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.
Events
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JASNA AGM Austen at 250 – Baltimore, MD
Austen at 250: "No check to my Genius from beginning to end" 2025 will be a milestone year as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, with Baltimore […]
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JASNA NorCal Annual Jane Austen Birthday Gala Tea
FeaturedTrinity Lutheran Church at 1295 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Details and registration coming soon on our website.
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JASNA NorCal Silicon Valley TheatreWorks Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley
FeaturedFollowing our Gala Tea we will cross the street to Silicon Valley TheatreWorks to see the new play by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. Tickets for the play are available […]
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JASNA NorCal Virtual Reading Group – The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
FeaturedMore information at JasnaNorcal.org
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JASNA NorCal presents James Nagle, “Ending the Regency Marriage” – a virtual presentation
FeaturedJane Austen’s writings focus on forming the Regency marriage, from the courtship to the proposal. Unfortunately, ending the Regency marriage was also a fact of life (hello, Mr. Rushworth!). In […]
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Virtual Reading Group: Once Persuaded, Twice Shy: A Modern Reimagining of Persuasion
FeaturedJoin us to discuss Melodie Edwards's Once Persuaded, Twice Shy: A Modern Reimagining of Persuasion.
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JASNA NorCal presents “Formed for [an] Elegant and Rational Society”: The History of Persuasions and Persuasions On-Line – a virtual presentation by Susan Allen Ford
FeaturedHow did Persuasions develop from a 32-page newsletter designed to serve a fledging organization to a 256-page printed journal and a vibrant online journal accessible worldwide? The story of Persuasions […]
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Virtual Reading Group: In the Path of Jane Austen: Travels and Tales, a 250th Birthday Anthology
FeaturedFor our May reading group, we're discussing a new anthology of Austen-inspired short stories that the publisher describes as "just as much a whimsical travelogue as an anthology of excellent Regency […]
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JASNA NorCal presents Conduct Literature in Jane Austen’s Time (in person) by Stanford PHD Candidate Rebecca Adams
FeaturedConduct literature refers to texts that instruct and inform and give guidance on basic etiquette, and larger matters of religion and intellectual life. The primary concern of such works was […]