Events Calendar

Our calendar features a wide range of in-person and online programs, including talks, exhibits, tours, discussions, and more. We also highlight events of interest from the broader Jane Austen and Regency world. All event times reflect the organizers’ local time zones. JASNA regional events are additionally listed on the main JASNA web site.

To submit an event for the calendar, kindly email news@jasnanorcal.org.

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  • JASNA CWNY April Meeting

    Online: Zoom

    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.

  • JASNA–GL April Monthly Meeting

    Online: Zoom

    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.

  • 4th Annual Jane Austen Tea & Faire

    Aurora American Legion Post 110 21510 Main Street NE, Aurora, Oregon, United States

    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 […]

  • Books over Brunch

    Online: Zoom

    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!

  • Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era

    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.

  • The Black Woman and Nineteenth Century Studies

    Online: Zoom

    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.

  • Jane Austen’s “Persuasion” Song Cycle

    Online

    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 […]

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  • #VirtualJaneCon 2021

    Online

    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 […]

  • Teaching Jane Austen and Diversity

    Online: Zoom

    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.

  • The Theatrical Jane Austen

    Online: Zoom

    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 […]

  • JASNA CWNY May Meeting

    Online: Zoom

    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.

  • Jane Austen Spring Tea and Trivia Party

    Online: Zoom

    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 […]

  • Slavery, Anti-Slavery, and the Austen Family

    Online: Zoom

    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 […]