Austen lovers to celebrate 200th birthday of ‘Mansfield Park’

  “The following appeared online at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (www.stltoday.com) on St. Patrick’s Day. Jane Henderson is the book editor for the Post-Dispatch and writes about books and publishing at her “Book Blog.”   March 17, 2014 6:00 am  •  By Jane Henderson jhenderson@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8107   “Mansfield Park” may … READ ON

Tarrytown (N.Y.) Weekend Conference Registration

  Ed. note: Should any members be in the NYC area March 21-23, here is an opportunity to meet JASNA colleagues from the East Coast. Plus, you’ll get to visit the locale of Sleepy Hollow. JASNA NY METRO invites you to join us from Friday, March 21, to Sunday, March … READ ON

JASNA–NY METRO Goes to the Movies Oct. 26

Celebrating Pride & Prejudice From Linda Dennery and Meg Levin we learn that JASNA–NY Metro could not let the centenary of Jane Austen’s most famous novel pass without devoting at least one event to the subject. The region’s fall meeting will focus on film and television adaptations of Pride and … READ ON

UNC-Chapel Hill offers summer Austen program June 27-30

Eve M. Duffy, director of the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Program in the Humanities, recently informed us that UNC–Chapel Hill is partnering with the English and Comparative Literature Department at UNC to offer a Jane Austen Summer Program June 27-30. The four-day program celebrates the 200th anniversary of Pride … READ ON