Spring Conference Update

Posted: 28th April 2025

The Society held its Spring Conference and AGM in London on Saturday 26th April. There were talks from Philip Goff on Thai Academic Dress, Daniel Reed on the the Nicholas Groves papers and Prof. Amanda Briggs-Goode and Georgia Stevenson on new designs for Nottingham Trent University.

The AGM saw Andrew Hogg, Alice Hynes and Terry Barcock re-elected as Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer.

A Panel Discussion was held featuring Jayne Ball of Jayne Ball Design, Kenneth Crawford of Robes of Distinction and Martin Lewis of Evess Group.

The event was rounded off by Andrew Plant and Andrew Hogg showing some of the aspects of the Burgon website.

Other News

3rd North American Conference

14th May 2025

The Burgon Society will be the guests of Yale University in New Haven, CT for its third North American Conference to be held at the Greenberg Center, a state-of-the-art venue in the heart of Yale’s historic campus. Read More >>

Burgon Society 2025 Spring Conference and AGM

24th March 2025

The Spring Conference and AGM will take place on Saturday 26th April 2025 Read More >>

Getting into Academic Dress - Caps and more

19th March 2025

The next in the series of Burgon Society online talks on Getting into Academic Dress takes place on 20th March 2025. Read More >>

In the Hood..

18th March 2025

We are delighted to announce the next edition of the series of talks by Dr Alex Kerr FBS “Getting into Academic Dress” steering us through the nursery slopes of academic/academical dress. Read More >>

New webpages added

18th March 2025

Burgon Society has added new pages to its website - a Glossary of Academic Dress and Handlists listing the paper archive. Read More >>

Getting into Academic Dress - Online Tutorials

29th November 2024

For those curious to know more about the basics of academic dress or simply to have a refresher, do sign up for a new series of three online tutorials to be presented early in the New Year by Dr Alex Kerr FBS. Read More >>

Burgon Society Congregation

5th August 2024

The 2024 Congregation will take place on Saturday 5th October at the York Medical Society in York. Read More >>

Fr Philip Goff

28th July 2024

Honorary University Fellowship to Fr Philip Goff Read More >>

Forthcoming Events in 2024

28th July 2024

The Burgon Society has announced dates for some key events in 2024. Read More >>

Garden Party and Hand & Lock Atelier visit

28th July 2024

Annual Garden Party details released and tickets on sale. Read More >>

Free Talk – Academic Dress in Ghana

22nd May 2024

The Burgon Society is delighted to host a free online talk about academical dress in Ghana: Read More >>