The Burgon Society
@burgonsociety.bsky.social
Membership society, academic research publishers, and charity for the study of academic dress: history, design, and use. Universities. Robes. Regalia. Graduation. Cap & gown. Join us 🎓
https://www.burgon.org.uk
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Oh, that isn’t the new hood for Doctor of Electrical Engineering?
Britain is nothing like an oasis. In an oasis there is a promise of water and ripe dates. We have nothing like that. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Don't look back in anger', says German president of UK ties post-Brexit
Frank-Walter Steinmeier says both sides had decided to not look back in anger while referencing band's reunion.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Oh, that isn’t the new hood for Doctor of Electrical Engineering?
Peter A. Thompson’s article on wearing academic hoods ‘in quire’ uses as a foundation the portrait collection of the archbishops of Armagh, evidence of past practice and evolving custom. Which hoods were worn when? Should a hood should be worn with the chimere?
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December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Peter A. Thompson’s article on wearing academic hoods ‘in quire’ uses as a foundation the portrait collection of the archbishops of Armagh, evidence of past practice and evolving custom. Which hoods were worn when? Should a hood should be worn with the chimere?
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Ah, splendid! The saturated colours look so summery.
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Ah, splendid! The saturated colours look so summery.
Whoever said academics don’t throw proper parties has never been to a proper part given by an academic.
In highly important news from history today, it’s the 80th anniversary of the 21st birthday of Christopher Tolkien, notable now for the wording (especially the small print) of the invitation to the party
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Whoever said academics don’t throw proper parties has never been to a proper part given by an academic.
Nice views, though they’re missing the gowns!
Here's a weekend special #HigherEducationPostcard of @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Because it is, of course, #StAndrewsDay
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Because it is, of course, #StAndrewsDay
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November 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Nice views, though they’re missing the gowns!
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Excited to announce my first ever panel at #IMC2026! 🎉 Our session, 'Negotiating Masculinity in Eastern Orthodoxy', brings together papers from @nick-mayhew.bsky.social, Orlen Crawford (co-organiser) and myself, with @maroulix.bsky.social as moderator. @imc-leeds.bsky.social @leedsims.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Excited to announce my first ever panel at #IMC2026! 🎉 Our session, 'Negotiating Masculinity in Eastern Orthodoxy', brings together papers from @nick-mayhew.bsky.social, Orlen Crawford (co-organiser) and myself, with @maroulix.bsky.social as moderator. @imc-leeds.bsky.social @leedsims.bsky.social
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Taxila, Pakistan, one of the earliest sites of higher education in the world, active from the 5th century before the common era
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November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Taxila, Pakistan, one of the earliest sites of higher education in the world, active from the 5th century before the common era
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Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns
The question of hood etiquette in choirs has always been something of a contentious one. Regardless of what the Canons say, tradition and opinion still seem to win out in most cases. Samuel Teague’s article on hoods in Oxford collegiate choirs is now available: newprairiepress.org/burgonsociet...
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The question of hood etiquette in choirs has always been something of a contentious one. Regardless of what the Canons say, tradition and opinion still seem to win out in most cases. Samuel Teague’s article on hoods in Oxford collegiate choirs is now available: newprairiepress.org/burgonsociet...
Let’s take a look, Fellows: Whose hoods do you see?
All the best to our graduates who graduated last week!
I am surprised how the same degree information leads to very different hoods being picked for me.
As I have no clue (evident by how I wear some 😅), any pointers to what they are, are welcome!
#Gown #AcademicDress
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I am surprised how the same degree information leads to very different hoods being picked for me.
As I have no clue (evident by how I wear some 😅), any pointers to what they are, are welcome!
#Gown #AcademicDress
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November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Let’s take a look, Fellows: Whose hoods do you see?
Philip Goff, a founding Fellow of the Burgon Society, was honored by the University of London on its Founding Day and visited with the university’s Chancellor, The Princess Royal.
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Philip Goff, a founding Fellow of the Burgon Society, was honored by the University of London on its Founding Day and visited with the university’s Chancellor, The Princess Royal.
Which knot would you suggest for tying a tassel to a trencher? Or holding a hood in place so it doesn’t ride up your throat and choke you?
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November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Which knot would you suggest for tying a tassel to a trencher? Or holding a hood in place so it doesn’t ride up your throat and choke you?
Undergraduates in cap and gown are a rare sight today. Yet in the UK, over 30 universities prescribe it for students. Find out more in Edward Teather’s article on The History of Undergraduate Academical Dress in Britain’s Modern Universities since 1880, now at newprairiepress.org/burgonsociet...
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Undergraduates in cap and gown are a rare sight today. Yet in the UK, over 30 universities prescribe it for students. Find out more in Edward Teather’s article on The History of Undergraduate Academical Dress in Britain’s Modern Universities since 1880, now at newprairiepress.org/burgonsociet...
