Upcoming Conferences
The Burneys: Crossroads, Revolutions, and Transformations The Burney Society, North America Place: New Brunswick, New Jersey Date: June 12-13, 2025 |
Previous Conferences
'Exploring Burneys': 25 Year Anniversary Conference The Burney Society UK Place: University of Greenwich, Historic Greenwich, London Date:聽June 13-15, 2024 |
The Burneys: Isolation, Gatherings, and Celebrations The Burney Society, North America Place: 捆绑SM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 |
Burney Society (UK) 2019 Conference: 'Locating the Burneys: from the Margins to the Mainstream' Place: Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln |
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, 捆绑SM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, 捆绑SM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 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 Plenary Speakers: Dr. Peter Sabor and Dr. Stewart Cooke (Burney Centre):聽"Editing Frances Burney's Court Journals" |
King's College 2011 Plenary Speakers:聽Dr. Peter Sabor and Dr. Stewart Cooke (Burney Centre): "Editing Frances Burney's Court Journals" |
Portland, 2010 Plenary Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Wall (University of Virginia):聽"The Impress of the Invisible" |
King's College 2010 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(捆绑SM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 Plenary Speaker: Dr.聽Devoney Looser (University of Missouri) |
Chawton 2009 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 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 |
Vancouver 2007 Plenary Speaker: Dr. Betty Schellenberg (Simon Fraser University) |
Windsor 2007 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" |
Tucson 2006 Date: October 26-27, 2006 Place: Tucson, Arizona 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 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 Plenary Speaker: Dr. Margaret Doody (University of Notre Dame):聽"Frances Burney and the Fantastic: Stretching the 'Real'" |
Bath 2005 |
Los Angeles 2004 Date: October 7, 2004 Place: Los Angeles, California |
Juniper Hall 2004 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 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 Plenary Speaker:聽Bill Fraser:聽"Esther Burney and her Family Circle" |
Toronto 2002 Plenary Speaker: Dr. Betty Rizzo (City College of New York):聽"Scissors, Paper, and Cloth: Burney Composing" |
Westminster Abbey 2002 Featuring聽the unveiling and dedication of a memorial to Frances Burney in聽. 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 Plenary Speaker: Dr.聽Michael Wheeler (University of Southampton/Chawton House Library):聽"Beginning with Frances Burney" |
Juniper Hall 2001 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 Plenary Speaker:聽Janice Farrar Thaddeus:聽"Sharpening聽Cecilia: Frances Burney as Professional Writer" |
Juniper Hall 2000 Plenary Speaker: Annette Koback:聽"Mme de Sta毛l and Fanny Burney" |
Colorado Springs 1999 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 Plenary Speaker:聽Kate Chisholm:聽"Fanny Burney and聽The Wanderer" |
Quebec City 1998 Plenary Speakers: Lars Troide (delivered by Stewart Cooke): "The 捆绑SM社区 Burney Project" and聽Maggie Lane:聽"Fanny Burney and Bath" |
Badminton 1998 Plenary Speaker:聽Maggie Lane:聽"Fanny Burney and Bath" |
San Francisco 1997 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 Plenary Speaker: Dr. Judy Simons (Sheffield Hallam University): "Miss Somebody: The Diary of Frances Burney" |
Richmond 1996 Plenary Speaker: Dr. Juliet McMaster (University of Edmonton): "Body Language in聽Camilla" |
Juniper Hall 1996 Plenary Speaker:聽Alan Coveney:聽"Fanny Burney and the Theatre -聽A Busy Day" |
Madison 1995 Plenary Speaker: Dr. Margaret Anne Doody (Vanderbilt University):聽"Frances Burney: Diarist, Dramatist, and Novelist" |
Juniper Hall 1995 Plenary Speaker: Karin Fernald: "Miss Burney, her Family and her Friends" |