Membership of professional bodies
Sally is a convenor of the British History in the Long Eighteenth Century Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research in London, and with Professor Sarah Lloyd and Dr Joseph Cozens co-organises the seminar programme. She is also an Affiliated Research Scholar of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London.
Conferences
2022 'The Foods of Love? Food Gifts, Courtship, and Emotions in Eighteenth-Century England', Graduate Seminar in History 1680-1850, University of Oxford
2021 'Feeling Foods: Courtship, Edible Gifts, and Emotions in Eighteenth-Century England', Keynote lecture at Emotion, Embodiment and the Everyday, c. 1500-1800, University of Cambridge
2021 '"Exquisitely wretched": Losing Love in Britain c. 1720-1850', Centre for the History of Emotions Summer Colloquium, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
2021 '"Believe me, there is such a thing as a broken heart!" Heartbreak, Emotions and Embodiment in Britain c. 1720-1850', Bedford Centre for the History of Women and Gender Annual Lecture, Royal Holloway University of London
2019 'Dead Love: Emotions, Embodiment and the Broken Heart in England, c. 1720-1850', biennial European Association for the History of Medicine and Health (EAHMH) conference, University of Birmingham
2019 'Teaching Histories of Gender and Emotions using Eighteenth-Century Material Culture', International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) International Congress on the Enlightenment, University of Edinburgh
2019 'Love in Practice: Studying the Emotional Eighteenth Century', Eighteenth Century Now: The Current State of British History, University College London
2019 'The Progress of Love: Courtship, Emotions & Material Culture in Georgian England', Keynote lecture at Constructions of Love and the Emotions of Intimacy, 1750-1850, University of Warwick
2018 'Love: Searching for Happiness in a "Civilised" Society', British Psychological Society 'Stories of Psychology' event on the History of Emotions, London
2018 'What is love, and how do we do it?', Do We Really Know Everything About Love?, St Hilda's College, Oxford
2018 'Love & Consumerism', Emotions across Disciplines Seminar Series (co-organised with Dr Alexandra Macht), Oxford Brookes University
2018 'Textiles & Emotions in History', Think Human Festival: Craft Activism, OVADA, Oxford
2017 'Valentine's Day & Gift Exchange in Eighteenth Century England', History of Art Research Forum, Oxford Brookes University
2017 ' Sensing Love: Courtship Gifts & the Production of Emotions in Georgian England', Embodiment & Emotion Artists Residency, Central Saint Martins & THE CUBE Gallery
2017 'Objects & Intimacy: Sensing Romantic Love in Georgian England', International Society for Cultural History (ISCH) Conference, Senses, Emotions & the Affective Turn: Recent Perspectives & New Challenges in Cultural History, Umeå University, Sweden
2017 'The Emotional Heart', Two Hearts: Dissection and Desire, Barts Pathology Museum, London
2016 'Courtship, Craft & Consumerism: Rediscovering Valentine’s Day in Eighteenth-Century England', Romantic Rituals conference, University of Adelaide
2016 'The Script for Love: Romantic Lexicon in Eighteenth-Century England', Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, University of Adelaide
2016 'Shaping the Language of Romantic Love in Georgian England', Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, University of Western Australia
2016 'Love in Letters: "no Mortal ever felt so strong, so soft a Passion"', The Distinction between Passion and Emotion - In Search of Case Studies, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, University of Western Australia
2016 'Manufacturing Romance: The Economy of Courtship in Georgian England', Eighteenth-Century Research Seminar (ECRS), University of Edinburgh
2015 '"My heart is in my eyes": Sensory interaction with courtship gifts in Georgian England', Centre for the Study of the Body and Material Culture (CSBMC), Royal Holloway
2014 'Romantic Things', Things: Early Modern Material Cultures, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge
2014 'An interspected letter from one of your Naughty Women: Writing the Adulterous Affair in England 1730-1830', British History in the Long Eighteenth Century Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, London
2012 'Textile Transformations: Women's Creation of Courtship & Birth Tokens 1680-1850', Transforming Objects Conference, Northumbria University
2012 'Courtship and Birth Tokens and the Materialization of Female Identity', Social History Society Conference
2011 'Romantic Love & the Eighteenth Century Self', Cambridge Conference on Early Modern Selves, Trinity College, Cambridge
2011 'Ribbons and Rings will work most strange feats: Eighteenth-Century Love Tokens & the Material Expression of Affection', Material Networks | Networked Materials Symposium, Bard Graduate Center, New York
2010 '"I opened, I read, & I was delighted": The Emotional Experience of Love Letters in the Long Eighteenth Century', Women's History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research