2024 UK Conference 13 – 15 June in Queen Anne Building, Old Royal Naval College, University of Greenwich, Historic Greenwich, London
Burney Society UK 2024 Conference ‘Exploring Burneys’, 13 – 15 June 2024
Celebrating 25 years since the founding of the The Burney Society in North America.
The Burney Society UK are delighted that Paula Stepankowsky, founding member and first President of the Burney Society of North America, will join us for our 2024 conference at the Old Royal Naval College campus in Historic Greenwich, to celebrate 25 years since the Burney Society was founded at a North American Jane Austen conference. We invite you to join us in recognising Paula’s immense contribution to the Burney Society of North America and the Burney Society UK.
Call for Papers
We are inviting submissions for our 2024 Burney Society UK conference ‘Exploring Burneys’ to be held in Queen Anne Building, Old Royal Naval College, University of Greenwich, Historic Greenwich, London, from Thursday 13 – Saturday 15 June 2024. We are offering two prizes for papers presented at the conference, each worth £100, a President’s Prize and a Conference Prize.
Downloadable Paper Proposal forms are available below. The deadline for Proposals is 31st March 2024 but proposals will be considered when received. Please email all forms to Trudie Messent, conference organiser, via ukburneysociety@gmail.com with ‘Proposal’, ‘Registration’ or ‘Membership’ in the subject line.
Response to paper proposals will be emailed no later than 1 April 2024. The Old Royal Naval College is a wonderful location but the venue is not large so prompt registration is recommended. Registration refunds will be available until 1 May 2024, when we have to confirm numbers with the University. Registration forms are also available below. This conference is only open to Burney Society Members, both UK and North American Society. The membership form for the UK Society is available below. Burney Society of North America membership details are available from the McGill Burney Centre website.
‘Exploring Burneys’
The conference theme ‘Exploring Burneys’ was deliberately designed to encompass a variety of approaches, from exploration and travel by members of the Burney family and their circle, to explorations of their lives, literature, music, art, cultural milieu, and significance.
Greenwich has important connections to the Burney family. Charles Burney Jr (1757-1817) ran a school in Greenwich, attended by his son, Charles Parr Burney (1785-1864) who would later take on the role of headmaster. This school was lucrative, and Charles Parr Burney lived at Croom’s Hill, Greenwich. St Paul’s Church, Deptford, where Charles Burney Jr was rector and is buried, is less than a mile to the east.
Although the nearest James Burney seems to have come to Greenwich is serving onboard the SS Greenwich, the Royal Museum Archive in Greenwich houses the world’s largest collection of manuscripts and original documents related to maritime history, including publications by James Burney.
We have already arranged a private visit to the Caird Library archive as part of the conference programme, enabling our delegates a close view of relevant resources.
You might also wish to consider:
- New ideas about family relationships and connections. What were the internal dynamics of the Burney family, and what tensions and expectations can be uncovered?
- The wider family, for example, the Richard Burneys, Charles Rousseau, Hetty’s musician husband, their composer daughter, Cecilia, and the painter, Edward Francisco Burney.
- Discussion of the writing produced by the family, published or in manuscript. Experiments in writing.
- Their circle of contacts and friends – the Streatham set, Chessington Hall.
- The contribution of the Burney family towards other publications.
- Their travels to new or dangerous places, such as Frances in France, James in the Pacific.
- Dealing with absences: geography and displacement, yearning and sorrow, new challenges, and adjustments.
- Comparisons with contemporaries: travel writers, natural scientists, explorers, and collectors.
- Later generations of the Burney family
CALL FOR PAPERS INFORMATION
- Papers presented at the conference will be eligible for submission to a peer reviewed journal.
- Paper proposals should be submitted to Trudie Messent, Conference Organiser. via email to ukburneysociety@gmail.com with ‘Proposal’ in the subject line BY 1st March 2024. We will respond to proposals as soon as possible and no later than 1st April 2024.
