Sabaude (Reggia di Venaria Reale, Turin), in the Court Studies Forum. Presidents of the Society Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly 2017- Clarissa Campbell Orr 2012-2017 Simon Thurley 2005-2012 David Starkey 1996-2005 Activities The Society for Court Studies organises conferences and a series of research seminars on aspects of court history, which are held three times a term in London (UK). The Society has organized and co-organized a number of conferences over the years such as "Princes Consort in History", "The Key to Power? The Culture of Access in Early Modern Courts, 1400-1700", "Gifts and Perquisities", "Heirs and Spares", "Monarchy and Exile", and "Animals at Court". In 2019 conferences and study days included "Performance, Royalty and the Court, 1500-1800" at the Paul Mellon Centre with the support of the Paul Mellon Centre and Birkbeck College. The journal The Court Historian is peer-reviewed, ranked as yielding a 1 in the Norwegian register of scientific journals, and published by Taylor & Francis. References 3- Mansel, Philip - "Power of the Court" , History Today vol. 64 Issue: 9 (2014) http://www.historytoday.com/philip-mansel/power-court External links Twitter: https://twitter.com/courtstudies Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSocietyForCourtStudies/ History organisations based in the United Kingdom Royal and noble courts Learned societies of the United Kingdom