A two day event sponsored by JASNA-NY & JASNA-NJ. It leverages Bordentown NJ where the Bonaparte family emigrated after the Napoleonic war How to register (this is a THREE-STEP process): […]
Thursday, May 20th, 7 pm. Discussing The Woman of Colour by Anonymous Thursday, June 10, 7 pm. Fourth Anuual "Janies" Awards. Contact Sarah Rose Kearns at rose@janeaustenspersuasion.com […]
Thursday, June 10, 7 pm. Fourth Anuual "Janies" Awards. Contact Sarah Rose Kearns at rose@janeaustenspersuasion.com on how to attend. Please click on the link for previous year results 2020 Janies […]
This talk compares how Black figures in portraits and paintings are attired and positioned in pre-abolition paintings to how artists rendered them in response to the atrocities highlighted by the anti-sugar campaigns. It discusses paintings like Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth’s portrait with a Black child, the now famous portrait of Lord Mansfield’s nieces Dido and Elizabeth, and W. Pyott’s "The Benevolent Effects of Abolishing Slavery or the Planter Instructing his Negro". It will also show how Black contemporary artists like Peter Brathwaite’s and Titus Kaphar’s interpretations of pre-1900 paintings should be understood and celebrated as emancipatory acts.
Thursday, August 19 at 7 pm The focus is Mansfield Park and its connection to classic fairy tales. Specific questions will follow, as well as a short reading assignment. (Hint: […]
JASNA-NY Regional Meeting Saturday, September 18, 2021 2 PM – 4:30 PM Uzma Jalaluddin “Ayesha At Last: Remixing Pride and Prejudice” Free Zoom Event Register HERE Uzma Jalaluddin, […]
JASNA-NY Regional Event Saturday, September 25, 2021 12 NOON ET – 2:00 PM ET In Conversation with Janet Todd and Gill Hornby Free Zoom Event Register HERE Janet […]
Landscapes as Political Documents: Art of Thomas Cole and the Hudson River School Speaker: Rena Tobey FREE ZOOM EVENT About this event Come explore 19th century American landscapes to reveal […]
Thursday November 18, at 7 pm Happily Ever After? We will speculate about the outcomes of the marriages that end Jane Austen’s novels. Read: “Poor Emma” by Reginald Hill. Thursday, […]
Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT SPEAKERS: Janine Barchas, Ph.D. "Hellfire Club" Amanda Foreman "The Georgians: a true age of sexual discovery" Alden O’Brien […]