Conference to be held in the McGregor-Matthews Room, New College

Friday 7^th November

10.00: Welcome and introductory remarks.

10.15: Luc Duerloo (Antwerp): "Ruffs and Ruffled Feathers. Court Dress and State Formation at the Archducal Court in Brussels."

11.00-11.30 Coffee

11.30: Craig Clunas (History of Art), "Screen of Kings: Courts and their Multiplicity in Ming China."

André Zorin (New College), "The Potemkin Celebration of April 28, 1791, and the Political Implications of the Court Festivities in Late Eighteenth-Century Russia."

1.00: Lunch

2.30: Simon Hodson (University of Hull), "Calvinist Noblewomen and Court Culture: Roles and Attitudes of the Orange Princesses."

Miles Pattenden (Magdalen College), "The Caraffa Court in Rome, 1555-59."

4.00-4.30 Tea

4.30: Diana Carrio-Invernizzo (European University of Florence), "The Viceregal

Court of Naples: ceremonial, gift-giving practices and the image of the

Spanish Viceroy (1648-1700)."

Jean-Frederic Schaub (EHESS, Paris), ""Lisbon 1581-1641: when a Royal Court abandons a capital city."

6.00: Drinks Reception

Saturday 8^th

9.30: Hannah Smith (St Hilda's), " ‘Last of all the Heavenly Birth': Queen Anne and Sacral Queenship."

Giora Sternberg, (New College) "The Battles of the Mantles: Ceremonial Gear and Status Conflict at the Court of Louis XIV."

11.00 coffee

11.30 - Béatrix Saule (Directrice du centre de recherche et conservateur en chef au château de Versailles) will give a presentation on the work and projects of the centre de recherche du château de Versailles.

General discussion of themes

12.30/1.00 lunch