In celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the Bath Assembly Rooms, the Heritage Partnerships Team is pleased to co-organise this conference, to be held on 30 September 2021.
September 2021 marks the 250th anniversary of the completion and opening of Bath’s magnificent Assembly Rooms. As historians of eighteenth-century Britain with close interests in the history of Bath, we are very keen to mark the anniversary with a high-profile event involving as many key figures working on Bath’s history and heritage with the Assembly Rooms as the focus. Covid permitting, we will hold this event in the Assembly Rooms itself, featuring performances of eighteenth-century dance and music, with opportunities to learn a few dances from the period. If necessary, we intend to switch to a virtual platform.
Interested scholars are invited to submit abstracts of no more than 250 words by 31 May 2021. We are seeking abstracts that relate to themes relevant to the Assembly Rooms and/or Bath and its environs in the Georgian period (e.g., music, dance, performance, fashion, food, medicine, and Bath and Somersetshire). We welcome submissions from all scholars, but particularly encourage Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers.
Please submit abstracts and any questions via email to Elaine Chalus (e.h.chalus@liverpool.ac.uk).
This conference is co-organised by Hillary Burlock (QMUL), Elaine Chalus (Liverpool), Robin Eagles (History of Parliament), and Dr Oliver Cox (Oxford).
You can download the Call for Papers here.
For more information and to register visit the conference website.
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