"Extensive archival research was carried out at major repositories in the United Kingdom and Europe including: Royal College of Arms; Parliamentary Archives; National Archives; British Library (all London); National Archives (Copenhagen); National Archives (Stockholm); National Library of Scotland; National Archives of Scotland (both Edinburgh). This was supplemented by object-based research of extant artefacts associated with Anna of Denmark at Rosenborg Castle (Copenhagen); Drottningholms Slot; Livrustkammaren (both Stockholm); Frederiksborg Castle (Hillerød); Holyroodhouse; Stirling Castle; National Galleries of Scotland (all Edinburgh); Royal Collection (London). The textual and material findings allowed me to formulate a new history of Anna of Denmark through a transnational European framework resulting in outputs that have helped, and will continue to help, shift our understanding of Baltic influences on the formation of early modern British culture, and the central role played by royal women in the transfer and dissemination of cultural modes, precepts, and traditions.
The main scholarly result is a monograph, ""Anna of Denmark and the Politics of Visual and Material Culture at the Stuart Courts, 1589-1619"", under contract with Manchester University Press and due for publication in December 2019/January 2020. Additional scholarly outputs include the completion of five peer-reviewed journals (in Costume, The British Art Journal; Northern Studies, Women’s History Review; The Court Historian) published between March 2017 and July 2019, and the delivery of nine conference and seminar papers in Australia (Melbourne), England (Cambridge; London various; Winchester), New Zealand (Auckland); Scotland (Edinburgh; St Andrews), and the United States (New Orleans), during the course of the Fellowship.
Outputs beyond traditional academic avenues include publishing on Anna of Denmark’s political role with the online news and opinion platform, ""The Conversation"", and current, ongoing research for the production of a piece on Anna of Denmark for the BBC Radio Scotland series “Time Travel”, and an essay in the catalogue to accompany the 2020 public exhibition on court culture under King James VI and I (1566-1625) at the National Galleries of Scotland (Edinburgh)."
