This talk will explore some of the most important Black women and men of the Regency era, as well as the ways in which Bridgerton both illuminates and ignores their lives. This is part of the "Race and the Regency" series.

Zoom lecture with JASNA traveling guest lecturer Dr. Juliette WellsHow were Austen’s novels first published in North America? Who read them, and what did those readers think? What role did American readers play in the development of Austen’s international fame? This lively historical tour will answer these questions and more about Austen’s early transatlantic readers […]

Our morning speaker will be Gordon Laco, who served as Lead Technical Advisor and Historic Consultant for over 60 projects including the feature film Master and Commander:  The Far Side of the World. Mr. Laco’s will be “Life at Sea in the Royal Navy in Jane Austen’s Time.” After a potluck repast  in the comfort […]

JASNA NY and JASNA NJ present a two-day event focused on Jane Austen's French connections. It leverages Bordentown, where the Bonaparte family emigrated after the Napoleonic war. Program details, schedule, and information on confirmed participants are available on the event web page. The program will also include a Virtual Walking Tour of Historic Bordentown, NJ […]

Join us for our April 2021 JASNA-GL meeting! “...the best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits”: A History of Chocolate in Georgian and Regency England” presented by Amanda Beverly.

Join authors Lauren Burke, Hannah Jerry Chapman (Why She Wrote), and Andrea Kayne (Kicking Ass in a Corset: Jane Austen’s Six Principles for Living and Leading from the Inside Out) chat about Jane Austen, writing fabulous books, and women shaping our world!

Black and mixed-race women in nineteenth-century Britain were represented in fiction, drama and high and low art. However the reality of their actual presence couldn’t be more different from these exaggerated representations. Professor Gretchen Gerzina (University of Massachusetts Amherst) will talk about the representations and realities of black women living during this time.

All Jane Austen. All the time*. *Or just for one weekend. It’s time for Virtual Jane Con again! That means fun, fandom and flailing (but no fainting!). This year’s festivities will be different than 2020, and I hope you all approve of the more organized and open nature of this year’s con. Visit the web […]

Melinda C. Finberg is an associate professor of theatre practice in critical studies at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. She is a nationally known dramaturg and scholar of theatre history. Her illustrated talk on "The Theatrical Jane Austen" will explore Austen's early exposure to theatre, what theatre was like in Regency England, what Austen would […]

We will be gathering online from the comfort of our own homes, to share tea, discuss our beloved Jane and her works, and join in a delightful game of Jane Austen trivia! Put on your best Regency dress & bonnet (or coat and breeches or stay in your comfy clothes-we won’t judge!) & bring out […]

Our speaker will be Audrey Bilger, Reed College President and author of Laughing Feminism: Subversive Comedy in Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen. In her book, Audrey Bilger shows that these women writers employed a full arsenal of comic weapons such as satire, burlesque, and parody to combat patriarchal nonsense and make comedy out of […]

Join Royal Oak and historian and speaker Carol Ann Lloyd to look at Queen Charlotte and how she managed a household of 15 children, supported her husband during his active reign and then during his lengthy illness, attempted to guide her son in governing the country, and shaped many of our impressions of Regency England.

Dive into “Jane Austen’s World” — from the comfort of your own home — at the virtual Jane Austen Summer Program, scheduled for June 17-20, 2021. Here’s a taste of what you can expect during our online symposium: Austen scholar Janine Barchas, author Mary Robinette Kowal, and author and historian Robert Morrison will give keynote […]

The Jane Austen Festival which takes place in July has been a terrific event to draw attention to our favorite author, our Region, and Locust Grove. JASNA–Greater Louisville and Historic Locust Grove are excited to announce that beginning in 2021, Locust Grove, home to the Jane Austen Festival and JASNA–Greater Louisville Region, will become the […]

Join JASNA-NJ and guest speaker Kim Guyer on Zoom to learn about personality types and how to apply them to the characters in Austen’s novels. Take a personality assessment to see which characters you are most like!

Join the JABC and meet Austen fans from Seattle to Maine! No book in July (yay summer vacation!) but we are still going to meet online for trivia contests, games and general Austen conviviality.

Uzma Jalaluddin will talk about her writerly motivations in pursuing a PRIDE AND PREJUDICE retelling and what it means to reimagine classic texts from a different cultural viewpoint ~ oh, and the love that South Asian culture has for all things Austen.

Theme: Jane Austen in the Arts The Greater Chicago Region of the Jane Austen Society of North America is pleased and excited to invite all JASNA members to the 2021 AGM in the world-famous city of Chicago. You will experience an exciting lineup of plenary and breakout speakers and will have the opportunity to attend […]