- Downloadable proposal forms and registration forms can be found above. There is also a downloadable Burney Society UK membership form above (fees paid now cover to June 2025).
PRACTICALITIES
Historic Greenwich is easily accessible to central London via a number of transport routes. The map below shows that the venue is close to Greenwich Pier (for Uber river buses) and three rail stations (Cutty Sark DLR), Greenwich and Maze Hill Station. All three are an easy walk to our Queen Anne Building venue (building towards the river from Maze Hill Station [just cut off by left margin]). 
The DLR (Docklands Light Railway) which will bring you from Bank DLR station (central London) to Cutty Sark DLR station (5 minutes walk from venue) in under 20 minutes. (Link to DLR services: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/dlr/
Other transport links between central London and Historic Greenwich include river buses, but you will need to check routes and timing (Link: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/river/about-river-bus) and overground trains from London Waterloo (https://www.southwesternrailway.com/train-times/london-waterloo-to-greenwich) and via Thameslink from London Bridge Thameslink station to Maze Hill Station (Link: https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/)
If you are interested in staying in Greenwich, I would encourage you to book a cancellable room now, as availability seems quite limited due to a concert at the O2.
Greenwich Accommodation options:
The closest large hotel to the venue is the Ibis London Greenwich. Rooms at the Ibis can be booked online with a number of travel companies or directly with Accor. There is a slightly cheaper room rate if you are an Accor member, which is free. You will have to scroll down for Flexible rates.
There are also a number of other hotels, and public houses with rooms above, in historic Greenwich. Hopefully the site map above (courtesy of Royal Museums Greenwich) will help you to check where they are in relation to the venue.
Outline Conference schedule
Thursday 13 June 2024 – Venue Queen Anne Court Room QA038
9:00 – 9:15 Registration & refreshments
Keynote: Dr Sophie Coulombeau ‘‘A Queer Burney? Charles Burney DD and the Earl of Findlater’.
10:00 Refreshment break
10:10 Conference panels
13:00 Lunch in QA039
13:45 – 15:15 Conference panels
15:15 Tea – Celebration tea break
15:30 – 18:00 Conference panels
Lunch & daytime refreshments included in conference fee.
18:00 Conference Close and transfer to Trafalgar Tavern.
18:00 – 21:00 Conference Dinner – Venue Trafalgar Tavern, Thames Path, Greenwich. (Adjacent to Queen Anne Court). This will be a sit-down meal, but diners will have the option to order from the tavern ‘al la carte’ Nile bar group menu, giving a wide choice of options and prices, although a room hire and service charge will be added. Drinks will be available for purchase from the Hardy Suite private bar.
*Please be advised that the Hardy Suite is on the second floor of the Trafalgar Tavern. There is a lift to the first floor but access up to the next floor is by stairs. I hope you will agree the view from the balcony is worth a flight of stairs! (See last image above) Washrooms are on the first floor. (See illustration above)
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Friday 14 June 2024 – Venue Queen Anne Court Room QA038
9:00 – 9:15 Registration and coffee
Keynote by our President, Prof Peter Sabor, ‘Exploring Dr Burney’s early career through newly discovered letters’.
10:00 – 10:15 Refreshment break
10:15 – 13:00 Conference panels
Thursday 13 June 13:00 Leave Queen Anne Court for National Maritime Museum (across road)
Entry tickets organised in advance as part of conference.
13:05 Lunch in Parkside café of National Maritime Museum. (good outdoor space if fine weather)
Delegates select own lunch (money provided from conference funds).
14: 00 Group divided into 2 or 3 sub-groups (depending upon numbers) Please see session circuit timings and locations below. Tickets will be provided and pre-booked for the National Maritime Museum, the Caird Archive and Queen’s House. If you wish to visit the Royal Observatory, or the Cutty Sark, you will need to book your own tickets. There is a combined ticket option online.
