The International Commission for the History of Representative & Parliamentary Institutions promotes parliamentary, constitutional, legal & political history
ICHRPI website: https://ichrpi.info
Journal website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rper20
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#OTD 4 June 1644 the opening session of the First Triennial Parliament (1644-7) was held in Edinburgh.
See below one of several articles in #PER which investigate the Scottish Parliament in the 1640s, this time by John Young from vol. 21 no. 1 (2001)
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…
Just 10 days left to submit abstracts for this conference 👇
Proposals will be accepted in English, French, German, Catalan and Spanish
A reminder that applications for the Helen Maud Cam travel grant are open until 31 July.
This grant offers funding for younger scholars without permanent employment or other financial subsidies to attend our annual conference in Barcelona this September
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On 26 March, the ICHRPI held a remote conference to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Commission.
Peter J. Aschenbrenner (USA ICHRPI convenor) has provided short summaries of each of the 12 presentations which can be found at the link below.
ichrpi.info/news/
If you have not submitted a paper proposal but are interested in attending our annual conference in Barcelona this September (including the opening ceremony, sessions, activities, and official meals), you can still register until June 7th, 2026.
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Recently published in #PER online is @gilliansmac.bsky.social's review of 'The Scottish State and the experience of government, c. 1560–1707: essays in honour of Julian Goodare' by Martha Mcgill & Alasdair Raffe
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New book review in #PER online:
C. Annemieke Romein reviews 'Towns between empires. Good governance and ‘police’ in case studies from Transylvania, Wallachia, and Moldavia, 1500s–1800s' by Mária Pakucs-Willcocks & Julia Derzsi (CEU Press, 2025).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We have another new publication out in #PER online.
David F. Banas (Central Michigan University) reviews 'Land reform and legislation in Ireland, 1800–2024'
edited by Terence Dooley, Tony McCarthy and Annie Tindley (Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2024)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This ties in well with the theme of the first Parliaments, Politics and People seminar of summer term. @brendantam.bsky.social will be speaking about political sociability in late Hanoverian Britain. Find out here how to join in person or online on Tues 5 May: historyofparliament.com/2026/04/29/t...
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📣In our latest issue!
Ellen Paterson @kebleoxford.bsky.social on 'Contemporary Parliamentary History and Petitioners in the Long Parliament, c. 1640–1642'
#History #Politics #Petitions #CivilWar 17thc 📜🗃️
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Ens plau informar-vos que el 78è. Congrés de la Comissió Internacional per a l’Estudi de la Història de les Institucions Representatives i Parlamentàries (ICHRPI) tindrà lloc a Barcelona de l’1 al 4 d...
At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on Tuesday 5 May, BrendanTam of the University of Warwick, will be discussing political sociability and
🚨 The 30 April deadline for proposals to present at our 78th annual conference in Barcelona (1-4 September 2026) is fast approaching.
See the full call for papers below for further details
Victorian Commons
The Historical Journal
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Following recent debates about drinking in Parliament, @emmapeplow.bsky.social has delved into the oral history archive to find out what former MPs thought of Westminster's drinking culture, and how it has changed since the 1960s.
historyofparliament.com/2026/04/28/d...
In a recent interview, the newly elected MP for Gorton and Denton, Hannah Spencer, has criticised fellow-MPs drinking whilst in Westminster. For Emma Peplow,
