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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Jane Austen Day 2021: Mariners and Memoirs
April 10, 2021 @ 10:30 am – 2:30 pm PDT
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 of your home during which there will be a Q&A session, we will again gather at at 12:30 for a live interview with Tony Elliott, a World War II British Navy veteran. Next we will have a Scavenger hunt which organizers promise will be great fun!
At 1:45 p.m. we welcome our afternoon speaker Dr. Lise Gaston, an Assistant Professor at the University of Victoria and a specialist in Romanticism, the long Eighteenth-Century, Victorian literature and Women’s Writing to speak on “Jane Austen’s Bodies: Late Works and Family Legacy.”