Split into 2 or 3 groups for afternoon ‘circuit’ between Caird Archive, Museum galleries and Queen’s House (or preferred option)
Afternoon Session 1. 14:00 – 14:45
14:00 – 14.45 Group A – private group visit to Caird Archive Library (15 max)
14:00 – 14.45 Groups B Visit National Maritime Museum – suggested galleries include ‘Pacific Encounters’, ‘Atlantic World’ and ‘Traders’ on the first floor plus ‘The Great Map’. There are additional interesting galleries on the ground and second floors.
Link to National Maritime Museum website, with downloadable map:
14:00 – 14:45 Group C: Visit Queen’s House (or Royal Observatory or Cutty Sark)
Photo: Bill Bertran The Queen’s House © CC BY-SA 2.5 DEED
Afternoon Session 2. 14:45 – 15:30
Group B (15 max) visit to Caird Archive Library
Groups A & C Visit National Maritime Museum galleries/Queen’s House/Cutty Sark
15:45 – 14:45 Group C visit to Caird Archive; Groups A & B galleries – as above.
Afternoon Session 3. 15:30 – 16:45
Group C Visit Caird Library
Group A & B Visit Queen’s House or visit Royal Observatory/Cutty Sark (last entry to Queen’s House & Cutty Sark is 16:15, close at 17:00. Royal Observatory MAY have extended hours in the summer (to be advised).
CAIRD LIBRARY INFORMATION During the Caird Archive visits Miriam & I will show you resources related to conference papers & relevant to Burney studies. During the group visits you will not be able to carry out individual research, but the library staff are willing to access resources for you at another time, providing there is space available. The guide to visiting the Caird library is below. The sooner you book a research session and give them a list of resources the better, as June is normally a busy time and they have limited research desks.
Please see Caird Archive: GUIDANCE SHEET UPDATED Oct 2022 – Your First Visit Caird Archive.pdf
Caird Archive information: https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/caird-library/register-to-visit
I will pre-book tickets for the National Maritime Museum, The Caird Archive & the Queen’s House.
19:00 Delegates may choose to join us for a pub dinner at The Old Brewery (tbc).
Saturday 15 June 2024 – Venue Queen Anne Court QA038
9:00 – 9:15 QA 038 Registration & refreshments
9:15 – 10:30 Burney Society UK Annual General Meeting – free to UK members.
10:30 – 10: 10:50 Talk by Burney Society UK 2023 Bursary Winner, Hannah Wilson, PhD candidate, University of Cambridge.
10:50 – 11:00 Refreshment break in QA039
11:00 Conference panels recommence.
13:00 Depart QA038 for Painted Hall area of Old Royal Naval College.
All morning refreshments included in conference fee.
13:10 Lunch: at Old Royal Naval College, either Undercroft Café or Old Brewery (tbc)
Link to downloadable National Maritime Museum map
file:///C:/Users/trudi/Downloads/edited_NMM%20Museum%20Map%20A4%20Sep%2018[8].pdf
14:00 Private Group Visit to the Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College.
Your conference fee includes a private guided tour to explore the breathtaking 17th century Painted Hall, often referred to as the English ‘Sistine Chapel’. Your ticket will also allow entry into the ‘Nelson Room’, where Nelson was laid in state and includes a replica of the statue in Trafalgar Square. You may also be able to visit the ‘Skittles Gallery’ (depending on opening times).
15:30 – 14:15 Tea in Undercroft café, Painted Hall
14:15 – 15:30 Tour of Old Royal Naval College led by Miram Al Jamil – to include the Chapel of St Peter & St Paul which was part Sir Christopher Wren’s original design for the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. After a devastating fire, the Chapel was rebuilt in 1779 by James ‘Athenian’ Stuart. With its richly decorated ceiling, naval themes, and exceptional altarpiece painted by ‘the Raphael of America’, Benjamin West, the Chapel is now regarded as one of the finest neo-classical interiors in existence. Miriam Al Jamil will then lead the group on a tour of Coade stone at the Old Royal Naval College.
