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Upcoming Guest Lecture: Magna Carta at 801: Arts and Letters Club, June 20
Click here for more information including ticket prices. Click here to purchase of copy of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada:...

Carolyn Harris
Jun 9, 20161 min read


Upcoming Guest Lecture on June 8: The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration in Rockwood, Ontario
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Canada in 2010 I will be giving a talk about the Queen in Canada at the Rockmosa Older...

Carolyn Harris
May 27, 20161 min read
The cover of my forthcoming book “Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting”
The cover of Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting features Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s painting of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert...

Carolyn Harris
May 5, 20161 min read


CBC News Interview: Humility and ‘having a good time’: Prince Harry brings his royal rapport to Toronto
Prince Harry at the official press launch of Walking with the Wounded in 2010. My most recent interview with CBC News is all about Prince...

Carolyn Harris
May 1, 20161 min read


CBC News Interview: The Queen at 90: Why Elizabeth has so many birthdays
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh leaving the Royal York hotel in Toronto on a tour of Canada in 2010. The Queen...

Carolyn Harris
Apr 21, 20161 min read


CBC News Interview: The Queen at 90: Why it’s more than just a celebration of Elizabeth’s birthday
The Queen turns 90 on April 21 and public celebrations will continue in May and June in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. I discussed...

Carolyn Harris
Apr 20, 20161 min read
Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe receives 2016 Royal Studies Journal book award
Click here to purchase Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette

Carolyn Harris
Apr 9, 20161 min read
Upcoming Guest Lecture: Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada at Innis College, University of Toronto, April 27 at 9:45am
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Carolyn Harris
Apr 4, 20161 min read


New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: Letters Patent, 1947
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Toronto City Hall during their 1939 Canadian tour My recent article in the Canadian Encyclopedia...

Carolyn Harris
Mar 16, 20161 min read


New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: Sovereign
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh leaving the Royal York hotel in Toronto on a tour of Canada in 2010. My latest...

Carolyn Harris
Mar 15, 20161 min read
Ms. Suffragette Interview Part 2: Queens Behaving Badly
Click here to read Part 2 of my interview with Ms. Suffragette: Queen’s Behaving Badly Click here to read Part 1 of my interview with Ms....

Carolyn Harris
Mar 12, 20161 min read


Ms. Suffragette Interview: Queen Victoria’s Opposition to Women’s Suffrage
Queen Victoria at the time of her Diamond Jubilee in 1897 I discussed the campaign for women’s suffrage in 19th and early 20th century...

Carolyn Harris
Mar 11, 20161 min read


BBC News Interview: When the Duke of Windsor met Adolf Hitler
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor meeting with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in 1937 A collection of 60 photographs of the Duke and...

Carolyn Harris
Mar 10, 20162 min read
My 3rd Book: Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting is now available for pre-order
I am excited to announce that my 3rd book, Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting will be published by Dundurn Press on April 8,...

Carolyn Harris
Mar 7, 20161 min read


My Imperial Spain course at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies begins March 15
Click here to Register Ferdinand and Isabella transformed a united Spain into a world power, sponsoring Columbus’ voyages to the Americas...

Carolyn Harris
Feb 16, 20161 min read


New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: Monarchism
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Canada in 2010 My latest article in the Canadian Encyclopedia is about Monarchism in...

Carolyn Harris
Feb 5, 20161 min read
Review of Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe on the History of Royal Women blog
“It’s a very interesting read and Carolyn Harris knows her stuff. Don’t be too frightened by the ‘academic’ air about it, it’s still...

Carolyn Harris
Jan 20, 20161 min read


Interview in The Independent: Spain’s ‘wayward’ Infanta Cristina absent from annual military parade ahead of fraud trial
Princess Letizia, Prince Felipe, Queen Sofia and King Juan Carlos of Spain. Photo credit: Abraham Carralero/Getty King Felipe VI of...

Carolyn Harris
Jan 9, 20161 min read


My lecture on Victorian Christmas traditions at Toronto’s 1st Post Office (December 13, 6-9pm)
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 2, 20151 min read
My talk on Magna Carta at the Alberta Legislature
Here’s the short address I gave on November 27 at the Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s Visitor Centre, where the Magna Carta Canada...

Carolyn Harris
Dec 1, 20151 min read
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