海角社区

The Burneys: Crossroads, Revolutions, and Transformations

The Burney Society, North America

Place: New Brunswick, New Jersey

Date: June 12-13, 2025

'Exploring Burneys': 25 Year Anniversary Conference

The Burney Society UK

Place: University of Greenwich, Historic Greenwich, London

Date:聽June 13-15, 2024

Burney Society UK 2024 Conference Call for Papers

The Burneys: Isolation, Gatherings, and Celebrations

The Burney Society, North America

Place: 海角社区, Montreal, Quebec

Date: June 13-14, 2023

Burney Society UK Conference 2022

Date: June 11-13, 2022

'The Burney Society (North America) Virtual Zoom Conference: Re-reading, Re-viewing, and Re-assessing the Burneys'

Date: July 5-7, 2021

Behn Burney 2019: Celebrating Women in the Arts 1640-1840: Public Good(s)

Place: Auburn University College of Liberal Arts
Date: November 6-9, 2019

Burney Society (UK) 2019 Conference: 'Locating the Burneys: from the Margins to the Mainstream'

Place: Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln
Date: July 30-August 1, 2019

Burney Society Symposium:聽鈥楳aking Connections: Burney, Johnson, Thrale & Walpole鈥�

Place:聽Dr Johnson鈥檚 House, Gough Square, London

Date: July 2, 2018

Pittsburgh 2017

Date: November 2-3, 2017

Place: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh PA

Plenary Speaker:聽Dr. Linda Zionkowski, Ohio University

Washington 2016

Date: October 20-21, 2016

Place: Trinity Washington University, Washington DC

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Tara Ghoshal Wallace (The George Washington University): "Burney and the Politics of Empire."

Brighton 2016:聽UK Burney Society AGM

Date: October 1, 2016

Place: University of Notre Dame, London

Plenary Speaker: Jeni Buckley "The Politics of Debt in Frances Burney's聽Camilla"

Durham 2016

Date: July 4-6, 2016

Place: St Chad's College, Durham

Plenary Speaker: Harriet Guest

Louisville 2015

Date: October 10, 2015

Place: Louisville, Kentucky

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Hilary Havens (University of Tennessee): "Two Decades of the Burney Society and Burney Studies"

London 2015

Date: 2015

Place: University of Notre Dame, London

Cardiff 2015: Scandal and Sociability: New Perspectives on the Burney Society

Date: September 1, 2015

Place: Cardiff University, Wales

Plenary Speaker: Prof. Peter Sabor (Director of the Burney Centre, 海角社区)

Montreal 2014

Date: October 9-10, 2014

Place: Montreal, Quebec

Plenary Speakers:聽Dr. Misty Anderson (University of Tennessee) and Dr. Juliet McMaster (University of Alberta)

London 2014

Date: 2014

Place: University of Notre Dame, London

Plenary Speaker: Sir Brian Unwin:聽"A Tale in Two Cities"

London, 2013

Date: October 5, 2013

Place: University of Notre Dame, London

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Philip Olleson: "The Musical World of Susan Burney"

Minneapolis 2013

Date: September 27, 2013

Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Lorna Clark (editor of volumes 3 & 4 (1788) of聽The Court Journals and Letters of Frances Burney)

Cambridge 2013

Date: July 21-24 2013

Place:聽Gonville and Caius College,聽Cambridge

Plenary Speakers:聽Dr. Peter Sabor (Director of the Burney Centre, 海角社区): "Educating Alexander: Frances Burney d'Arblay and the 'Idol of the World'" and聽Dr. Philip Olleson, Professor Emeritus (University of Nottingham):聽"'Such Devoted Sisters': Susan and Frances Burney"

London 2012

Date: October 6, 2012

Place: University of Notre Dame, London

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Gillian Skinner (Durham University): "鈥楢n Unsullied Reputation in the Midst of Danger鈥�: Barsanti, Propriety and Performance in Burney鈥檚聽Early Journals and Letters"

New York 2012
Date: October 3-4, 2012
Place: New York, New York

Plenary Speaker:聽Dr. Nancy E. Johnson (SUNY-New Palz): 鈥�Cecilia; or, A Young Philosopher鈥檚 Journey into the Smithean Marketplace鈥� 聽

