by jasnasouthwest | Jan 10, 2019 | Featured, News
JASNA Southwest is proud to sponsor one of only 20 named spots along the new Jane Austen Garden Trail at Chawton House in England. The image above is a preview of our plaque on the walk. JASNA Southwest members helped us raise funds for this project to support Chawton...
by jasnasouthwest | Jan 8, 2019 | Events, Featured, News
Join us on Saturday, February 23, at the newly renovated Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale for “Jane Austen: Working Woman,” with presenter Liz Philosophos Cooper in her first speaking engagement as JASNA’s new president. Register now for our...
by jasnasouthwest | Jan 8, 2019 | Events, Featured, News
On February 2, the JASNA San Diego region will present a half-day event in La Jolla. JASNA traveling lecturer Dr. Regulus Allen will present “From Hampshire to Hollywood: Teaching an Austen Fiction and Film Course.” Collins Hemingway will also speak at the...
by jasnasouthwest | Jan 2, 2019 | Events, Featured, News
In their talk at the December 2018 JASNA Southwest meeting, Linda Troost and Sayre Greenfield explored “The Unfilmable Austen: The Case of Northanger Abbey,” focusing on Austen’s interest in capturing modernity and cultural shifts, and the challenges this caused not...
by jasnasouthwest | Dec 31, 2018 | Events, Featured, News
Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell’s informative talk at the JASNA Southwest December meeting at Sony Pictures Studio covered how fashion is used in Austen adaptations to convey the passage of time, express a character’s transformation and signal differences in...
