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
Thesis on dance and political culture in late Georgian Britain
https://linktr.ee/hillary.burlock
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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...
December 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
☃️ 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.
theconversation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Delighted that my short piece on Jane Austen and dance has been published in The Conversation! theconversation.com/inside-the-r... #assemblyrooms #dancehistory #18thc
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...
brightonmuseums.org.uk/event/jane-a...
Jane Austen at Christmas - In Conversation
Jane Austen at Christmas - In Conversation
brightonmuseums.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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...
brightonmuseums.org.uk/event/jane-a...
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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
September 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
💃 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
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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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September 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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/...
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
June 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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!
In 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.
Writers, I present to you your role model.
April 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I can get on board with Macaulay's course of treatment... Bring on the ice cream!
Office for the day at the British Academy! Ready for the Academic Book Publishing Conference...
April 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Office for the day at the British Academy! Ready for the Academic Book Publishing Conference...
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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
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
April 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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
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!
April 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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...
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...
www.routledge.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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...
We finally made it @georgianlords.bsky.social and Tatjana LeBoff! 🎉🎉
www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey...
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
April 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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
April 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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...
April 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Office for the day! Not a bad view before the funding bid-recycling workshop...
Good reading on the train to Liverpool this morning...
April 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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...
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...
www.routledge.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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...
www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey...
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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...
#HistParl
www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey...
February 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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...
#HistParl
www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey...
A new #18thc resource! kingsbench.engagedhumanities.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
Site of some of English legal history’s most important trials, this project seeks to bring back to life this lost courtroom and the cases it heard.
kingsbench.engagedhumanities.org
February 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A new #18thc resource! kingsbench.engagedhumanities.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
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February 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Poring over proofs this week! 💻📖 #18thc #assemblyrooms
February 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Poring over proofs this week! 💻📖 #18thc #assemblyrooms
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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.
February 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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.
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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
🗓️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.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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
🗓️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
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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
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
January 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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
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
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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
bodiesandbeing.com
Bodies and Being
The Pre-Modern Body Project
bodiesandbeing.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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
bodiesandbeing.com