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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

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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
June 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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.
April 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Office for the day at the British Academy! Ready for the Academic Book Publishing Conference...
April 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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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
April 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Office for the next two days in Oxford... Ready for the Oxford Dance Symposium to commence!
April 22, 2025 at 8:42 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...
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
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
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
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Sir William Beechey, portrait of a young Kenneth Dixon playing shuttlecock (c1790), SMK, Copenhagen #c18th #c18 #18thc
April 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Office for the day! Not a bad view before the funding bid-recycling workshop...
April 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Good reading on the train to Liverpool this morning...
April 2, 2025 at 4:35 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...
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
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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...
February 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Philip Dawe - The Oyster Woman (1769) #oysters #art #woman #night #lamp #18thcentury
February 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Poring over proofs this week! 💻📖 #18thc #assemblyrooms
February 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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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
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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
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
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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
January 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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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
Bodies and Being
The Pre-Modern Body Project
bodiesandbeing.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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...
January 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Professor Matthew McCormack delivers his first banquet address as President of @bsecs.bsky.social #BSECS2025 - big thank yous to Dione Dietrich & all the team @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social for making our move so seamless!
January 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Luggage can be stored in the Rookery - the lodge will give you directions 🙂 #BSECS2025 @bsecs.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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What a fabulous few days at #BSECS2025, wonderful conversations, great venue and it is utterly staggering the amount of exciting research that people are doing! Already excited to be back next year!
January 10, 2025 at 1:57 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
January 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM