JASNA MD

PBS "Miss Austen" Discussion Part 2
2025-06-01 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | MD
The Maryland Region will meet on Zoom to discuss the full “Miss Austen” series.
Episodes air May 4, 11, 18, 25.
Attendees should view the full season if they wish to avoid spoilers! However, feel free to join us even if you only watched part of the series and want to hear the commentary.
How do I register? Complete this registration form to join the virtual meeting.
You will receive a confirmation email when you register. We’ll send a reminder link right before the meeting. JASNA members are welcome!

PBS "Miss Austen" Discussion Part 1
2025-05-18 14:00 - 15:30 | MD
The Maryland Region will meet on Zoom to discuss the first two installments of the BBC’s “Miss Austen” showing on PBS May 4th and 11th.
Plan to watch the first two episodes before joining to avoid spoilers!
How do I register? Complete this registration to join this virtual meeting. You will receive a confirmation email with the link when you register and another one right before the event. JASNA members are welcome!
Read more about the PBS series: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/specialfeatures/miss-austen-airdate-cast-details-first-look-photos-and-more/

A Day in Historic Chestertown - 2025 AGM Fundraiser
2025-04-26 10:00 - 17:00 | Chestertown, 122 N Cross St, Chestertown, MD 21620-1547, Chestertown, MD, 21620, United States
A day in historic Chestertown on the Eastern Shore of Maryland – April 26, 2025 10am-5pm
Come see how Americans were living during Jane Austen’s lifetime in this important riverport of the time. The morning walking tour of the historic downtown will cover the history of the area as well as stops to see inside Magnolia House, a middle/ upper middle class 1700s home * and Sumner Hall, one of two existing African-American Grand Army of the Republic buildings still standing in the U.S. Built circa 1908, it played an important role in strengthening community for Civil War veterans and other local African-Americans.
Relax after lunch with a fixed price menu made especially for our group at The Retriever Bar. It has an upscale, cozy Pub vibe. The proprietor, Neyah White, is curating a selection of historic alcohol choices for purchase that would have been enjoyed in Austen’s time. Non-alcoholic drinks, tax and tip will be included with lunch.
We have booked the Chester River Packet for an hour and a half afternoon cruise that will let us socialize while enjoying the countryside. Because the area is mainly agrarian, we will have similar views to the colonial and federal era time periods. There will be a knowledgeable local on-board for any questions. *Cash bar available*
Our final tour of the day will be a private home built circa 1760-1780 by a very wealthy local merchant. It was in the dowry of his only child, a daughter, who married into one of the most prominent Philadelphia families in the nation at that time. On the National Register of Historic Places, Rose Hill had the largest private ballroom in Kent County when it was built. You will easily be able to imagine Anne Elliott playing for the Musgrove sister’s enjoyment and sit in a window seat that was designed for someone to enjoy watching English Country dancing!
This inspiring day has been designed to get a feel for 18th century living at affordable price points. Non-members are welcome. The total price for all activities is $150. Guests may choose to skip the walking tour ($40) and/or the afternoon cruise ($25) in favor of exploring the local farmer’s market and unique boutique stores. We have a limit of 50 participants.
When guests have registered below, they will receive details for where to send payment and to choose their lunch offerings. We will also provide car pool information, maps for parking and meeting places, as well as recommendations for local dining whether you are staying in Chestertown for the night, heading back over the Bay Bridge or points North of Chestertown. Participants who want to spend more time in the area can visit Chestertown’s visitor’s center on-line or in person for ideas about activities they would enjoy in the area.
$150/pp Full Day: Morning Walking Tour, Lunch, Chester River Packet Cruise and Rose Hill Tour
$125/pp Partial Option 1: Morning Walking Tour, Lunch and Rose Hill Tour
$120/pp Partial Option 2: Lunch, Chester River Packet Cruise and Rose Hill Tour
$95/pp Partial Option 3: Lunch and Rose Hill Tour only
Space is limited
Register Here by 4/18: https://forms.gle/8fiPNqdXvnN9h8DF8
Questions: Agm2025treas@gmail.com
Payment must be received by 4/18 to secure your space.
Refunds for can be issued up until 4/18 minus a $50 donation to the AGM.

