JASNA NorCal

Lecture: A History of Jane Austen in America in 14 Objects
2021-03-27 14:00 UTC | Online: Zoom
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 forebears!).

What Jane Saw: British Exhibition 1813
2021-03-27 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Denver) | Online
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 the project and enjoy a Q&A session.

“Making No Difference for Colour or Character”: Representations of Race in Bridgerton and the Regency
2021-03-25 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Online: Zoom
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.

JASNA–GL March Monthly Meeting
2021-03-21 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Online: Zoom
Join us for our March 2021 JASNA-GL meeting! “Irony in Jane Austen’s Work” presented by Jessica Williams.

Jane Austen in Bath
2021-03-21 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Online: Zoom
Lauren Burke and Hannah Chapman, the two lovely ladies behind Bonnets at Dawn, will be joining the JASNA – South Central Texas Region to present their new talk “Jane Austen in Bath.” They will provide a “mini-history of the city, focusing on the fun and scandalous bits, and its literary connections to Austen,” as well as Ann Radcliffe and Mary Shelley.

JASNA CWNY March Meeting
2021-03-20 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online: Zoom
Topic: Read-through of Marie Sprayberry’s Lady Catherine play

Pre-registration is required; see the event link for info.

Jane Austen, Emma, and Music
2021-03-18 18:00 UTC | Online: Zoom
‘Without music, the world is a blank’ says Mrs. Elton. Eighteenth century musicales or parlor performances included the traditional Irish air, a song from a ballad opera, piano sonatas, or a setting of a popular dance tune. They were frequent occurrences in society and it is reflected in Austen’s personal collections and in her work. In this lecture on Jane Austen’s Emma, join Grand Central Library and NYPL Music staff for a look into Jane Austen’s relationship with music and how it affected her writing.

“I hope white hands”—Wedgwood, Abolition, and the Female Consumer
2021-03-16 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Online: Zoom
Professor Patricia A. Matthew (Montclair State University) will discuss the links between the abolition movement, sugar, and the depiction of Black women in the Regency period. This is part of the “Race and the Regency” series.

Quarterly Meeting: Laughing with Lizzie
2021-03-14 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Online: Zoom
JASNA-Greater Sac Region is pleased to welcome Sophie “Lizzie” Andrews, international author, blogger and founder of The Jane Austen Pineapple Appreciation Society. Sophie will chat with us about her books and life experiences ‘living’ in Jane Austen’s world.

Pacific Rim Jane Austen Meeting: JASNA Hawai'i and Jane Austen Society of New Zealand
2021-03-13 15:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Online: Zoom
JASNA Hawai’i and the Jane Austen Society of New Zealand join together for the first Pacific Rim international Jane Austen event. Deborah Yaffe will talk about her book, Among the Janeites. Visit the JASNA Hawai’i web site for updates on registration.

Play: "The Belle's Stratagem"
2021-02-22 19:30 (America/New_York) | Online
In this light-hearted comedy of courtship, the knife-sharp Letitia has been betrothed to the foppish Doricourt since childhood, but she fears she is soon to be trapped in a loveless marriage. Written in 1780, Hannah Cowley’s rom-com romp is a timeless and triumphant cry for love, decency, and equality.

Be My Valentine!
2021-02-21 14:00 (America/New_York)
Did you know there is a National Valentine Collectors Association? Find out more when the Maryland Region hosts a presentation by Nancy Rosin and Michael Russo, courtesy of the Collectors Association. This will be followed by a “crafternoon” activity: making a Georgian valentine. How can you resist?To register, please visit this link: http://jasnamd.org/meetings. If you wish to receive a craft kit, please respond by February 10; suggested donation is $5. Otherwise, please register by February 20 to attend without receiving the kit

Clergy in the novels of Jane Austen
2021-02-20 14:00 (Europe/London) | Online: Zoom
To speak to us at this event, we are delighted to welcome our member David Richardson who will give a talk on clergy in the novels of Jane Austen. David will speak about the part that clergy play in the novels written by the daughter of a parson, and sister to two others. He will focus on five in particular: ‘the sybarite, the suitors and the spouses’.He offers two questions that you might like to think about in advance:​

●​How many Austen heroines fall in love with a clergyman? (Clue: remember the advice from schooldays – read the question carefully.)​●​Who are the two best-known clergymen in English fiction? (Clue: one is an Austen character; the other is not.)

This event will be free of charge. Please e-mail north@jasoc.org.uk to register interest and receive ID and passcode.

Q&A with Author Soniah Kamal
2021-02-20 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online: Zoom
Join us for a Q&A session with the author of Unmarriageable, a witty modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in Pakistan.

JASNA CWNY February Meeting
2021-02-20 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online: Zoom
Topic: Q&A on Unmarriageable with author Sonia Kamal

Pre-registration is required; see the event link for info.

"Austen and Cassatt: Working From Home"
2021-02-20 11:00 - 12:50 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online: Zoom
Using letter writing as the core activity of “work” for the educated and prosperous classes, art historian, curator and author Nancy Mowll Mathews will compare Austen and Cassatt’s own work lives, their long-distance communications and how they represent women working from home in their art. As appropriate for our current remote work lives and use of Zoom, she will draw comparisons with the similar stay-at-home professionalism of the 19th century.

