One of the (few) bright spots of the pandemic is the number of virtual programs — talks, exhibits, tours, discussions, and more — available online, removing the requirement of in-person attendance. The Jane Austen/Regency world has a growing number of online events of interest to our community. We’ve set up this Online Event Calendar to help you find some of them. Please check the listings and be sure to convert the event times (which are local to the organizers) to your location. To submit an event for the calendar, email news@jasnanorcal.org Note: JASNA regional events are also listed on the organization’s web site: http://jasna.org/conferences-events/
Popular presenter Janine Barchas (Louann and Larry Temple Centennial Professor of English Literature, University of Texas at Austin) has created a beautiful virtual exhibition that allows visitors to view the very works Jane Austen saw when she visited a London gallery in May of 1813. Browse through the Sir Joshua Reynolds retrospective, then join Janine to hear more about […]
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 […]
In this talk, Professor Lyndon Dominique (Lehigh University) will be discussing the 1808 novel, The Woman of Colour, which Broadview Press calls “a unique literary account of a black heiress’ life immediately after the abolition of the British slave trade." This talk will be followed by an audience Q&A.
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 […]
Damianne Scott will be talking about the representation of Queen Charlotte in Bridgerton and how diverse casting decisions can make an important impact in Regency adaptations.
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 […]
Topic: "Mansfield Park and the Sacred Landscape" A talk by Roger E. Moore, Associate Dean and Principal Senior Lecturer in English at Vanderbilt University Pre-registration is required; see the event link for info.
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.
Spend a beautiful Spring weekend in celebration of the beloved author and her Regency world at event full of fun, lively and engaging presentations, author readings, demonstrations, vendors, tea and some surprises!! We will be joined live in her first USA visit by Sophie Lizzie Andrews! Author of Be More Jane, her newest book Be […]
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!
Kimberly Alexander, PhD, is on the faculty of the History Department of the University of New Hampshire, where she is director of the museum studies program and a lecturer. Her book Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018) traces the history of early Anglo-American footwear from the 1740s through the 1790s.
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.
What did we do on our CoVid quarantine vacation? With a baseline of Beethoven’s glorious chamber music, director/lyricist Emily King created a series of 9 songs which capture, each in their unique way, the flavor, plot and characters of Persuasion, Jane Austen’s last completed, least read and most fiercely defended novel. Twelve remarkable singer actors […]
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 […]
Juliette Wells (Goucher College) is giving a special talk on practical strategies for engaging diverse young readers with Austen and encouraging productive conversations about hot-button topics. This event will be a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in bringing Austen to a new generation. A public Q&A will follow the talk.
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 […]
Topic: "Costuming Jane Austen: Historic Sources and Designers' Choices for the Film and Television Adaptations" A talk by Alden O'Brien, Curator of Costumes and Textiles at the DAR Museum in Washington DC Pre-registration is required; see the event link for info.
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 […]
The Jane Austen House Museum's recent decision to contextualize the Austen family's connections to slavery in its exhibits has caused considerable debate. In this talk, Professor Devoney Looser (Arizona State University) will explore the significance and extent of the extended Austen family's connection to the West Indian slave trade. This event will be followed by […]
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 […]
With the help of a contemporary Guide Book, her letters, and works we explore Austen’s London. This is a special walk, which came about because of a kind gift of a book – The Picture of London for 1809 Being a CORRECT GUIDE to all the Curiosities, Amusements, Exhibitions, Public Establishments, and Remarkable Objects in […]
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.
Join the JABC and meet Austen fans from Seattle to Maine! At our June meeting, we will talk about Persuasion, the last novel completed by Austen. Discussion led by Erin Coughlin.
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 […]
Emmy Award-winning costumer Ellen Mirojnick, whose talent helped make Bridgerton a global phenomenon, will join moderator Deborah Nadoolman Landis for a conversation about costuming Regency-set adaptations at our June 19 Zoom meeting. More info on the program is available on the JASNA SW web site.
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 us for a free Zoom event with Sonali Dev, the author of Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors, Recipe for Persuasion and the new Incense and Sensibility.
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 us for an entertaining and educational afternoon with Andrew Och, author of Unusual for Their Time: On the Road with America’s First Ladies (Volumes One & Two), an award-winning television and multimedia producer and University of Maryland alumnus.
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.
We can’t wait to see everyone again and have lots of events, both new and favourites, planned:- Walks and talks, motorised tours, concerts, theatricals, dancing and Balls at various venues around the city. Amongst others, we propose using the Pump Rooms and Roman Baths, the Guildhall, The Jane Austen Centre and The Mission Theatre. The […]
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 […]
Regional Premiere: March 9-April 3, 2022. Echoing his triumphant hits Pride and Prejudice and Emma, Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon returns with a glorious musical of Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen’s beloved romantic masterpiece. With fortune lost to fate and passion lost to folly, two captivating sisters must sail the unpredictable seas of courtship and […]
Join Tony Award-nominated composer Paul Gordon and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s artistic director emeritus Robert Kelley, in a discussion of their just-opened musical Sense and Sensibility and their previous acclaimed collaborations on Emma and Pride and Prejudice. Registration details to come.