In Person Gathering: Creative Writing Workshop
2025-04-05 13:00 - 14:30 | Maryland Horse Library & Education Center, 321 Main St., Reisterstown, MD, 21136, United States
Unlock Your Creativity with Jane Austen!
Join us for a special sneak peek at an upcoming AGM workshop. No prior writing experience? No problem! This interactive session invites you to:

Try your hand at creative writing inspired by Jane Austen’s delightful language.
Explore how writing can be a de-stressor and boost mental clarity—just as it might have been for Jane.

What to Bring: Your favorite journal/paper and a pen!
Seats are limited, so be sure to register in advance to secure your spot!
Let’s celebrate the timeless charm of Austen while discovering the joy of creative expression!
Register Now for this Event! https://forms.office.com/r/2pmu2rWfg9
This location has free parking.

Virtual Meeting: Jane Austen and Warren Hastings, with Jocelyn Harris
2025-03-16 16:00 - 17:30 | MD
Join us for a virtual gathering with a fascinating guest speaker.
In “Jane Austen and Warren Hastings,” Jocelyn Harris, reveals remarkably close connections between the largely unknown writer and the immensely powerful Governor-General of Bengal, who probably fathered her cousin, Eliza de Feuillide.
Our guest speaker is professor emerita of English at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Jocelyn has authored three Austen-focused books: Jane Austen’s Art of Memory, A Revolution Almost Beyond Expression: Jane Austen’s Persuasion, and Satire, Celebrity and Politic in Jane Austen.

Register here to receive the Zoom link: Zoom registration
We’ll send a reminder link just before the event opens.

Reading Group: Jane Austen's Letters
2024-10-27 15:00 - 16:30 | MD
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!
A monthly, in-person book club for those interested in Jane Austen. We have made our way through her major works together and will generally cycle through these types of works moving forward:
-read a work by Jane Austen (eg. re-reading her novels from new perspectives, letters, and juvenilia)
-read a book about Jane Austen (biographies, literary criticism, etc.)
-read a work Jane Austen read herself (works by Walter Scott, Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, Mary Wollstonecraft, etc.)
-read a work by someone who read/was influenced by Jane Austen (works by the Brontes, George Eliot, Mary Shelley, Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Virginia Woolf, etc.)
-read a work of popular culture inspired by Jane Austen (sequels written by Jane Austen’s distant relative, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife, etc.)
We will also meet to watch film adaptations, and enjoy other events connected to Jane Austen and the Regency period.
Maryland Region member, Kiera Boyle-Toledo, leads this discussion group. Anyone is welcome to join. Please visit the Meetup page to join the group and for more details https://www.meetup.com/i-declare-after-all-there-is-no-enjoyment-like-reading/

Reading Group: Evelina
2024-09-29 15:00 - 16:30 | MD

A Day in the Country - 2025 AGM Fundraiser
2024-09-07 10:30 - 16:00 | MD
JASNA is grateful to our host, Sandy Lerner. Sandy is the founder of Chawton House Library and Center for Early English Women’s Writing. Under the pen name Ava Farmer, she is the author of Second Impressions.
Since 1996, Sandy has owned Ayrshire Farm. The first farm in Virginia to be Certified Humane®, Certified USDA Organic, and Certified Predator Friendly, Ayrshire Farm is dedicated to raising rare heritage-breed animals on healthy, carbon-sequestering no-till pastures using humane, holistic, and regenerative practices. The manor house, built in 1911, is constructed of fieldstone quarried on the property. The interior decoration reflects Sandy’s interest in Austen’s era, farming, literature, and art.
Locke’s Mill has roots going back to 1777, with ownership ties to George Washington’s family. The current building, from 1876, was partially restored when purchased by Sandy in 2016. A USDA Certified Organic milling system continues the tradition of local milling, providing custom grinding services for local distillers, bakers, restaurants, and other customers.
At the Mill, guests will be able to see traditional grinding as it would have been done in Jane Austen’s day. Plan to spend about 15-30 minutes there. Please note that due to the historic nature of the building, the Mill is only accessible by stairs. Driving to the Farm takes about 30 minutes.
At the Farm, the principal rooms on the main floor will be on view, along with the marvelous carriage collection and horses at the adjacent Carriage House. Carriage rides are limited by space and will be offered weather permitting. The day includes a boxed picnic lunch (meat or vegetarian option) and cream tea. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs to enjoy your lunch. Tea will be served on the terrace, with beautiful views of the Virginia countryside.
Space is Limited
RSVP by August 29th
https://forms.gle/6xrncm3BdaxXmrc49
jasna2025agm@gmail.com

