by jasnasouthwest | Nov 17, 2018 | Events, Featured, News
Interested in our lineup of events for 2019-2020? Download our upcoming events postcard and save the dates!
by jasnasouthwest | Nov 16, 2018 | Featured, News
Interested in the latest announced remakes of Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Clueless? Want to learn more about the lost versions of Pride and Prejudice? Did you know there’s a new feminist/LGBT take on Emma? Or that Benedict Cumberbatch and David Tennant star in...
by jasnasouthwest | Nov 13, 2018 | Featured, News
JASNA’s annual student essay contest is now open for submissions. The contest fosters study and appreciation of Jane Austen’s work, with several hundred students competing for scholarship awards each year. The contest is open worldwide to students in three...
by jasnasouthwest | Oct 30, 2018 | Events, Featured, News
Additional speakers have joined our lineup for our Winter 2018 meeting at Sony Pictures Studios. Ashley Clements, star of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, will do a Q&A session on “The Modern Elizabeth Bennet,” while fashion historian Kimberly...
by jasnasouthwest | Oct 28, 2018 | Featured, News
Chawton House was the home of Austen’s brother Edward Knight, who offered nearby Chawton Cottage to his mother and sister’ during what would become Austen’s home during her final, most productive years of life. Now an important nonprofit center for...
by jasnasouthwest | Oct 28, 2018 | Featured, News
Pride and Prejudice placed fourth out of 100 books in the running for best-loved novel in PBS’ The Great American Read. After a nationwide voting, the results were announced on Oct. 23, with To Kill a Mockingbird coming out on top, followed by the Outlander...
