INNOVATIVE PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING
Bringing Jane Austen and other Early Women Authors to Life
All Ages Welcome
Zoom Lectures
Creative Writing Contests
Readings and Author Q&As
Library Programs
This series was the most important thing that’s happened in the Janeite community in the past year. By far.
Professor Devoney Looser (Arizona State University)
November 18th 2021
FREE ZOOM EVENT
8 PM EST
Jane Austen's Influence on Japanese Realist Novels
Kimiyo Ogawa (Sophia University) will discuss the influence of Jane Austen on early realism in Japan, focusing on famed Japanese author Natsume Soseki.
December 2nd 2021
FREE ZOOM EVENT
8 PM EST
Global Fashion in the Age of Jane Austen
Fashion historian Hilary Davidson will talk about the Indian textile trade and its influences on Regency fashion, as well as the global links between India and the west.
December 16 2021
FREE ZOOM EVENT
8 PM EST
Horace Walpole and China
Peter Sabor (McGill University) will present on eighteenth century author Horace Walpole and his Hieroglyphic Tales to explore the representation of China in English literature.