Fort Worth 2011
Date: October 14, 2011
Place: Fort Worth, Texas

Plenary Speakers: Dr. Peter Sabor and Dr. Stewart Cooke (Burney Centre):聽"Editing Frances Burney's Court Journals"

King's College 2011
Date: October 1, 2011
Place: King's College, London

Plenary Speakers:聽Dr. Peter Sabor and Dr. Stewart Cooke (Burney Centre): "Editing Frances Burney's Court Journals"

Portland, 2010
Date: October 28-29, 2010
Place: Portland, Oregon

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Wall (University of Virginia):聽"The Impress of the Invisible"

King's College 2010
Date: October 2, 2010
Place: King's College, London

Plenary Speaker:聽Kate Chisholm:聽"Wits and Wives: The Women Who Knew Dr. Johnson"

Paris 2010

Date: June 10-11, 2010

Place: Paris, France

Plenary Speakers:聽Dr. Peter Sabor聽(海角社区):聽"Madame d'Arblay, Parisienne: new light on Burney's years in France";聽Dr. Fr茅d茅ric Ogee (Universit茅-Paris Diderot)

Bethlehem 2009
Date: October 8, 2009
Place: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Plenary Speaker: Dr.聽Devoney Looser (University of Missouri)

Chawton 2009
Date: June 14, 2009
Place: Chawton, Hampshire

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Tina Davidson (University of Southampton):聽"The good, the bad and the shallow: conversation and the voicing of morality in Burney's novels"

Chicago 2008
Date: October 2-3, 2008
Place: Chicago, Illinois

Plenary Speaker: Dr.聽Helen Thompson, Northwestern University:聽"Distinction and the City:聽Free Indirect Speech and Burney's Political聽Imaginary."

Parham 2008
Date: June 15, 2008
Place: Parham, Sussex

Vancouver 2007
Date: October 5, 2007
Place: Vancouver, British Columbia

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Betty Schellenberg (Simon Fraser University)

Windsor 2007
Date: July 6-7, 2007
Place: Windsor, UK

Plenary Speakers: Dr. Patricia Crown:聽鈥楬is innumerable as well as beautiful works鈥�: The Artist Edward Francis Burney" and Dr. Margaret Doody (University of Notre Dame): "Harlequin Fool and Ghostly Father: Burney's Ideas of Comedy and Tragedy"

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Margaret Doody (University of Notre Dame):聽"Borders, Invasions, Contested Spaces and Margins in 1814:聽Waverley,聽Patronage,聽Mansfield Park听补苍诲 The Wanderer"

Juniper Hall 2006
Date: June 6, 2006
Place: Juniper Hall, Mickleham, Surrey

Plenary Speakers: Dr.聽Mascha Gemmeke, (University of Greifswald):聽"Juliana Schwellenberg: Fanny Burney's temperamental superior at the Court of King George III" and Dr.聽Fiona Ritchie (King's College London/Dr Johnson's House):聽"Fanny Burney and Shakespeare"

Milwaukee 2005
Date: October 7, 2005
Place: Woman's Club of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Margaret Doody (University of Notre Dame):聽"Frances Burney and the Fantastic: Stretching the 'Real'"

Bath 2005
Date: July 3-4, 2005
Place: Holburne Museum of Art, Bath

Juniper Hall 2004
Date: June 13, 2004
Place: Juniper Hall, Mickleham, Surrey

Plenary Speakers: Dr.聽Paula Byrne (University of Liverpool):聽"Fanny Burney's Theatrical Connections" and Sarah Burton:聽"Literary links between the family of Charles and Mary Lamb and their contemporaries"

Montreal 2003
Date: October 9-11, 2003
Place: Montreal, Quebec

Plenary Speaker:聽Ian Kelly:聽"West End Girl: Burney on Shaftesbury Avenue (A Case Study of an Eighteenth-Century Comedy on the Contemporary Stage)"

Juniper Hall 2003
Date: June 15, 2003
Place: Juniper Hall, Mickleham, Surrey

Plenary Speaker:聽Bill Fraser:聽"Esther Burney and her Family Circle"

Toronto 2002
Date: October 11, 2002
Place: Toronto, Ontario

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Betty Rizzo (City College of New York):聽"Scissors, Paper, and Cloth: Burney Composing"

Westminster Abbey 2002
Date: June 13, 2002
Place: Westminster Abbey, UK

Featuring聽the unveiling and dedication of a memorial to Frances Burney in聽.

