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Based in Rochester, NY - Covering Central NY, Western NY, North Country NY, Mohawk Valley NY & Southern Tier NY with members in Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, Binghamton and Utica areas.
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By Cassandra Austen, Public Domain, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen |
London Farrington Coach 1835 James Pollard (1792 - 1867) |
JASNY CWNY Buffalo area event |
Please join us for this Buffalo Area event. Enjoy some tea and Jane Austen and get your dose of Gothic horrors. That will be fun even if you haven't read the book.
Susan Harris-Gamard writes:
Announcing our February meeting! Trying to get as many people to attend this one as we can. I am collaborating with the librarian at Clarence Library to get more attendees interested, both from the high school and the community. I thought it would be fun to read The Mysteries of Udolpho since Austen mentions the book in Northanger Abbey, but it is long, so if you aren't up to it, still please come to discuss regardless. A lively discussion with people of various backgrounds will add to the atmosphere.
More events are in the works. As always, if anyone has ideas or even better connections please don't hesitate to reach out.
Buffalo Area JASNA CWNY Book Discussion |
When: Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 1:30 PM Note Time Change
Where: Clarence Library Meting Room
Professor Inger S. B. Brodey is a lifelong Janeite and well-known Austen scholar. She has served on the JASNA Board of Directors, and as a JASNA Traveling Lecturer. She has twice been the JASNA North American plenary lecturer at AGMs, and she has given AGM breakout sessions on a variety of topics. She also serves on the editorial board of Persuasions.
At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she has won several campus-wide teaching awards for classes that include “Studies in Jane Austen,” a first-year seminar on “Jane Austen Then and Now,” and “Global Jane Austen.” Her new book, Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness, is coming out with Johns Hopkins University Press next month. She is also founder and director of the annual Jane Austen Summer Program, and co-host of the Jane Austen and Co. web series.
Close-up of the border of a Kashmir shawl fragment credit: K. Jorgensen, |
Please join us when Kate Jorgensen, a Central and Western NY region member, will lead us through the world of Regency shawls. Kate writes: