The series is hosted and written by Associate Professor Cindy McCreery and Emeritus Professor Emeritus Robert Aldrich - both from the University of Sydney; and the producer for the series is Peter Adams, from the University of Sydney School of Humanities.
The series is a production from the Modern Monarchies in Global Perspective Research Hub, and the School of Humanities; both at the University of Sydney. For more information, please see our website at: https://global-modern-monarchy.sydney.edu.au/
The podcasts are copyright by the University of Sydney, and the authors and interviewees retain rights to their material. We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the university stands.
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