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| 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.
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| 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:
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| A Bow of Tea made Just For Thee |
Elinor, however little concerned in it, joined in their discourse; and Marianne, who had the knack of finding her way in every house to the library, however it might be avoided by the family in general, soon procured herself a book. Sense and Sensibility ch. 42
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| Autumn in the Adirondacks credit: the author |
JASNA - CWNY
Jane Austen Society of North America - Central & Western NY Region
After the meeting, join us for an informal meet & greet with tea and cookies at 3:30 pm.
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Meet JASNA's President
at our September Meeting!
Saturday, September 16
1:00 pm EDT
Pittsford Barnes & Noble Community Room
Jane Austen’s Reputation: Highlights of Her First Century in American Periodicals.
A talk by Mary Mintz, JASNA President
Here's a short description of the talk from the speaker:
Jane Austen’s repeated appearance in the periodical literature throughout the nineteenth century indicates a strong interest in her biography and her novels. The latter were interpreted through a nineteenth lens that was very different from own perspective, but nevertheless, we recognize the Jane Austen they describe—in mostly glowing terms. Their appreciation and interest kept her before the reading audience.
And here is a short bio of the speaker:
Mary Mintz holds two master’s degrees, one in library science and one in English literature with a specialization in nineteenth century British literature. She is the Associate Director for Outreach at the American University Library in Washington, D.C., as well as the Humanities and Honors Librarian As a faculty member at the university, she works closely with history and literature students to support their original research. She has served JASNA nationally as the chair of the Nominating Committee, an at-large-member of the Board of Directors, and vice-president/president-elect. On December 16, 2023, she became the president of JASNA. She says, however, that her most rewarding role in JASNA so far has been serving as Coordinator of DC Region.
After the talk please join us at a reception to meet Mary Mintz
Meet & Greet address & location
The Hahnemann Club at the Highlands At Pittsford
301 Stoutenburgh Lane, Pittsford, NY 14534
Directions:
From Barnes and Noble, turn right onto NY-31 E/Monroe Ave.
Continue to follow NY-31 E. for 2.4 miles.
Turn left onto Hahnemann Trail (First light after going through Pittsford Village.)
Take the first left.
Turn left at the stop sign.
Take the first right onto Stoutenburgh Lane.
The Hahnemann club will be on your right.
Parking is available in front of the club, and along Stoutenburgh Lane on the right.
