Elizabeth Tunstall

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 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 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
 

  • 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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