Events

This events calendar is meant to socially enrich our DJABC community wherever members may find themselves. We will gladly share any Jane Austen related event here. We may also share events that may appeal to darker interests as we see fit.

*Any events where times were not specifically listed are shown to be all-day; however, this is only a default setting.

Please, contact us with information you would like to see at least two weeks in advance.

Feb
16
Sat
Jane Austen’s Men @ Institute of English Studies, University of London, Senate House
Feb 16 – Feb 17 all-day

The Institute of English Studies School of Advanced Study University of London will be hosting a one day conference on Jane Austen’s Men.

Speakers:

‘The armed forces’: Alan Turton (formerly Custodian, Basing House)

‘Jane Austen and the male mind’: Professor Richard Jenkyns (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford)

‘Jane Austen’s clergymen’: Gavin Turner (formerly Chairman, Jane Austen Bath and Bristol Group)

‘Jane Austen’s men: the marriage market and the changing fortunes of the landed class’: Dr Robert Clark (Editor, The Literary Encyclopedia, formerly UEA).

*Please make cheques payable to “University of London”.  Please register by Monday 11 February 2013.

 

Mar
15
Fri
2013 Jane Austen Festival @ Pittsburgh Athletic Association
Mar 15 @ 11:15 pm – Mar 17 @ 3:00 am
The Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) Pittsburgh region will be sponsoring the Pittsburgh 2013 Jane Austen Festival.
 
Events planned are a film screening and discussion Friday, a full day conference Saturday with an assembly ball Saturday evening.
 
Please register by March 1, 2013.
Jun
19
Wed
Trista Ann Michaels ROMFEST 2013 @ Glenstone Lodge
Jun 19 – Jun 24 all-day
Jul
11
Thu
‘The Locations of Austen’ Interdisciplinary Converence @ University of Hertfordshire
Jul 11 – Jul 14 all-day

To celebrate the bicentenary of the publication of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, set in Hertfordshire, the University of Hertfordshire is hosting an interdisciplinary conference to consider the ‘locations of Austen’.

Invited speakers attending this conference include:
Robert Clark (University of East Anglia)
Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace (Boston College)
James Thompson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Emma Clery (University of Southampton)

Jul
20
Sat
6th Annual Jane Austen Festival @ Historic Locust Grove
Jul 20 @ 2:00 pm – Jul 21 @ 8:30 pm

Presented by The Greater Louisville Region of the Jane Austen Society North America

To be held at the Historic Locust Grove.

Event includes a Regency Emporium, Regency style show, workshops, entertainment, a four-course afternoon tea, a Grand Ball and more.

Jul
26
Fri
Jane Austen Summer Camp @ The Inn at Middletown
Jul 26 @ 11:00 pm – Jul 28 @ 7:00 pm

The JASNA-CT will be hosting their first ever Jane Austen Summer Camp at The Inn at Middleton in Middleton, CT.

*Register before February 15, 2013, for early-bird price of $295 for JASNA members and $325 for non-members. 

Sep
27
Fri
2013 JASNA Annual General Meeting Minneapolis
Sep 27 – Sep 30 all-day

The Minnesota Region is pleased to invite you to Minneapolis to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the publication of her timeless masterpiece at the 2013 JASNA Annual General Meeting.

Jan
14
Tue
Release of Hollow City
Jan 14 – Jan 15 all-day

Hollow City, the second novel of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs will be available in bookstores.