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Dr Hillary Burlock

@hillaryburlock.bsky.social
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#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 linktr.ee/hillary.burlock

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 16/02/2026
An international conservation group has selected Belfast's Assembly Rooms as one of 21 sites across the world it will fund this year.
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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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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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! bit.ly/49JzUKp
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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
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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
(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
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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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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
☃️ 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...
Dr Hillary BurlockMatthew Macfadyen and Keira Knightley in Pride and Prejudice.
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Delighted that my short piece on Jane Austen and dance has been published in The Conversation! theconversation.com/inside-the-r... #assemblyrooms #dancehistory #18thc
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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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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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...
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Jane Austen at Christmas - In Conversation
Jane Austen at Christmas - In Conversation
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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
💃 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
Dr Hillary BurlockDance scene from the Kiera Knightley Pride & Prejudice. She was good but he was a bit mis-cast don't you think?
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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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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a woman wearing a red hat and a brown jacket is standing in front of a building .
ALT: a woman wearing a red hat and a brown jacket is standing in front of a building .
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I can get on board with Macaulay's course of treatment... Bring on the ice cream!
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Office for the day at the British Academy! Ready for the Academic Book Publishing Conference...
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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Office for the next two days in Oxford... Ready for the Oxford Dance Symposium to commence!
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I really enjoyed working on this with you, Robin!
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Many thanks to our contributors: @breerob-kirk.bsky.social, @jemimahubberstey.bsky.social, @rachelbynoth.bsky.social, @drdan.bsky.social, @philbonjour.bsky.social, @vaughnscribner.bsky.social, Amy Frost, Rachael Johnson, Tim Moore, Rupert Goulding, Isabelle Eve Carlotti Davier, and Tom Boden!
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Thank you for contributing a great chapter to the collection!
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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...
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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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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Thanks so much! I'll definitely send them an email!
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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
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neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Sir William Beechey, portrait of a young Kenneth Dixon playing shuttlecock (c1790), SMK, Copenhagen #c18th #c18 #18thc
Young boy outdoors, about to hit a shuttlecock with a small paddle. He is wearing black trousers and a tight-fitting black jacket, with a flouncy shirt billowing out at the top and a completely impractical broad-brimmed black hat trimmed with matching ostrich feathers
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Office for the day! Not a bad view before the funding bid-recycling workshop...
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Thank you, Richard! It's been a long journey for this book!
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Good reading on the train to Liverpool this morning...
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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...
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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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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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...
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I have! The Sophia Banks collection in the British Museum is incredible!
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
A new #18thc resource! kingsbench.engagedhumanities.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
kingsbench.engagedhumanities.org
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.
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No Character Limit @nocharacterlimit.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Philip Dawe - The Oyster Woman (1769) #oysters #art #woman #night #lamp #18thcentury
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Poring over proofs this week! 💻📖 #18thc #assemblyrooms
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Paul Clammer @paulclammer.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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.
A paper silhouette of Flora, a 19 year old enslaved woman from Connecticut, made from life around 1796.
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Justine Pick @justinepick.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
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
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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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Pamphlets and Patrons @papaerc.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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
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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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
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Bodies and Being
The Pre-Modern Body Project
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
And many thanks to @cecrawshaw.bsky.social, @drwilliams.bsky.social, and @georgianfun.bsky.social for helping to run the online programme of #BSECS2025!
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I am so glad! ❤️
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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...
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DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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!
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DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Luggage can be stored in the Rookery - the lodge will give you directions 🙂 #BSECS2025 @bsecs.bsky.social
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Tom Whitfield @tjlwhitfield.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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!
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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!
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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.
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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
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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Ready for another hybrid panel at #BSECS2025 - this time on Science and Anatomy!
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DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Have you seen the wonderful 18thC exhibit organised by @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social librarians? They’ve done this especially for us @bsecs.bsky.social and the exhibit changes every day! Come browse at reception #BSECS2025
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Editor Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social imparting her publishing wisdom to #C18th studies PhD students yesterday at #BSECS2025. If you're an #ECR hoping to turn your research into a book, stop by tomorrow with your questions! @bsecs.bsky.social
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