Reading Group: Jane Eyre
2024-08-25 15:00 - 16:30 | MD

Amanda Fagan's Austen-Inspired Musical Performance & Discussion
2024-08-18 14:00 | MD
Guitarist, composer, and Janeite Amanda Fagan will be sharing her Austen-inspired music at a virtual meeting.
Amanda is currently a sophomore at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, CA. She read Pride & Prejudice and Persuasion in her senior year of high school and became a Janeite! She is a talented musician/composer playing the ukulele, guitar, piano, and mandolin. After reading all the novels last year, Amanda was so moved that she has written a song for each one. Amanda will explore with us her process of this adventure and play us her songs.
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Wine Tasting & Basket Making
2024-06-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Olney Winery, 52 Olney Sandy Spring Road Ashton, Sandy Spring, MD, 20861, United States
Join us to sip and savor a selection of 4 wines while using your creativity to weave your own basket. You will also receive a $3 wine voucher to be applied to any wine bottle purchase.
In this workshop, you will learn how to make a continuous weave basket with a self-binding rim. We will work with both natural and colored reed.
Food and commemorative wine bottles will be available for purchase. Additionally, you can participate in our silent auction and 50/50 raffle.

Date: June 9th
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: The Olney Winery
52 Olney Sandy Spring Road Ashton-Sandy Spring, MD 20861

Ticket Prices:

$39 (Wine Tasting Only)
$49 (Early Bird Wine Tasting & Basket Making) until May 24th
$59 (General Admission Wine Tasting & Basket Making) until June 8th
$65 (At the Door Wine Tasting & Basket Making) June 9th
$10 Designated Driver

Wine Tasting Only Ticket Includes:

Olney winery $3 voucher towards a bottle of wine
Selection of 4 wines of your choosing to taste.

Wine Tasting and Basket Making Ticket Includes:

All materials and tools needed to weave a basket.
Olney winery $3 voucher towards a bottle of wine
Selection of 4 wines of your choosing to taste.

$10 per wine bottle sold, 10% of food sales, and all other proceeds from this event supports the 2025 Baltimore Annual General Meeting of The Jane Austen Society of North America.https://jasna.org/agms/baltimore2025/home.phP
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Jane Austen Day at Manor Mill
2024-05-18 11:00 - 18:00 | Manor Mill, 2029 Monkton Road, Monkton, MD, 21111, United States
Sense and Sensibility & Jane Austen’s World
Mark your calendars:
Saturday May 18, 2024,
JASNA MD Box Hill Picnic, 11:00am-12:00pm; to RSVP for the JASNA picnic, please email rc@jasnamd.org. This portion of the day is not open to the general public. This is a BYOP – bring your own picnic – event.
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Manor Mill Programming, 12:00pm-6:00pm Regency-centric presentations, demonstrations, vendors, and food. Ticketed event; general public will also have access to these tickets. Registration for general attendance is required as the event sold out last year. Register to attend through Manor Mill’s web site: https://manor-mill.com/janeausten.
Buy your ticket to join this fabulous afternoon filled with Jane Austen, in partnership with Manor Mill. JASNA MD members will be presenting throughout the day, alongside experts from the Mill.