15:30 – 2024 Conference closes. Opportunity to visit Royal Observatory/Cutty Sark or Fan Museum. Delegates to arrange their own tickets.
PAST BURNEY SOCIETY UK CONFERENCES
2022 UK Conference ‘Windows on the Burneys’ Conference + Visits 10 – 16 June 2022
This conference was organised by Trudie Messent to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the unveiling of the stained-glass window to commemorate Frances Burney in Westminster Abbey with a wreath laying in Westminster Abbey and the unveiling of the Frances Burney bench at Chawton House.
Alton to Chawton Jane Austen trail and unveiling of Frances Burney bench in rose garden of Chawton House on Friday 10 June 2022.
Coffee was available at Alton House Hotel, Alton from 10:40, courtesy of the Burney Society UK. We then followed the Jane Austen trail along Alton High Street to Chawton village. You can download a pdf of the Jane Austen trail map from this link by scrolling down slightly. https://www.visit-hampshire.co.uk/things-to-do/jane-austen-trail-walk-alton-to-chawton-p360641
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We had lunch at Cassandra’s in Chawton and some people took the opportunity to visit the Jane Austen Museum before we proceeded to Chawton House, where free garden entry had been arranged for Burney Society members. A number also availed themselves of the option to tour Chawton House before we convened in the rose garden at 15:00 for the unveiling of the Chawton House bench, which was jointly funded by the North American and UK Burney Societies.
We were honoured by the presence of Dr Elaine Bander, President of the North American Burney Society, and Paula Stepankowsky, who was instrumental in both the founding of the Burney Society and in negotiating with Westminster Abbey for the inclusion of the Frances Burney window in Poet’s corner. Paula unveiled the Frances Burney bench with a toast of champagne, with Miriam ‘gifting’ the bench an appropriate drop, before we enjoyed an al fresco tea, also courtesy of the Burney Society UK.
Saturday, 11 June at the Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ
The conference was preceded by the Burney Society UK 2022 AGM. Draft minutes by Alison Daniell & Trudie Messent are available on the Annual General Meetings webpage.
The Conference was opened by the Keynote by UK President, Prof Peter Sabor: ‘Frances Burney’s Windows: New Light on her Novels’.
Keynote report by Conference organiser, Trudie Messent
Panel A: Frances Burney & the Law. Chair – Cassie Ulph
Alison Daniell, ‘The Disappearing Woman: Disrupting Couverture in Frances Burney’s The Wanderer‘
Penny Pritchard, ‘Blundering officiousness’ and the ‘credit of the connection’: The law and Morrice.
Lunch was catered by Miriam Al Jamil and Trudie Messent.
Panel B Research Projects Chair – Francesca Saggini
Catherine Pocock, ‘Frances Burney D’Arblay: A case study of women’s publishing experience in eighteenth-century Britain.’
Sophie Coulombeau & Daniel Waterfield, ‘Collecting Charles Burney: Progress So Far’.
Catherine Bussell, ‘Reporting the French Revolution: A case study from the Burney newspaper collection’.
Panel B report by Francesca Saggini
Panel C: Important women Chair – Miriam Al Jamil
Karin Fernald, ‘Clinging to the edge of life’s prec’pice’ Mrs Piozzi and God’.
Karin Fernald on Hester Davenport and their collaborations.
Panel C report by Miriam Al Jamil
Sunday 12 June at the Foundling Museum.
Panel D: Evelina Chair: Gillian Skinner
Kristin Zodorow, ‘Narrative Tides: Epistolarity and Astronomy in Frances Burney’s Evelina’.
Svetlana Kochkina, ‘Dressing up Evelina: Pictorial History and Evolution of Fashion in the Novel’s Illustrations’.
