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
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
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...
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!
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...
A full house in Pembroke College's Chapel for the annual BSECS concert! This year, the programme features the Warleggan Village Band who will be performing #18thc dance music. Many thanks to Richard Heacock, Matthew Coatsworth, and @greenmatthewsuk.bsky.social! #BSECS2025
January 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A full house in Pembroke College's Chapel for the annual BSECS concert! This year, the programme features the Warleggan Village Band who will be performing #18thc dance music. Many thanks to Richard Heacock, Matthew Coatsworth, and @greenmatthewsuk.bsky.social! #BSECS2025
Lots of brilliant commentary from the presenters, linking #18thc elections with the 21st century, exploring the importance of personal contact, digital and print media, the re-personalisation of politics, political theory, and democratic engagement and disengagement!
January 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Lots of brilliant commentary from the presenters, linking #18thc elections with the 21st century, exploring the importance of personal contact, digital and print media, the re-personalisation of politics, political theory, and democratic engagement and disengagement!
Today's #BSECS2025 plenary panel brings together historians, heritage professionals & political scientists Matthew Grenby, @profelainechalus.bsky.social, Kendra Packham, @robertsaunders.bsky.social, Susan Banducci, Joanne Tinworth & Sir John Curtice to discuss elections and democracy.
January 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Today's #BSECS2025 plenary panel brings together historians, heritage professionals & political scientists Matthew Grenby, @profelainechalus.bsky.social, Kendra Packham, @robertsaunders.bsky.social, Susan Banducci, Joanne Tinworth & Sir John Curtice to discuss elections and democracy.
Next up in the hybrid stream is a panel on New Directions in the History of Knowledge, with Susan Whyman, @leoniehannan.bsky.social, and Sarah Easterby-Smith! #BSECS2025
January 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Next up in the hybrid stream is a panel on New Directions in the History of Knowledge, with Susan Whyman, @leoniehannan.bsky.social, and Sarah Easterby-Smith! #BSECS2025
Ready for another hybrid panel at #BSECS2025 - this time on Science and Anatomy!
January 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ready for another hybrid panel at #BSECS2025 - this time on Science and Anatomy!
Proof that I was virtually "present" at #BSECS2025, welcoming delegates to the conference and presenting at the AGM despite injury... Hurrah for hybridity!
January 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Proof that I was virtually "present" at #BSECS2025, welcoming delegates to the conference and presenting at the AGM despite injury... Hurrah for hybridity!
A fantastic paper by Charlotte MacKenzie on the Society of Skilful Aunts in Cornwall in #BSECS2025 online panel!
January 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A fantastic paper by Charlotte MacKenzie on the Society of Skilful Aunts in Cornwall in #BSECS2025 online panel!
#BSECS2025 is trialling hybridity this year at Pembroke. Our first hybrid panel is on "Complicating Maternal Bodies and Motherhood", enabling Chandini Jaswal to join in from Panjab University, alongside Aditi Upmanyu, Clementine Garcenot, and Rebecca Ford.
January 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
#BSECS2025 is trialling hybridity this year at Pembroke. Our first hybrid panel is on "Complicating Maternal Bodies and Motherhood", enabling Chandini Jaswal to join in from Panjab University, alongside Aditi Upmanyu, Clementine Garcenot, and Rebecca Ford.
The first paper in the online stream of #BSECS2025 is by Jingyue Wu on "Dunton's Athenianism and Gildon's 'The Post Boy Rob'd His Mail' (1692)"!
January 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The first paper in the online stream of #BSECS2025 is by Jingyue Wu on "Dunton's Athenianism and Gildon's 'The Post Boy Rob'd His Mail' (1692)"!
And #BSECS2025 has begun! Gutted to miss it due to my ankle injury, but tech support at Pembroke College has been brilliant, allowing me to welcome delegates from snowy Canada! We are starting with David Turner's keynote lecture on "Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency, and Embodiment".
January 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
And #BSECS2025 has begun! Gutted to miss it due to my ankle injury, but tech support at Pembroke College has been brilliant, allowing me to welcome delegates from snowy Canada! We are starting with David Turner's keynote lecture on "Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency, and Embodiment".