Now online: The first woman in the British Empire entitled to wear a hood trimmed with fur was in New Zealand in 1879. Bruce Christianson, Philip Goff, and the late Nicholas Groves tell her story in Furred Hoods with Silk Linings from the Late 19th Century.
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![On 14 March 1879, Kate Milligan Edger became the first woman in the British Empire entitled to wear an academic hood trimmed with fur. The hood in question, a BA from the relatively new University of New Zealand, was a black Cambridge full shape [f1], lined with pink silk (denoting Arts) and bordered with white fur (denoting a bachelor’s degree).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4yktcbvnm65zeioail5h3b7x/bafkreihzjpdyhjdjurm6v7nfu24yks2y65a7cecohdsu3bgiswamghq6bm@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Now online: The first woman in the British Empire entitled to wear a hood trimmed with fur was in New Zealand in 1879. Bruce Christianson, Philip Goff, and the late Nicholas Groves tell her story in Furred Hoods with Silk Linings from the Late 19th Century.
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Looks as though we won’t have to worry about AI taking historians’ jobs any time soon.
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When I got the email, I didn’t know if I should laugh or cry:
“Our AI turned your paper ‘King’s Crowns: The’ into a shareable comic. ”
Here’s 24,000 words turned into four panels, including a reference to Nork City and the year 17605. Cf. newprairiepress.org/burgonsociet...
“Our AI turned your paper ‘King’s Crowns: The’ into a shareable comic. ”
Here’s 24,000 words turned into four panels, including a reference to Nork City and the year 17605. Cf. newprairiepress.org/burgonsociet...
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Looks as though we won’t have to worry about AI taking historians’ jobs any time soon.
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We Fellows are preponderantly fellows, but not entirely! That makes us a rarity for a costume society, most of whose members are women. We would very happily welcome you into our ranks.
An idle question: are the Fellows all fellows?
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
We Fellows are preponderantly fellows, but not entirely! That makes us a rarity for a costume society, most of whose members are women. We would very happily welcome you into our ranks.
Finally, after a day of inducting Fellows, hearing from the President, learning from research presentations, and lunch, the Burgon Society heads to a dinner at Café du Marché to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary.
October 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Finally, after a day of inducting Fellows, hearing from the President, learning from research presentations, and lunch, the Burgon Society heads to a dinner at Café du Marché to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary.
An update on the continued growth of online readership of Transactions of the Burgon Society from the editor, Stephen Wolgast, at The Charterhouse, London, on 11 October. Find articles at newprairiepress.org/burgonsociety/
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
An update on the continued growth of online readership of Transactions of the Burgon Society from the editor, Stephen Wolgast, at The Charterhouse, London, on 11 October. Find articles at newprairiepress.org/burgonsociety/
After a group photo, Fellows and members of the Burgon Society return to the Great Hall of The Charterhouse for the afternoon session on Saturday, 11 October, in London. Most of the hoods are the Society’s Fellow’s hood. How many others can you name?
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
After a group photo, Fellows and members of the Burgon Society return to the Great Hall of The Charterhouse for the afternoon session on Saturday, 11 October, in London. Most of the hoods are the Society’s Fellow’s hood. How many others can you name?
After Congregation and before the afternoon presentations on 11 October, the Master of The Charterhouse, Peter Aiers, OBE (left), leads a tour of the cloisters.
October 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
After Congregation and before the afternoon presentations on 11 October, the Master of The Charterhouse, Peter Aiers, OBE (left), leads a tour of the cloisters.
There’s time for tea before the twenty-fifth Congregation starts in the Great Hall of The Charterhouse in London.
October 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
There’s time for tea before the twenty-fifth Congregation starts in the Great Hall of The Charterhouse in London.
Out now for members: Volume 24 of Transactions of the Burgon Society. This year’s articles cover academic dress in the Royal College of Music, Israel, King’s College London, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Australia. Members can access it at burgon.org.uk/research/tra....
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Out now for members: Volume 24 of Transactions of the Burgon Society. This year’s articles cover academic dress in the Royal College of Music, Israel, King’s College London, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Australia. Members can access it at burgon.org.uk/research/tra....
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A warm welcome to all our new students who matriculated this weekend!
October 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A warm welcome to all our new students who matriculated this weekend!
Absolutely! The Burgon Society is part of the open access movement. Dive in at newprairiepress.org/burgonsociety/
October 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Absolutely! The Burgon Society is part of the open access movement. Dive in at newprairiepress.org/burgonsociety/
At the Society’s twenty-fifth anniversary Congregation last week, Dr Jonathan Cooper, right, Dean of Studies, introduces Edward Teather, standing left, for Fellowship, for his paper on the history of undergraduate academical dress in Britain’s modern universities since 1880.
October 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
At the Society’s twenty-fifth anniversary Congregation last week, Dr Jonathan Cooper, right, Dean of Studies, introduces Edward Teather, standing left, for Fellowship, for his paper on the history of undergraduate academical dress in Britain’s modern universities since 1880.