Panel D report by Dr Gillian Skinner
Panel E: Evelina and Cecilia Chair: Lucy-Anne Katgely
Avantika Pokhriyal, “of a young lady’s walking out without me?” Spatial enunciations in Cecilia and Evelina. Read by Lucy-Anne Katgely.
Ariella Kharasch, ‘Jews as the Other in Cecilia or Memoirs of an Heiress‘.
Panel E report by Dr Lucy – Anne Katgely
Panel F: Society and the novels of Frances Burney Chair: Sophie Coulombeau
Oren Abeles Where is Frances Burney? Finding the Cultural Critic in Cecilia
Marceline Morais Foolish characters and social criticism in Frances Burney’s novels.
Lunch was held at The Lamb, Lamb Conduit Street
Panel G: Susanna Burney & Burneys in Bath Chair: Lorna Clark
Nathan Richards-Velinou Our Sweet Pacc: Pachierotti and the Burneys
Marie Egan Susanna Burney’s Irish Exile 1796 – 1799: The Lifeline of her Correspondence with Frances Burney
Lucy- Anne Katgely A city of their own: Georgian Bath: Georgian Bath, the Burney sisters, and the anonymous novelist
Panel G report by Dr Lorna Clark
13 June at St Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London EC4
Announcement of President’s Prize winners.
The President’s Prize sub-committee of Miriam Al Jamil, Dr Gillian Skinner and Dr Sophie Coulombeau, announced that they had decided to award a President’s Prize of £100 to Kristin Zodrow for her paper ‘Narrative tides: Epistolarity and Astronomy in Frances Burney’s Evelina‘ and a Conference Prize of £100 to Ariella Kharasch for her paper ‘Jews as the Other in Cecilia or Memoirs of an Heiress‘. Prizes were awarded by the UK Society President, Prof Peter Sabor.
Panel H: Publication Research Chair: Miriam Al Jamil
Simon Macdonald Introduction to Mrs Meeke catalogue entry. St Bride Foundation houses the important catalogue listing with Simon Macdonald used to confirm Elizabeth Meeke as a Burney.
Simon Macdonald “London Review’d in Paris”: The Argus Newspaper between France and Britain during the Peace of Amiens (1802-3).
Panel H report by Miriam Al Jamil
The St Bride archivist brought up the Minerva catalogue mentioned by Dr Simon Macdonald and associated publications for delegates to view.
Panel J: Dr Charles Burney Chair: Peter Sabor
Elaine Bander Doctor Burney’s “Doggrel Dialogue”: A Window on the Crewe Album
Lorna Clark A Revisioning of the Life & Letters of Charles Burney.
Panel J report by Prof Peter Sabor
Panel K: Memorialising the Burneys Chair: Trudie Messent
Francesca Saggini Death and Madame: Ghosting the Doctor in Burneyland.
Paula Stepankowsky ‘A Six Year window’.
Panel K report by Trudie Messent
Conference closing paper and roundtable.
Gillian Skinner ‘Research on the Burneys and their circle’. Closing Roundtable led by Gillian Skinner with Francesca Saggini and Paula Stepankowsky.
Closing paper by Dr Gillian Skinner
Close and depart. Delegates had the option to visit St Bride’s Church and to join conference members for lunch at ‘The Blackfriar’ on Queen Victoria Street. Delegates then made their own way to Westminster Abbey for 16:30, when delegates were escorted by Westminster Abbey staff to view the Dr Charles Burney and Charles Burney Jr. memorials.
The Burney Society delegates were extremely fortunate in being seated in the Choir stalls for Evensong, directly adjacent to the the Choir. After Evensong the Burney group were joined by the Dean who conducted a wreath laying service below Frances Burney’s window in Poet’s corner. Prof Peter Sabor gave a eulogy to Frances Burney and also accompanied Paula Stepankowsky in the laying of the wreath.