Memorial Programme (pdf)

Address and Remarks, from the聽Burney Letter, 8.2 (Fall 2002) (pdf)

"Recognition for a lost literary voice," by Kate Chisholm, originally published in the聽Evening Standard, June 13, 2002 (pdf)

"," by Maev Kennedy, originally published聽in聽The Guardian,聽June 13, 2002 (html)

Seattle 2001
Date: October 5, 2001
Place: Seattle, Washington

Plenary Speaker: Dr.聽Michael Wheeler (University of Southampton/Chawton House Library):聽"Beginning with Frances Burney"

Juniper Hall 2001
Date: June 10, 2001
Place: Juniper Hall, Mickleham, Surrey

Plenary Speakers:聽Ian Kelly:聽"The Production of聽A Busy Day聽at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End" and聽Hester Davenport:聽"Two Edward Burney Illustrations for聽Evelina, Known and Unknown"

Boston 2000
Date: October 13, 2000
Place: Boston, Massachusetts

Plenary Speaker:聽Janice Farrar Thaddeus:聽"Sharpening聽Cecilia: Frances Burney as Professional Writer"

Juniper Hall 2000
Date: June 11, 2000
Place: Juniper Hall, Mickleham, Surrey

Plenary Speaker: Annette Koback:聽"Mme de Sta毛l and Fanny Burney"

Colorado Springs 1999
Date: October 8, 1999
Place: Colorado Springs, Colorado

Plenary Speaker: Stewart Cooke: "Sweet Cecilia and Brown George: Editing Volume 5 (1782-83) of Burney's聽Early Journals and Letters"

Juniper Hall 1999
Date: June 13, 1999
Place: Juniper Hall, Mickleham, Surrey

Plenary Speaker:聽Kate Chisholm:聽"Fanny Burney and聽The Wanderer"

Quebec City 1998
Date: October 9, 1998
Place: Quebec City, Quebec

Plenary Speakers: Lars Troide (delivered by Stewart Cooke): "The 海角社区 Burney Project" and聽Maggie Lane:聽"Fanny Burney and Bath"

Badminton 1998
Date: June 14, 1998
Place: Badminton, Gloucestershire

Plenary Speaker:聽Maggie Lane:聽"Fanny Burney and Bath"

San Francisco 1997
Date: October 3, 1997
Place: San Francisco, California

Plenary Speakers: Dr.聽Peter Sabor (Universit茅 Laval):聽"Annie Raine Ellis, Austin Dobson, and the Rise of Burney Studies" and Dr.聽John Wiltshire聽(La Trobe University):聽"James Burney: A Brief Account"

Juniper Hall 1997
Date: June 8, 1997
Place: Juniper Hall, Mickleham, Surrey

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Judy Simons (Sheffield Hallam University): "Miss Somebody: The Diary of Frances Burney"

Richmond 1996
Date: October 10-11, 1996
Place: Richmond, Virginia

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Juliet McMaster (University of Edmonton): "Body Language in聽Camilla"

Juniper Hall 1996
Date: June 9, 1996
Place: Juniper Hall, Mickleham, Surrey

Plenary Speaker:聽Alan Coveney:聽"Fanny Burney and the Theatre -聽A Busy Day"

Madison 1995
Date: October 5, 1995
Place: Madison, Wisconsin

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Margaret Anne Doody (Vanderbilt University):聽"Frances Burney: Diarist, Dramatist, and Novelist"

Juniper Hall 1995
Date: June 11, 1995
Place: Juniper Hall, Mickleham, Surrey

Plenary Speaker: Karin Fernald: "Miss Burney, her Family and her Friends"