I'm unbelievably excited to see this will be published soon, after years of collaboration with Robin Eagles and Tatjana LeBoff! Many thanks to our wonderful editors, Elaine Chalus and Debbi Simonton, as well as our authors!
www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey...
www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey...
December 3, 2024 at 2:05 PM
I'm unbelievably excited to see this will be published soon, after years of collaboration with Robin Eagles and Tatjana LeBoff! Many thanks to our wonderful editors, Elaine Chalus and Debbi Simonton, as well as our authors!
www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey...
www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey...
Bath's Guildhall was the venue for City Balls and assemblies during the #18thc. While fashionable visitors flocked to the Upper/Lower Assembly Rooms, these spaces were not always open to residents. The Mayor opened up the Guildhall for local inhabitants to use for their assemblies. #assemblyrooms
November 24, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Bath's Guildhall was the venue for City Balls and assemblies during the #18thc. While fashionable visitors flocked to the Upper/Lower Assembly Rooms, these spaces were not always open to residents. The Mayor opened up the Guildhall for local inhabitants to use for their assemblies. #assemblyrooms
I had a fantastic time at the Bath Assembly Rooms last night - a celebration evening to thank the National Trust's collaborations with academics, local organisations, communities, and colleagues. Looking back over the last two years, we celebrated with a reception and silent disco! #assemblyrooms
November 23, 2024 at 5:17 PM
I had a fantastic time at the Bath Assembly Rooms last night - a celebration evening to thank the National Trust's collaborations with academics, local organisations, communities, and colleagues. Looking back over the last two years, we celebrated with a reception and silent disco! #assemblyrooms
Warwick's Shire Hall, where the annual summer race assemblies were held! The building is largely closed to the public, but you can just glimpse the magnificent ceiling in the 2nd photo. For a virtual tour, see: venueview.co.uk/tour/the-old...
#assemblyrooms #18thc
#assemblyrooms #18thc
November 18, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Warwick's Shire Hall, where the annual summer race assemblies were held! The building is largely closed to the public, but you can just glimpse the magnificent ceiling in the 2nd photo. For a virtual tour, see: venueview.co.uk/tour/the-old...
#assemblyrooms #18thc
#assemblyrooms #18thc
Warwick's #assemblyrooms are located in the Court House, built by Francis Smith (1725). It was the venue for the winter assemblies in the #18thcentury, while the Shire Hall was used for the summer race balls! There is a tiny, surviving musicians' gallery, which looks like it could hold 2 musicians!
November 12, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Warwick's #assemblyrooms are located in the Court House, built by Francis Smith (1725). It was the venue for the winter assemblies in the #18thcentury, while the Shire Hall was used for the summer race balls! There is a tiny, surviving musicians' gallery, which looks like it could hold 2 musicians!
Chelsea's Old Town Hall was built in 1887 by John McKean Brydon. In 1898, the assembly room welcomed the "crowded and enthusiastic meeting" of the National Anti-Vivisection Society. The NAVS is the world’s first body to challenge the use of animals in research. #assemblyrooms
October 13, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Chelsea's Old Town Hall was built in 1887 by John McKean Brydon. In 1898, the assembly room welcomed the "crowded and enthusiastic meeting" of the National Anti-Vivisection Society. The NAVS is the world’s first body to challenge the use of animals in research. #assemblyrooms
My piece on the ECPPEC Project for the Modern History Review is finally here! The MHR is a magazine aimed at promoting history and resources for UK schools, bringing new perspectives on key A-level topics from leading historians, and putting history in a real-world context...
ecppec.ncl.ac.uk
ecppec.ncl.ac.uk
September 6, 2024 at 12:50 PM
My piece on the ECPPEC Project for the Modern History Review is finally here! The MHR is a magazine aimed at promoting history and resources for UK schools, bringing new perspectives on key A-level topics from leading historians, and putting history in a real-world context...
ecppec.ncl.ac.uk
ecppec.ncl.ac.uk