Elizabeth Steele’s “Caroline Bingley: Darcy’s Faithful Assistant”
2024-04-21 14:00 | MD
Join us for a journey back to one of the most memorable moments of the 2023 AGM! We’ll enjoy an encore viewing of Elizabeth Steele’s captivating break-out talk,”Caroline Bingley: Darcy’s Faithful Assistant” followed by a rousing discussion.
Registration is now open. Follow this link to register for the meeting. You will be sent a Zoom link following registration.

Sip and Paint
2024-03-23 14:00 - 16:00 | The Greene Turtle, 696 Belair Road, Bel Air, MD, 21014, United States
This is a fundraiser to support the 2025 Baltimore AGM. $49/pp For details and to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sip-and-paint-austen-landscape-tickets-842980757137?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Isabella/Mrs. Weston - Casting in Clueless virtual meeting
2024-02-18 14:00 - 16:00 | MD
Isabella/Mrs. Weston: Why Clueless’s Dionne, an African-American woman was cast to play two roles?
Presented by Damianne (Dami) Scott
This presentation will discuss how the casting of the character, Dionne, is perfect as a modernization of Emma’s Isabella Knightly and Anne Weston, but racially stereotypical.
Dami is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash and an Adjunct Instructor at Cincinnati State. You can also find her on Black Girl Loves Jane, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, in Persuasions On-Line Journal, and Jane Austen & Company’s Race and Regency Series.

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December Birthday Meeting
2023-12-16 11:30 - 15:00 | Kelsey’s Restaurant, 8480 Baltimore National Pike, Ellicott City, MD, 21043, United States
Serendipity in Jane Austen’s Fiction
Presented by Maria Frawley, Professor and Chair, English Department The George Washington University.
Kelsey’s Restaurant, Ellicott City

Price: $45 for members and $50 for non-members
Deadline to register is Dec 8th 9:00pm
Doors open at 11:45am
Come prepared for our Merchandise Table (credit, cash & check), Silent Auction & Cash Raffle*
Bring an item for the Raffle Table and get 5 tickets

Registration button will not work after December 8th deadline.
If you would like to help cover bank processing charges by adding $2.50, please choose the + donation option from the drop drown box.
*Raffle will support a JASNA MD Book Box grant. Silent Auction will support the 2025 AGM.

AGM Recap Maryland & DC Joint meeting
2023-11-19 14:00 - 16:00 | MD
Did you attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Denver or attend virtually? Share stories, thoughts and highlights.
Not able to attend the AGM? Learn what it was about and take notes on speakers and topics you want to hear in the future.
Register for the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMocOirrjopHdBhql3N3ZJeZhx6DoYMu0Ln

Annual General Meeting (AGM), Denver
2023-11-03 - 2023-11-05 | MD
Pride & Prejudice: A rocky Romance
Presented by Denver/Boulder Region
November 3–5, 2023
Visit the AGM website for more information: https://jasna.org/agms/denver2023/home.php

