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Registration Now Open for Treasures Afoot Event
Join us on Saturday, April 24, from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Pacific time, for a talk by author Kimberly Alexander on her 2018 book, Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era. Registration is now open! Alexander is on the faculty of the History Department of the...
Aydrea Walden Visits JASNA SW for Instagram Live Event
Aydrea Walden, creator and star of the web series Black Girl in a Big Dress, joined Jillian Davis—co-creator of The Pemberley Podcast—for an Instagram Live chat on March 30 for JASNA Southwest. Video from the event is now available online. Walden shared her love of...
Recap of Sansei and Sensibility Presentation
Author Karen Tei Yamashita's enlightening March 27 talk on her 2020 book, Sansei and Sensibility, is now available on the JASNA Southwest YouTube channel. Inspired by her sister Jane Tomi Boltz (pictured left with Yamashita) and her love of all things Austen,...
“Virtual Book Club” Duo Join 2021 YFC Team
Jillian Davis and Yolanda Rodriguez have joined the 2021 Young Filmmakers Contest committee after winning the 2020 contest in the over-20 category. Davis is a Southern California native and L.A. resident who can thank the 2005 Pride & Prejudice movie and The...
Video of “Austen and Cassatt: Working From Home” Now Available
In her beautifully illustrated Zoom presentation on February 20, art historian, curator and author Nancy Mowll Mathews addressed the public image of both Jane Austen and impressionist Mary Cassatt. Mathews revealed how much Cassatt hated her portrait that was painted...
2021 Young Filmmakers Contest Officially Launched
We've officially launched the 2021 Young Filmmakers Contest. Please help spread the word to any teachers, professors or aspiring young filmmakers and fans of Jane Austen! Any amateur filmmakers under the age of 30 in North America are eligible to enter. Entry is free....
Watch Our 2020 Young Filmmakers Contest Winners
A lively Q&A session with the filmmakers and two of our esteemed judges followed the January 24, 2021, premiere screening of the 2020 Young Filmmakers Contest winning films. Judges Kenny Turan (retired longtime Los Angeles Times film critic) and...
Prof. Jason Solinger Event Video Now Online
If you missed our "Anti-Historical Austen" event with Prof. Jason Solinger on Jan. 16—or want to revisit the talk or share it with a friend—the video is now available on the JASNA Southwest YouTube channel. JASNA members and friends from all over North America, as...
In Memoriam: Clara Browda
Longtime JASNA member Clara Browda died on December 1. Founder of the West Los Angeles Reading Group, Clara was a constant presence at JASNA Southwest events and attended at least 18 JASNA Annual General Meetings. A voracious reader, she kept the West L.A. Reading...
Register Now for Young Filmmakers Premiere Event
Register now for our virtual meeting from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Pacific time on Sunday, January 24, 2021, when we will premiere the winning entries of our fourth annual Young Filmmakers Contest. The screenings will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and several...