Wednesday 15th June; Tunbridge Wells and Hammerwood Park. A small group toured Royal Tunbridge Wells, a popular spa town visited by Frances Burney. This was followed by a short trip to have lunch at High Rocks, a striking collection of sandstone rocks which were a popular tourist destination in the eighteenth century. Frances Burney is likely to have visited High Rocks, although she does not mention High Rocks in her journal.
The afternoon included a tour of Hammerwood Park in East Sussex. This eighteenth-century stately home, was designed by the architect Benjamin Latrobe, a member of the Burney circle, who later emigrated to North America and designed the Capitol Building having added a pediment to the White House, Washington, USA. Hammerwood has many original features, including Coade plaques, a Victorian ‘Parthenon frieze’ and beautiful gardens which retain many eighteenth-century features.
Hammerwood Park houses a collection of period instruments, including those from the eighteenth century and we were extremely fortunate that Dr Penelope Cave LRAM GRSM ARAM PhD, FISM PhD agreed to perform Sonata no V in G major, written by Dr Charles Burney on a harpsichord in their eighteenth-century Drawing-room. Penelope then transferred to an early pianoforte to perform Le Séjour Agréable, Op.2 by his grand-daughter, Cecilia Burney. The Spring 2022 edition of the Burney Letter, includes an article on the music of Dr Charles Burney and Cecilia Burney.
Thursday 16 June: Visit to Weymouth and Dorchester In 1789 Frances Burney accompanied Queen Charlotte to Weymouth. This visit is celebrated in a stunning extra-illustrated book by Alexander Meyrick Broadley which was viewed by delegates at Dorset History Centre in Dorchester. The group then drove to Weymouth to view Sandsfoot Castle, most likely destination for walk by Frances Burney with Queen Charlotte’s dogs. The last site viewed was Gloucester House on Royal Parade, where Frances Burney stayed with the court of Queen Charlotte.
Conference registration for 11-13 June, to include refreshments and lunch, was £130 for 3 days, £100 for 2 days, £70 for one day with a 50% reduction for students and precariously employed. I am pleased to state that the conference stayed within budget.
Trudie Messent, 2022 Conference Organiser
Past Burney Society UK Conferences
Burney Society (UK) 2019 Conference
We would like to thank Dr Cassie Ulph who organized our 2019 Conference at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln and all our speakers, particularly our Keynote Speakers, Professor Lorna Clark (Carleton University, Canada) and Dr. Gillian Dow (University of Southampton). The Keynotes and panels are listed below. The Conference is reported in our Autumn 2019 Newsletter .
2019 CONFERENCE REPORT by Montana Davies-Shuck
2019 CONFERENCE REPORT by Trudie Messent
2019 Conference: ‘Locating the Burneys: from the Margins to the Mainstream’. Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, 30 July-1 August
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Gillian Dow, University of Southampton and Prof. Lorna Clark, Carleton University, Canada.
