“The Material World of Jane Austen’s Time” Highlights

Highlights from “The Material World of Jane Austen’s Time” Presented by Anne Woodhouse, PhD Curator of Domestic Life at the Missouri History Museum   We have a pretty good idea of Jane Austen’s England during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. But what did things look like here in … READ ON

In KC, Dance the Night Away October 18

Our colleagues in Kansas City will host a Regency ball October 18 in conjunction with the Midwest American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.  See below for complete information.   Registration open! Jane Austen Regency Ball Saturday, October 18 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The Aladdin Hotel Ballroom 1215 Wyandotte St. Kansas … 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

Pride & Prejudice on the Today Show

In honor of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice’s 200th Anniversary, NBC’s Today Show aired a very nice piece on Jane, marriage, and her time to which she lived. Enjoy! Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy