo-Scottish diplomacy in the Elizabethan period
- royal succession in early modern England
- British queenship
 

Date Position Institution name
2022 - ongoing Visiting Research Fellow University of Adelaide
2022 - 2023 Lorraine Hossack Emerging Curator Art Gallery of South Australia

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2019 Award Greg Dening Memorial Prize University of Melbourne Australia -

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

Year Citation
2025 Tunstall, E. (2025). James VI & I: Spinning the English Succession. History Today.
2025 Tunstall, E. (2025). Elizabeth I's Forbidden Love. BBC History Magazine.
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.

Date Role Membership Country
2024 - ongoing Member Royal Historical Society United Kingdom
2022 - 2024 Member Royal Historical Society United Kingdom

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