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 is continuing her research into early modern history and art. Her research has been published in Parergon and The Melbourne Historical Journal, which was awarded the 2019 Greg Dening Prize. 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:
- The Succession Debate and Contested Authority in Elizabethan England, 1558-1603, to be published by Palgrave Macmillan in the Queenship and Power series
- a chapter on the motivations of those controlling Elizabeth I's portraits
- a study of Anglo-Scottish diplomacy in the late sixteenth-century
- an article on the Parliamentary liberty of free speech during the Elizabethan period

  • 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

  • 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.
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    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
    Year Citation
    2024 Tunstall, E. (2024). The Succession Debate and Contested Authority in Elizabethan England, 1558-1603. Springer Nature Switzerland.
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  • Book Chapters
    Year Citation
    2024 Tunstall, E. (2024). Parliament: To Legislate or Advise the Succession?. In The Succession Debate and Contested Authority in Elizabethan England, 1558-1603 (pp. 183-230). Springer Nature Switzerland.
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    2024 Tunstall, E. (2024). The Privy Council: A Monarchical Republic?. In The Succession Debate and Contested Authority in Elizabethan England, 1558-1603 (pp. 125-182). Springer Nature Switzerland.
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    2024 Tunstall, E. (2024). The Right of Succession. In The Succession Debate and Contested Authority in Elizabethan England, 1558-1603 (pp. 21-68). Springer Nature Switzerland.
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    2024 Tunstall, E. (2024). Elizabeth: The View from the Throne. In The Succession Debate and Contested Authority in Elizabethan England, 1558-1603 (pp. 69-124). Springer Nature Switzerland.
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    2024 Tunstall, E. (2024). Conclusion. In The Succession Debate and Contested Authority in Elizabethan England, 1558-1603 (pp. 231-237). Springer Nature Switzerland.
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    2024 Tunstall, E. (2024). Introduction. In The Succession Debate and Contested Authority in Elizabethan England, 1558-1603 (pp. 1-19). Springer Nature Switzerland.
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  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2022 - ongoing Member The Royal Historical Society United Kingdom
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