JASNA-NY Regional Meeting and Biennial Elections Saturday, December 10, 2022 2 PM – 4:30 PM This will be a Hybrid Event You may join us in-person at the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York 20 West 44th Street in Manhattan (between 5th & 6th Aves) OR via Zoom Widow […]
JASNA New York Metropolitan Regional Meeting Date: Saturday, March 18, 2023 Time: 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM Place: Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55th Street, Manhattan Arenas of Pleasure: Jane Austen, Sex, and Romance The topic of sex in Jane Austen’s novels is a powder keg that ignites furious debate among her […]
JASNA NY Metro members are invited to join for group tours of the British Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. These galleries, which showcase British decorative arts, design, and sculpture created between 1500 and 1900, reopened in 2020 after a six-year closure with numerous new acquisitions and expanded historical context. JASNA New York Metro […]
Every month, the JASNA NY Discussion Group gathers to talk about some aspect of Austen, her work, her world, or her contemporaries. Upcoming meetings and topics include: Thursday April 20, 7pm. Attitudes towards relationships in Austen’s novels and now. Thursday May 18, 7pm. Sixth annual Janie Awards. Accepting nominees for plots, recurring themes and […]
You are invited to join the JASNA-NY monthly discussion group. This group is primarily hosted on Zoom, with occasional gatherings at a member's home. Meetings are the third Thursday of each month. If you are interested in joining, please send an email to jasnany@yahoo.com . Upcoming meetings: Thursday, October 19. 7 pm. The topic is […]
Sunday, October 15, at 2:00pm The National Opera Center Please join us for a two-part program on Persuasion, Jane Austen's exquisite final novel. Part 1 is "Living with Care in Persuasion" — a talk by Dr. Talia Schaffer of Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center, in which she'll share her reading of Austen's […]
An Intimate Look at Jane Austen’s Wardrobe Hilary Davidson, PhD Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology Saturday, December 16, 2023 2:00-4:30 PM The Kosciuszko Foundation House 15 East 65th Street (between Madison and Fifth Avenues) New York, New York Happy 248th birthday, dear Jane Austen! Come celebrate and hear renowned dress historian and Austen expert Hilary […]
Topic: Defending the characters that we love to hate Please prepare a defense of one or more characters in any of JA’s writings including Lady Susan, Sanditon, The Watson and the Juvenilia that need your defense. Back story if you would like to compose one. Let’s have some fun with your imagination. This will be […]
Travel, travel―we have so missed traveling! Did Jane Austen and her contemporaries travel business or first class? Certainly not coach class for our Jane―but perhaps a very different kind of coach! Please join us when JASNA member, Julie Klassen, award-winning novelist and an expert on Regency travel, presents highlights from her research―types of coaches, their […]
The next meeting of the Jane Austen Society of North America New York Metropolitan region is scheduled for Saturday, May 11 at 2:00 PM Eastern US time. We'll be gathering in the elegant and accessible Regina Peruggi room at Marymount Manhattan College (221 East 71st Street) for a pair of presentations on Jane Austen's world. […]