Confidence Men: Transmitted Dialogues between Men - Virtual Meeting
2023-08-13 14:00 - 16:00 | MD
Jane Austen rarely represented dialogues between men when no woman is present, opting instead to have male characters report such interaction. This presentation considers how the novels construct grounds for belief in such transmissions of male conversation, situating credibility in alignment with character and context. After discussing recounted dialogue in Emma, Northanger Abbey and Pride and Prejudice, this talk turns to the one sustained unmediated exchange between men — a pair of letters in Lady Susan — to come to speculative conclusions about Austen’s choice not to represent private masculine dialogues.
Presented by Tara Ghoshal Wallace, Emerita Professor of English at George Washington University
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July Virtual Meeting
2023-07-16 14:00 - 16:00 | MD
Commemorate Jane Austen by testing your knowledge in our Trivia Game. No prizes but bragging rights galore! Register for the Zoom link:
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Box Hill Picnic
2023-06-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Manor Mill, 2029 Monkton Road, Monkton, MD, 21111, United States
There will be a JASNA MD picnic prior to Jane Austen Day at Manor Mill. We are working in partnership with Manor Mill in Monkton, MD on this event.
BYOP – Bring your own picnic (doesn’t have to be period appropriate – bring your favorite picnic food)
11:00am-12:00pm
All JASNA Members and their guests are welcome to attend. So we can have name tags and know how many people to expect, please fill out the RSVP form below.
There is no cost for the picnic but please visit the event page for Jane Austen Day at Manor Mill for details and pricing for that part of the day.
Regency Dress is encouraged but not required.
6/12/2023 RSVP form is closed. If you still wish to attend, email rc@jasnamd.org.
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Jane Austen and the Theatre
2023-04-16 14:00 - 16:00 | MD
Presented by Deborah C. Payne, American University
As 15 years of scholarship has chronicled, Jane Austen very much liked the theatre. Letters to her sister, Cassandra, reveal trips to London playhouses and occasional outings in Bath. Austen’s enjoyment, however, was perhaps more that of an eager fan hoping to glimpse her favorite star than a novelist looking to imbibe literary inspiration. She was keen to see Kean (Edmund, that is) but was not especially interested in his role as Shylock or in The Merchant of Venice. In that regard, Austen was a product of her time. Regency Theatre was very much an “actor’s theatre,” and plays were tailored for the stars everyone hankered to see. This talk thus pushes (gently) against the notion that highbrow dramatic literature influenced Austen’s writing; rather, it reconstructs the many delights of the Regency stage to suggest that she was more captivated by celebrity and spectacle than Shakespeare.
Deborah C. Payne is a professor in the Department of Literature at American University in Washington, D.C., who specializes in the history of performance and the theatre. In addition to providing dramaturgical expertise to theatre companies in Washington, Professor Payne has published extensively on topics ranging from Restoration actresses, Shakespeare authorship, Samuel Pepys, and Jane Austen’s theatrical spectatorship. Among her publications are The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre (Cambridge University Press); Four Libertine Plays from the Restoration (Oxford University Press); and Revisiting Shakespeare’s Lost Play: Cardenio/Double Falsehood in the Eighteenth Century (Palgrave Macmillan). Professor Payne has forthcoming two books: The Business of Restoration Theatre, 1660 – 1700 (Cambridge University Press, 2023) and The Shakespeare Theatre Company, 1986 – 2021 (Bloomsbury, 2024), which she is co-authoring with Drew Lichtenburg, Literary Manager for the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Her next project will attempt to reconstruct English acting styles across the seventeenth century, looking especially at the demise of the old “Blackfriars” style by the 1690s.
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Jane Austen & Gardens
2023-02-26 14:30 - 16:30 | MD
Jane Austen’s love of gardening is apparent in several of her novels. The English love their gardens and, luckily, exported that love to America. We will discuss Austen’s garden, the plants that she grew and those she wrote about, as well as some of her influences. How can we re-create the Austen gardens grown from 1800 to 1820? Where are there gardens here in Maryland and the mid-Atlantic area that will inspire us to grow some of Austen’s favorite plants? And, where can we find the plants, start the seeds and re-create some of the magic in our home gardens?
Carrie Engel, Greenhouse Manager
Carrie began working at Valley View Farms in 1972, and is well known in our area. Carrie appears weekly with meteorologists Tony Pann and Ava Marie on the WBAL TV’s Sunday Gardener. She enjoys writing, speaking about gardening, photography, the Orioles, and spending time with her extended family. Carrie also enjoys traveling, especially road trips, where she looks for what is new in plants and gardening everywhere she goes.
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December Birthday meeting
2022-12-17 12:00 - 15:00 | Kelsey’s Restaurant, 8480 Baltimore National Pike, Ellicott City, MD, 21043, United States
Shopping with Jane Austen in Fact and Fiction
Presented by Dr. Ann Wass
Jane Austen’s letters and novels contain numerous references to shopping for textiles,
clothing, and accessories from 1798 to 1815. Dr. Ann Wass supplements Austen’s references with contemporary newspaper advertisements, fashion illustrations, and other period sources to present a timeline of fashion for this period.
Kelsey’s Restaurant, Ellicott City

Price: $40 for members and $50 for non-members
Deadline to register is Dec 13th 9:00pm
Doors open at 11:30am
Come prepared for our Merchandise Table (credit, cash & check) & Cash Raffle
Bring an item for the Raffle Table and get 5 tickets

