2021 Annual Events

2021 Reading Group Meetings and Special Events

All meetings will be held on Zoom until it is safe to meet together again. In-person special events are TENTATIVE. Once we are able to meet in person again, the following general information will apply again.

Nonmembers are welcome to attend up to three of our meetings before deciding whether to continue attending by joining JASNA.
 
To RSVP, or for more information about the reading group, please e-mail our Regional Co-Coordinators, Marcia Hamley and Margaret Christmann, at jasna.orswwa@gmail.com. Also, if possible, bring something for the tea table.
 
The reading group meets five times each year: January, March, July, September, and November. Regular meetings (left column) are held at 1:00 p.m. on the second Sunday of the month, unless otherwise noted. There is an additional Spring Tea held in May, and this year we hope to hold two more special events (right column). We look forward to seeing you!

January Meeting

Date: January 10, 2021
Host: ON ZOOM
​Discussion Topic: 
The Clergy in Jane Austen's Novels
Discussion Leader: Margaret Christmann
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March Meeting

​Date: March 14, 2021
Host: ON ZOOM
Discussion Topic: 
Regency Fabrics and Natural/Anolin Dyes
Discussion Leader: Linda Olson
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July Meeting

Date: July 25, 2021 NEW DATE
Host: ON ZOOM
​Discussion Topic: 
Jane Austen and the Arts (Part 1, Music)
Discussion Leader: Elaine Blatt

September Meeting

CANCELED
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November Meeting

Date: November 14, 2021
Host: ON ZOOM (or TBD)
Discussion Topic: 
AGM Sharing and 2022 Planning
​​Meeting Chair: Linda Olson

Pacific Northwest
Super-Regional* Gathering
​(Open to the Public)
REGISTER HERE

Date: February 6, 2021
Host: ON ZOOM
Reading Jane Austen in the Pacific Northwest: ​Perfect Happiness
Keynote Topic: Jane Austen: Working Woman
Keynote Speaker: JASNA President Liz Philosophos Cooper
Other Regional Presentations: Regency Picnic Baskets,
The East India Company, Victoria's 2022 AGM,
Education of Young Women and Girls, and Jane Austen Trivia!
​*Hosted by these JASNA Regions:
Eastern Washington & Northern Idaho, Oregon & SW Washington, Puget Sound, Southern Idaho, Southern Oregon,
​Vancouver BC, and Victoria BC

Spring Tea
​(Open to the Public)

Date: May 23, 2021 
Location: ON ZOOM
Discussion Topic:
Jane Austen & Feminist Humor
Book: Laughing Feminism: Subversive Comedy in Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen
Speaker: Audrey Bilger, Author and Reed College President
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Jane Austen's Birthday Celebration
​(Open to the Public)

Date: MOVED TO DECEMBER 2022
Location: Taborspace
Activities:
Catered Luncheon and
​The Battle of Prague Performance
JASNA Guest Presenters:
​Nancy Gallagher (narrator) and Janet Johnson (piano)​

2021 JASNA
Annual General Meeting

Jane Austen in the Arts
October 14-17, 2021
​Hosted by JASNA Greater Chicago Region
JASNA AGM website:
jasna.org/conferences-events/agms/