Remixing Pride and Prejudice: A Conversation with Author Ibi Zoboi
2021-02-18 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online: Zoom
Jane Austen & Co. is happy to announce our second event in our 2021 series “Race and the Regency.” Join us as we sit down for a chat with Ibi Zoboi, author of Pride (2018), a contemporary YA remix of Pride and Prejudice that is set to be adapted into an HBO series.

Play: "Pride and Prejudice"
2021-02-14 20:00, 2021-02-13 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Got any Valentine’s Day plans? Do you enjoy bingeing on Regency-era romance? We’re joining together with our friends at South Bay Musical Theatre to bring you a special performance of the lush and lovely Jane Austen classic, Pride and Prejudice. Running February 13 and 14, this “Will they or won’t they?” iconic rom-com play is sure to leave you feeling the love.

Written by Mary Keith Medbery Mackaye, based on Jane Austen’s novel

Jane Austen Love Fest
2021-02-14 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Online: Zoom
Join us for a bumper Valentine’s Day celebration of all things Jane Austen! With a fun and eclectic line up of talks, readings, music and games, this special online event will give you the chance to indulge your love of Jane Austen’s life and works, and to share them with fellow fans around the world.

JASNA–GL February Monthly Meeting
2021-02-14 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Online: Zoom
Join us for our February 2021 JASNA-GL meeting! “Make a Regency Love Token for Your Valentine” presented by Eleanor Rust.

Sanditon, Bridgerton, and David Copperfield: Modernizing the Representation of Black People in Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century England
2021-02-08 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Online: Zoom
Professor Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, author of Black London: Life before Emancipation, will speak on “Sanditon, Bridgerton, and David Copperfield: Modernizing the Representation of Black People in Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century England” at the JASNA NY February regional meeting. All (members/non-members) are welcome to attend. Donations appreciated.Prof. Gerzina’s webpage: https://gretchengerzina.com/about-gretchen-gerzina.html

Reading Jane Austen in the Pacific Northwest: "Perfect Happiness"
2021-02-06 11:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online: Zoom
Join the seven JASNA regions in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia for a day of talks, games, and socializing! Keynote address: JASNA President Liz Philosophos Cooper, on “Jane Austen: Working Woman.” Regional speakers: Regency Picnic Baskets, The East India Company, Victoria’s 2022 AGM, Education of Young Women. Finale: Jane Austen Trivia! Registration is available at the event link. You can also buy a souvenir T-shirt there!

Race and the Regency: Lord Mansfield and the Slave Ship Zong
2021-02-04 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online: Zoom
Jane Austen & Co. presents our first talk in our 2021 series “Race and the Regency.” In this talk, Professor Danielle Christmas (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) will discuss the historical connection between the Mansfield decision and Austen’s novel, Mansfield Park.

Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
2021-01-30 18:00 - 19:00, 2021-01-23 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Lucy Worsley paints a vivid picture of her favourite author, Jane Austen. Through the houses, places and possessions which mattered to her, Lucy takes a fascinating look at Jane Austen’s world, considers what home meant to Jane and to the women like her who populate her novels. Dispelling the myth of the cynical, lonely spinster, Lucy instead offers us a witty, passionate and courageous woman, who, in her quiet way, changed the world.

Jane Austen/Regency Era Concert
2021-01-30 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online: Zoom
As part of our “Jane Austen month” celebrations join The Picadillys for a delightful concert of music of the Jane Austen and Regency eras, performed on period instruments, in costume. It is our wish to present a concert as it might have been during Miss Austen’s time. Question and discussion time with our musicians about their instruments and the music when joining in zoom. Dances and chamber music to be presented on historical instruments and reproductions, including an 1829 Broadwood grand pianoforte, chalumeau, voice flute recorder, flageolet recorder, harp, and Northumbrian smallpipes. The innovations being made in these instruments will be presented. Concert can be viewed free, via Facebook Live or on Zoom (with registration).

Virtual Teel House Regency Retreat
2021-01-29 08:00 - 2021-01-31 17:00 UTC | Online: Zoom
A jam-packed weekend full of delightful performances, riveting speakers and informative tutorials and how-tos. You’ll be able to enjoy the festivities from the comfort and safety of your own home through our private Zoom link. Many of our talks are exclusive to this event and will not be publicly available, so don’t miss out!

2020 Young Filmmakers Contest Winners Premiere
2021-01-24 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online: Zoom
Join JASNA Southwest for the world premiere of the six winning entries in our fourth annual Young Filmmakers Contest. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and several of our esteemed judges. Don’t miss this special afternoon! More information about the contest winners can be found on our web site: https://jasnasw.com/young-filmmakers-contest/

Reading: "The Woman Hater" by Frances Burney
2021-01-23 19:30 (America/New_York) | Online
Frances Burney’s rarely seen 18th century proto-feminist satire is a hilarious story of broken engagements, excessive romanticism – and one massively misguided misogynist. Sir Roderick has turned frantic misogynist for two reasons: he was jilted 17 years previously and his sister had the gall to marry his ex-fiancee’s brother. Burney’s outrageously witty comedy of manners bursts into life with the introduction of the former fiancee, Lady Smatter, who has turned into a voracious and addle-brained bookworm.

With its unforgettable characters and delicious absurdity, The Woman Hater is a lost comic treat. As directed by Everett Quinton (Red Bull’s The Mystery of Irma Vep and the Ridiculous Theatrical Company), it’s sure to be a doubly sweet one.
