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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · Jun 27

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 · Apr 28

I can get on board with Macaulay's course of treatment... Bring on the ice cream!

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · Sep 8

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.

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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · Apr 28

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 · Apr 25

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 · Apr 22

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 · Apr 16

I really enjoyed working on this with you, Robin!

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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · Apr 16

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 · Apr 16

Thank you for contributing a great chapter to the collection!

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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · Apr 16

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

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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thanks so much! I'll definitely send them an email!

Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · Apr 11

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 · Apr 10

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 · Apr 9

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 · Apr 8

Office for the day! Not a bad view before the funding bid-recycling workshop...

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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thank you, Richard! It's been a long journey for this book!

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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · Apr 2

Good reading on the train to Liverpool this morning...

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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · Mar 26

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

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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · Feb 27

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 · Feb 11

I have! The Sophia Banks collection in the British Museum is incredible!

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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · Feb 6

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

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No Character Limit @nocharacterlimit.bsky.social · Feb 5

Philip Dawe - The Oyster Woman (1769) #oysters #art #woman #night #lamp #18thcentury

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Dr Hillary Burlock @hillaryburlock.bsky.social · Feb 4

Poring over proofs this week! 💻📖 #18thc #assemblyrooms

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Paul Clammer @paulclammer.bsky.social · Feb 2

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 · Jan 23

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

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Pamphlets and Patrons @papaerc.bsky.social · Jan 15

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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