Registration button will not work after December 13th deadline

A Day at Goucher College
2022-10-29 10:00 - 15:00 | Goucher College Athenaeum, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore, 21204, United States
We are partnering with Goucher College for a special in person event
Registration info is at the bottom of the page.
Regency dress is encouraged!
Batza Room,* Goucher College
1021 Dulaney Valley Road
Baltimore, MD 21204-2794
10:00 am-11:00 am
“Sense and Sensibility As You’ve Never Seen It Before”
Juliette Wells and Grace Fischbach
Juliette Wells and Grace Fischbach will reprise their extensively illustrated Special Interest Session from the 2022 JASNA AGM in Victoria. Juliette Wells will begin with an overview of the Jane Austen Collection at Goucher. Goucher is the home of JASNA’s archives and the only repository anywhere to hold first, rare, and illustrated editions of Austen’s novels, translations of Austen’s novels into dozens of languages, adaptations, and period publications on landscape, architecture, and fashion, as well as 20th-century ephemera relating to Austen. Next, Grace Fischbach will share discoveries from her semester-long exploration of Sense and Sensibility in the Austen Collection, including a gallery of cover images illuminating how artists around the world have depicted the Dashwood sisters.
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Sense and Sensibility In Person, Plus New Acquisitions
Tour Goucher College’s Austen collections
This year’s AGM theme of Sense and Sensibility comes alive through a display of rare and illustrated editions, translations, adaptations, and Alberta Burke’s amazing scrapbooks. Also on view will be recent additions to the Austen Collection which have never before been publicly shown, including portions of JASNA founder J. David “Jack” Grey’s personal Austen collection; archival material donated by founding JASNA member Juliet McMaster; and the 1833 Philadelphia edition of Emma, the gift of JASNA member Sandra Clark, which completes Goucher’s set of the first full American edition of Austen’s novels.
12:00 pm-1:00 pm Lunch
Pre-ordered boxed lunches $15 or Bring your own
You are welcome to bring your own lunch or order a boxed lunch. The boxed lunch option will be available until 10/14. Make sure to choose the option when registering and then go to the Emporium Page to pay.
If you have dietary concerns, it may be best to bring your own lunch.

Mozzarella, tomato, basil and basil pesto sandwich on baguette
Roasted turkey breast sandwich with brie, arugula and cranberry aioli on french baguette

