JASNA Southwest 2022-2023
In-Person Meetings & Zoom Presentations
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NEXT In-Person Event

“Persuasion and Plesiosaurs: Jane Austen and Mary Anning in Lyme Regis”
Presented by
Peter Graham, Jan Fahey, and Lia Poyatos
Saturday, June 11, 2022
from 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Registration and Continental Breakfast at 9:00 AM
Program 10:00 AM-3:30 PM includes catered box lunch
Join us as we explore Lyme Regis on the Dorset Coast, made famous in Persuasion, as a setting for Jane Austen and Mary Anning, two remarkable women who were contemporaries there in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Each became a force in her respective field, and is still revered to this day. Peter Graham will focus on Jane Austen’s life and how Lyme Regis influenced Persuasion. Jan Fahey will describe the life and work of Mary Anning, a lifetime resident of Lyme Regis, and her passion for the diverse fossils she discovered there. Together, Peter and Jan will then examine the women’s differences and surprising similarities. Lia Poyatos will speak about Lyme Regis.

LOCATION: Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Student Union Titan Theater

800 N. State College Blvd.

Fullerton, CA 92831

PARKING DIRECTIONS: Free parking will be available in the State College Parking Structure (SCPS) across from the Titan Student Union. There are handicapped spaces in the lot closest to the Titan Student Union on Student Union Way. See map for details. Signs will be posted to direct you to our venue.

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Are you interested in other places to visit, restaurants to eat at while in Fullerton? Check out this handy guide: http://jasnasw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Places-to-go-Fullerton-CA.pdf

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: MAY 30

No cash can be exchanged on campus.  You will need to bring a credit card for transactions such as White Elephant sales and raffle tickets.

 

July 16, 2022
Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontes
Zoom Presentation by Austen scholar Devoney Looser, author of The Making of Jane Austen
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific

August 20, 2022
Kamila Knows Best, a Bollywood-style retelling of Emma set in Toronto’s South Asian Community
Zoom Presentation by author Farah Heron
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific

 

SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR NEXT IN-PERSON MEETING

Saturday, September 10, 2022
9:00 AM – 12:45 PM
Location to be Announced

“FAMILY LAW AND MANSFIELD PARK”
Presented by Superior Court Judge Stephanie Thornton-Harris

“JANE AUSTEN AND THE MOVIES TODAY”
Presented by Writer and Film Producer Alex Siskin

“FAMILY LAW AND MANSFIELD PARK”

Join Stephanie Thornton-Harris, a judge in the Superior Court of California handling family law matters in the County of San Bernardino as she discusses family law issues raised by Jane Austen in her novel Mansfield Park.

Stephanie Thornton-Harris earned her BA at Princeton University, where she wrote her undergraduate
thesis with British literary scholar, Margaret Doody, and earned her JD from Northwestern
University School of Law. She has served as an administrative judge, judge pro tem, and bench
officer; in addition she served as a deputy federal public defender in the Federal Public Defender’s
Office before being appointed in 2018 to the Superior Court. She has spoken this year on this topic
at the University of Notre Dame literary conference in May 2022.

 

 

 

 

“JANE AUSTEN AND THE MOVIES TODAY”

 

Join writer and film producer Alex Siskin (The Equalizer, Troop Zero, Old Henry) as he discusses
thirty years of Jane Austen adaptations, biopics, and Regency era films, reviews projects in
development and the latest releases (including Netflix’ July Persuasion), and sheds light on

current issues in film production as it relates to Jane Austen and her world. Siskin began working
on an ambitious Jane Austen film project last August, and he will give an insider’s view of film
development and production, along with his own experience attending the Chicago AGM, the 2022
American Society for 18th Century Studies Conference, and the Jane Austen Summer Program—going full
Janeite.

Siskin was a long-time producer at Sony Pictures, where he was a partner with Sid Ganis at Out of
the Blue Entertainment, producing the Adam Sandler films Big Daddy and Mr. Deeds. He began his
film business career at Amblin Entertainment, after he was a PhD candidate in English Literature at
UC Berkeley.

 

November 12, 2022
History and Restoration of the Lost Art of Dhaka Muslin
Zoom Presentation by Mr. Saiful Islam, who leads a project to resurrect the precious fabric imported from
what was then Bengal (and now Bangladesh) and popularized in the late 18th century
11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific

 

December 3, 2022

Jane Austen and the Musical Arts
In-Person Full-Day Event concluding with a dance lesson: The Grand Event Center, Long Beach
Musical Performance by Flutist Ann Erwin and Pianist Edie Orloff; History of Dance in Jane Austen’s Time
presented by Cara King; English Country Dancing led by Cara King

 

—2023—

January 28, 2023

College Students Take On Jane Austen
Zoom Presentation by students of Dr. Jason Solinger, 18th Century scholar, University of Mississippi
11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific
February 11, 2023
Regency Noir: Romance, Race and the Rise of ‘The Woman of Colour’.
In-Person Event Regency Noir is examined within the recent outgrowth of scholarship on the anonymous novel ‘The Woman of Colour’ (1808) and considers how scholars may learn from reimagined narratives foregrounding Black characters.
Presented by Dr. Leigh-Michil George, Lecturer, UCLA English Department
In-Person Half-Day Event: Location TBD
March 4, 2023
Coverture and Marriage Law in Early America
Zoom Presentation by Dr. Catherine Allgor, President, Massachusetts Historical Society
11:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific
May 6, 2023
Miss Austen Goes to Washington
In-Person Full-Day Event concluding with optional tour: Mission Inn Hotel and Spa, Riverside
Featured speakers: Congressman Mark Takano (D-Riverside) who launched a Jane Austen reading group
on Capitol Hill; Austen scholar Sheryl Craig, author of Jane Austen and the State of the Nation; and
acclaimed author and Riverside native, Susan Straight.