On the Infinite Women Podcast with Allison Tyra, I compared and contrasted the experiences and reputations of Queen Henrietta Maria of...

In January-February 2024, I will be teaching my popular online course about The Romanovs and the Russian Revolution at the University of...

I will be delivering a lecture on Royalty and Popular Culture: Fact, Fiction and the Crown, examining portrayals of the monarchy in...

Click here to read my review of The Tsar’s Happy Occasion: Ritual and Dynasty in the Weddings of Russia’s Rulers, 1495–1745 by Russell E....

My course about the history of Women in Power from the Classical World to the 21st Century will be offered in class at the University of...

I discussed the reign of Czar Alexander II and the Abolition of Serfdom in Russia with Fred Frommer at Smithsonian Magazine. Click here...

My blog post on the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies Curiosity blog is about powerful women in history who are lesser...

ABOUT THIS COURSE When Peter became czar in 1682, Europe was foreign to Russia, an insular and tradition-bound nation. The West...

I reviewed the new book Succession to the Throne in Early Modern Russia: The Transfer of Power 1450-1725 by Paul Bushkovitch for H-Russia...

My latest article in the Historica Canada Canadian Encyclopedia is about Joseph Whiteside Boyle. Nicknamed Klondike Joe, Boyle founded...

Prince Harry won’t be the first royal family member to rock the boat with a tell-all autobiography. Here are 10 royal memoirs that...

I will be teaching two online courses at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies in the Fall of 2021: The Nordic Nations:...

My latest article in the Historica Canada Canadian Encyclopedia is about Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna (1882-1960), watercolour artist,...

I discussed Royal Visits to what is now the City of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada in an interview with Matthew Wilkinson at Heritage...

I reviewed Michael Romanov: brother of the last Tsar, diaries and letters 1916–1918 by by Helen Azar and Nicholas B. A. Nicholson for...

I will be teaching my course about The Romanovs and the Russian Revolution online at the University of Toronto School of Continuing...

I will be teaching an eight week Tuesday evening course in March-April 2020 about Peter the Great and the Building of Saint Petersburg at...

I discussed a variety of royal events, past and present with Janet Davison for the latest edition of the CBC News Royal Fascinator...

My New Year’s Resolution for 2018 is to read a book (or listen to an unabridged audiobook) every day: 365 books by December 31. I will...

My New Year’s Resolution for 2018 is to read a book (or listen to an unabridged audiobook) every day: 365 books by December 31. I will...