Both served with Green salad with balsamic dressing, Chips, Cookie & Drink
1:00 pm-3:00 pm Meeting & Program
The Many Colors of Austen
Linda Troost and Sayre Greenfield
To some readers, the novels of Jane Austen present “enduring whiteness” and cater to a nostalgia for Olde English culture. Our talk will look at Austen adaptations from the past few years that effectively reflect the diverse world of her current readers and address issues relevant to the present day.
Bio’s of our Speakers
Juliette Wells is Professor of Literary Studies in the Department of Visual, Literary, and Material Culture at Goucher College. The author of three histories of Austen’s readers, all published by Bloomsbury Academic, and the editor of two Penguin Classics editions of Austen, she will guest co-curate a major, international Austen exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York in 2025. Forthcoming in 2023 is A New Jane Austen: How Americans Brought Us the World’s Greatest Novelist, which centers on visionary writers and collectors who, from the 1880s to the 1980s, advocated for Austen’s literary significance, broadened her readership, and preserved artifacts vital to her legacy. Reading Austen in America (2017) offers a vivid account of how an appreciative audience for Austen’s novels originated and developed in America, and how American readers contributed to the rise of Austen’s international fame. Everybody’s Jane: Austen in the Popular Imagination (2011) explores the importance of Austen to readers and fans today. All these books highlight Goucher’s exceptional Jane Austen collection and its creator, alumna Alberta H. Burke. For Penguin Classics, Dr. Wells created reader-friendly 200th-anniversary editions of Austen’s novels Persuasion (2017) and Emma (2015). Her more than thirty-five articles and book chapters include examinations of Austen’s novels and adaptations, as well as essays on Austen pedagogy. An acclaimed speaker to popular and scholarly audiences, she was a guest on Jane Austen & Co.’s spring 2021 “Race and the Regency” series and regularly gives lectures to national and regional meetings of JASNA.
Grace Fischbach graduated from Goucher in May 2022 with a major in Professional & Creative Writing and minors in Literature and Biological Sciences. A 2022 recipient of Goucher’s Kratz Summer Writing Fellowship, she traveled to her family’s ancestral village in Sweden to explore her heritage and family through a series of chronological poems. Since May 2022, she has been working part time in Goucher’s Special Collections & Archives.
Sayre Greenfield is from Eugene, Oregon. He is now Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg (without an H), near Pittsburgh (with an H). He authored The Ends of Allegory (U of Delaware P, 1998) and co-edited Jane Austen in Hollywood (UP of Kentucky, 2nd ed., 2001) with Linda Troost, with whom he has written numerous articles on Austen. Recently, he co-edited Birds in Eighteenth-Century Literature: Reason, Emotion, and Ornithology, 1700-1840 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) with Anne Milne and Brycchan Carey.
Linda Troost is originally from Silver Spring, Maryland, and now is Professor of English at Washington & Jefferson College in the far reaches of western Pennsylvania. She edited the journal Eighteenth-Century Women: Studies in Their Lives, Works, and Culture (AMS Press, 2001–2011) and co-edited Jane Austen in Hollywood (UP of Kentucky, 2nd ed., 2001) with Sayre Greenfield, with whom she has written numerous articles on Austen. She has also published articles on Gilbert and Sullivan, musical theatre in eighteenth-century England, and the Robin Hood tradition. She is also on the board for the North American Friends of Chawton House.
Linda and Sayre have been married for a few decades (they met in grad school in Philadelphia) and are life members of JASNA.
Deadline to order boxed lunch is 10/14. Link will be removed after that date.
click here to register – bring your own lunch

* The Batza Room is in the Ungar Athenaeum which also houses the Hyman Forum Library and Silber Art Gallery, Building 2 on the campus map available at https://www.goucher.edu/contact-and-directions/

AGM Recap Maryland & DC Joint meeting
2022-10-16 14:00 - 16:00 | MD
Did you attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Victoria or attend virtually? Share stories, thoughts and highlights.
Not able to attend the AGM? Learn what it was about and take notes on speakers and topics you want to hear in the future.
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Annual General Meeting (AGM), Victoria
2022-09-30 - 2022-10-02 | MD
Sense & Sensibility in the City of Gardens
Presented by JASNA Victoria, BC, Region
September 30–October 2, 2022
Visit the AGM website for more information: https://jasna.org/agms/victoria/home.php

Storms, Tempests and ‘Visions of Romance’ - August virtual meeting
2022-08-21 14:00 - 16:00 | MD
Storms, Tempests and ‘Visions of Romance’: Jane Austen and the Weather
Katie Halsey, University of Stirling, will discuss some of the many ways in which Jane Austen uses the weather in her novels: to structure plot, to set the mood, and finally to engage with the philosophical ideas of her time. Focusing mainly on Northanger Abbey, she will explore Austen’s use of two storms to structure that novel – and particularly the way Austen uses them to distinguish her heroine’s journey from superstition to rationality.
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A Certain Step Toward Falling in Love - July virtual meeting
2022-07-17 14:00 - 16:00 | MD
‘A Certain Step Toward Falling in Love’: Dance in the Works of Jane Austen
Susan de Guardiola is a dance historian, teacher, and caller from Connecticut. She will entertain us with a discussion of how Austen uses dance and dancing in her novels.
Following the presentation there will be a brief overview of mourning in the Regency and a toast in memory of Jane.
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Encore presentation on zoom - Jane Austen and the Menageries of London
2022-07-09 19:00 - 20:00 | MD
If you were unable to attend the June 11th in person meeting, our former RC Rita Baker-Schmidt has graciously agreed to do a virtual encore of her presentation.
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