Dr Hillary Burlock
@hillaryburlock.bsky.social
#18thc historian of dance, political culture, sociability, and embodiment, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Liverpool (Assembly Rooms) Thesis on dance and political culture in late Georgian Britain https://linktr.ee/hillary.burlock
An international conservation group has selected Belfast's Assembly Rooms as one of 21 sites across the world it will fund this year.
Funding boost announced for historic building in Belfast
An international conservation group has selected one of Belfast's most historic buildings as one of 21 sites across the world it will fund this year.
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Dance and Sociability in the Long Eighteenth Century edited by Hillary Burlock, Ian Newman & Mark Philp shows how dance shaped the social, emotional, and intellectual life of the Enlightenment across Europe and the Atlantic world. Out now! https://bit.ly/49JzUKp
Happy publication day to "Dance and Sociability in the Long Eighteenth Century"! So many thanks to Bloomsbury and all of the contributing authors who worked with Mark, Ian, and me to bring this volume together! We could not have done it without you! #dancehistory #18thcentury
(Social) murder on the dancefloor! Find out why not knowing all the right moves could seriously damage your rep in Regency Britain, with @hillaryburlock.bsky.social #Bridgerton
Bridgerton: why not knowing how to dance could ruin your reputation in Regency Britain
Dancing masters were crucial to transforming girls and boys into ladies and gentlemen.
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☃️ Open up door number 5 on our #AcademicAdvent and join a world of 18th century refinery and poise. Let Dr @hillaryburlock.bsky.social take you on whirl around the etiquette of Georgian assembly rooms and indulge your Austenesque dreams theconversation.com/inside-the-r...
Delighted that my short piece on Jane Austen and dance has been published in The Conversation! theconversation.com/inside-the-r... #assemblyrooms #dancehistory #18thc
Inside the Regency ballroom: what you’d experience on a night out with Jane Austen
Ball-goers needed months to prepare for these events.
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If you find yourself in Brighton on Friday evening, why don't you join me for an In Conversation at Brighton Pavilion about Jane Austen, balls and assemblies, and the Christmas season. #assemblyrooms #janeausten #christmas brightonmuseums.org.uk/event/jane-a...
Jane Austen at Christmas - In Conversation
Jane Austen at Christmas - In Conversation
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💃 Explore the politics of dancing in the 18th century and the crucial role played by assembly rooms in Georgian Britain with our latest 'researcher in focus' podcast featuring @hillaryburlock.bsky.social creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... #AcademicSky #DanceSky
Don't let anything come between you and our latest podcast featuring @hillaryburlock.bsky.social exploring the politics of dance in Regency society, and how those Austenesque balls were scenes of more than just flirting creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
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ALT: a woman wearing a red hat and a brown jacket is standing in front of a building .
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Even though I was not able to be in Ascona in person for the Feminist Enlightenment and Politics conference, I was able to patch in via Zoom to talk about the role of women in #18thc elections, in processions and mock elections, and at election balls. #dancehistory #assemblyrooms #politicalhistory
I can get on board with Macaulay's course of treatment... Bring on the ice cream!
Marissa Lingen@marissalingen.bsky.social · 2y agoIn 1771, historian Catherine Macaulay burned herself out so badly writing the fifth volume of her recent history of England that she spent four months eating ice cream and bathing in the sea to recuperate. Writers, I present to you your role model.
Office for the day at the British Academy! Ready for the Academic Book Publishing Conference...
Good to see these out in the wild at last. Many thanks to my co-editors, @hillaryburlock.bsky.social and Tatjana LeBoff for their sterling efforts, and to all of the contributors for bringing this together. #HistParl #skystorians
Office for the next two days in Oxford... Ready for the Oxford Dance Symposium to commence!
It's #PublicationDay for Bath and Beyond: The Social and Cultural World of the Georgian Assembly Room! Get your copy on Routledge or Amazon... #assemblyrooms We finally made it @georgianlords.bsky.social and Tatjana LeBoff! 🎉🎉 www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey...
Bath and Beyond: The Social and Cultural World of the Georgian Assembly Room
This book re-examines spa and assembly culture as key venues for sociability in the eighteenth century. Focused chiefly on the eighteenth century, this book looks forward into the nineteenth and early...
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Is anyone familiar with an eighteenth-century dance treatise or conduct book that has several plates of women gesturing with fans? I remember seeing such a book, but can’t recall what the title was… Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! #18thc #dancehistory
Yesterday's office for the day was the Gainsborough Bath Spa Hotel, where I gave a talk to a Jane Austen tour group on "Experiencing Austen’s Assembly Rooms". It was a great group, and they had so many wonderful questions! #assemblyrooms
Office for the day! Not a bad view before the funding bid-recycling workshop...
Good reading on the train to Liverpool this morning...
My first edited collection with @georgianlords.bsky.social and Tatjana LeBoff is now available for preorder! Eek! #assemblyrooms #18thc www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey...
Bath and Beyond: The Social and Cultural World of the Georgian Assembly Room
This book re-examines spa and assembly culture as key venues for sociability in the eighteenth century. Focused chiefly on the eighteenth century, this book looks forward into the nineteenth and early...
routledge.com
Good to see this volume coming together - the result of a hugely enjoyable conference involving @profelainechalus.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.bsky.social and @hillaryburlock.bsky.social - and a lot of work since by Hillary Burlock and Tatjana LeBoff... #HistParl www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey...
Poring over proofs this week! 💻📖 #18thc #assemblyrooms
For Black History Month in the US, one of the most haunting things I've ever encountered at a museum: the silhouette of Flora, a 19 year old enslaved woman, made from life around 1796. I don't think I've ever seen a shadow carry such weight or sorrow. On display at New York Historical Museum.
The next Centre for Midlands History & Cultures organised by the Friends will be online 🗓️Thurs 20 Feb 🕰️7:00-8:00pm Join researcher Jen Dixon to learn more about 'Variety & Choice: Birmingham Buttons and New Modes of making' All welcome! #18thCentury
Variety and Choice: Birmingham Buttons and New Modes of Making
Buttons were an important fashion adornment on eighteenth-century clothing, especially men’s clothing.
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February 3rd, fourth edition of our Workshop: Databases on the Eighteenth-Century Francophone World : Cooperation and Exchange Two papers will be in English et un en français. The discussion will be in English et en français. #BlueSkyStorians #skystorians #earlymodern #frenchhistory #18thc #ESR
We are four scholars whose work in some form deals with corporeality and being in the premodern period (early #medieval to #earlymodern). We are unhinged about our work. Check us out and feel free to email us details about your events and CFPs for our events page. #AcademicSky bodiesandbeing.com
Bodies and Being
The Pre-Modern Body Project
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That's a wrap! It was fantastic to organise #BSECS2025 this year's conference with @fancyhistorian.bsky.social and @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social, with fantastic help from @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social! Many thanks to Dione Dietrich and Richie Stubbs at @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social for their support...
