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.
Please note that the times differ for each day as follows:
- November 10: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- November 11: 1:30-4:00 p.m.
Regina Jeffers will be in attendance.
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.
The Jane Austen Guild will be hosting this conference at Covey Center for the Performing Arts, celebrating all things Austen with a focus on the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice.
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)
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.
Each guest will choose to be a character from any one of Austen’s novels. Period dress is optional, but guests will interact in character throughout the weekend.
Or come for just an evening and choose from these activities:
Informal Talk with Coffee and Dessert, Friday, 8:00 p.m., $14.00
Afternoon Tea, Saturday, 3:00 p.m., $20.00
Book Discussion and Dinner, Saturday, 7:00 p.m., $35.00
Jane Austen Quiz and Sunday Brunch, Sunday, 11:30 a.m., $15.00
All four activities: $75.00
The Jane Austen Society Europe (J.A.S.E) will be holding their first conference celebrating the bicentennial of the publication of Pride and Prejudice.
The Henley Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society is proud to bring you Pride and Prejudice the Musical, performed at The Kenton Theatre.
This musical, based on the timeless Jane Austen novel, Pride and Prejudice, centers on the relationship of the proud Mr Darcy and the feisty Elizabeth Bennet. With a host of characters from the endearing to the exasperating, and a score of great music, this is a production not to be missed.