Tuesday 30 July
10:15-11:30: Panel 1 Marriage and Property
- Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman (University of Edinburgh), ‘Marriage as the new mainstream: Evelina and the Bluestockings’
- Beth Cortese (Aarhus University), ‘Novel Developments: Frances Burney and the rise of the Heiress Novel’
11:30-13:00: Panel 2 Identities
- Montana Davies-Shuck (Northumbria University), ‘Marginalised Identities: Madame Duval and the physical representation of hostility to foppish bodies’
- Marie Egan (DCU Dublin), ‘In Frances Burney’s Bad Books’
- Gina Maddison (Coleg Llandrillo University Centre, Grwp Llandrillo Menai), ‘What’s in a name? Identity through First Names in Frances Burney’s Novels’
12.45 -13:45: Lunch
13:45 -14:45: Keynote 1 Professor Lorna Clark (Carleton University), ‘Progress of a Heroine: From the Margins to the Mainstream with Frances Burney’
14:45 -15:00: Coffee Break
15:00-16:00: Panel 3 Burneys and Beyond: New Directions and Connections
- Lucy-Anne Katgely (Université de Strasbourg), ‘Aspiring Burneys: Anonymous Novelists on the Margins of Literary Fame’
- Francesca Saggini (Università degli Studi della Tuscia), ‘Frances Burney and the Muses: a new contribution to Burney Studies’
16:00-17:15: Break; check-in to accommodation
17:15-19:00: Entertainment and Drinks Reception
19:00: Conference Dinner (optional)
Wednesday 31 July
9:00-9:15: Coffee Break
9:15-10:15: Keynote 2 Dr Gillian Dow (University of Southampton), ‘« Des riens, sans consequence, et sans interet » : Some Things of Interest in Frances Burney’s French Journals’
10:15 – 11:15: Panel 4: Edward Francisco Burney, Man of Mystery
- Miriam Al Jamil (Birkbeck College, London), ‘Frances, Edward Francisco and the Portrait Conspiracy’
- Cassie Ulph (Bishop Grosseteste University), ‘Locating Edward Burney’s “Death of Major Peirson”‘
11:15 -11:30: Coffee Break
11:30-13:00: Panel 5 Public and Private Spaces
- Gillian Russell (University of York), ‘Locating Frances Burney at the trial of Warren Hastings: the Evidence of Tickets’
- Karen Lipsedge (Kingston University), ‘Evelina, the Dressing-Room, and a Heroine’s Movement from the Margins to the Centre’
13:00-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:30 Roundtable: Living memory? The challenge of heritage without a house. Gillian Dow (Associate Prof. in English, University of Southampton; former director of Chawton House Library); Katherine Fennelly (architectural historian and post-medieval archaeologist, University of Lincoln); Claudia Capancioni (Senior Lecturer, BGU); Miriam Al Jamil (Chair, Burney Society UK)
15:30 – 15:45 : Coffee
15:45 – 17:00: Burney Society UK AGM – all welcome
Thursday 1 August Optional outing: Lincoln Castle, including wall walk, Victorian Prison and the Magna Carta.* Leaving BGU at 10:00 (on foot; transport available on request). Delegates wishing to join a group visit to Lincoln Castle should email cassie.ulph@bishopg.ac.uk by Wednesday 24 July. Entrance fee is applicable (£14/£11.50 Concessions): a group discount is dependent on minimum numbers.
Alternatively, delegates are welcome to explore uphill Lincoln on their own. Joint tickets for the Castle and Cathedral (£18/15 Concessions) are available from both venues and from the tourist information office in Castle Square. You can join the group leaving from BGU, or make your own way.
*The conference coincides with the display in the Magna Carta vault of a first edition of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Through the Looking Glass’ (1871), gifted by the author to Alfred Lord Tennyson.
PREVIOUS CONFERENCES
2016: Our conference was held at St Chad’s College, Durham, and our theme was ‘Burney and Popular Entertainments: the business of pleasure in Late-Georgian Britain’. (For 2016 Conference Summary CLICK HERE)
2013: Our conference was held at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, and our theme was ‘Education in the Life and Work of Frances Burney and her Family’. It included a day trip to King’s Lynn.
2010: Our conference was held in Paris, where we examined the subject ‘Women under Napoleon’. Our aim was to promote Anglo-French relations and to set Burney’s work in the context of other women writers of the period, both French and English.
2007: The conference in Windsor Castle precincts marked the beginning of the editing of Burney’s Court Journals. A Plaque was unveiled on the Castle walls recording the friendship of Mrs. Delaney and Fanny Burney.
2002: At Westminster we celebrated the 250th anniversary of Burney’s birth, unveiling a window in Poet’s Corner.
2005: In Bath we began with a ceremony following the restoration of the ‘sarcophagus’ in St Swithin’s churchyard which commemorates Frances Burney d’Arblay and her son Alexander.
2002: At Westminster we celebrated the 250th anniversary of Burney’s birth, unveiling a window in Poet’s Corner.
