JASNA–GL March Monthly Meeting
Join us for our March 2021 JASNA-GL meeting! “Irony in Jane Austen’s Work” presented by Jessica Williams.
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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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“Making No Difference for Colour or Character”: Representations of Race in Bridgerton and the Regency
Online: ZoomThis 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.
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What Jane Saw: British Exhibition 1813
OnlinePopular 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 […]
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Lecture: A History of Jane Austen in America in 14 Objects
Online: ZoomZoom 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 […]
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Political Blackness in “The Woman of Colour”
Online: ZoomIn 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.
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Jane Austen Day 2021: Mariners and Memoirs
Online: ZoomOur 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 […]
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“Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte is Playing to the Masses and It’s about Time”
Online: ZoomDamianne 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.
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Jane Austen’s French Connection
OnlineJASNA 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 […]
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JASNA CWNY April Meeting
Online: ZoomTopic: "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.
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JASNA–GL April Monthly Meeting
Online: ZoomJoin 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.
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4th Annual Jane Austen Tea & Faire
Aurora American Legion Post 110 21510 Main Street NE, Aurora, Oregon, United StatesSpend 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 […]
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Books over Brunch
Online: ZoomJoin 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!
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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.