| Congrats are in order to Alice Davenport, a regional member from Eugene! Alice recently contributed a chapter on 18th-century landscape architecture in the book Jane Austen and the Arts: Elegance, Propriety, and Harmony (Lehigh/Rowman&Littlefield, 2013), edited by Natasha Duquette and Elisabeth Lenckos. Her chapter is entitled "An Adaptable Aesthetic: Eighteenth-Century Landscapes, Ann Radcliffe, and Jane Austen.” If any members are particularly interested in this topic and would like to contact Alice, please contact Kim (see our Contacts page) for her personal email address. You can read more about the book, plus a table of contents, at the Jane Austen in Vermont website by clicking here. | 
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 Just a reminder that it is time for our third annual New Member Meeting! This meeting is intended for all members who have joined within the past year or two, as well as anyone who would like to attend to get to know the new members better. We usually have no more than a dozen people attending, so it is the ideal setting in which to become better acquainted.
When? Sunday, April 6th at 1:00 pm Where? At the home of Deborah Eley, NE Portland At the meeting, we will discuss Mansfield Park, the subject of this year's AGM in Montreal. Please come with questions and comments. No advanced preparation is required. I hope to see you there! ~ Kim Higgins, Regional Coordinator  The Jane Austen Summer Program at UNC-Chapel Hill has announced its 2014 theme on Sense and Sensibility. The summer program will take place June 12-15, 2014, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
This 4-day residential symposium focuses on one of Austen’s works each summer. Participants will have the opportunity to hear expert speakers, enjoy a film screening, participate in discussion groups each day, as well as join in a Regency ball, partake in an English tea, and visit special exhibits tailored to the conference. The discussions will focus on Sense and Sensibility in its historical context as well as its many afterlives in fiction and film. The Jane Austen Summer Program (JASP) is designed to appeal to established scholars, high school teachers, graduate students, and undergraduate students—anyone with a passion for all things Austen is welcome to attend! For more information, to see photos from last summer, or to register, please see the new website janeaustensummer.org.  Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 1:00 pm Host: Deborah Eley, NE Portland Details: It is time for our third annual New Member Meeting! This meeting is intended for all members who have joined within the past year or two, as well as anyone who would like to attend to get to know the new members better. We usually have no more than a dozen people attending, so it is the ideal setting in which to become better acquainted. Discussion Topic: At the meeting, we will discuss Mansfield Park, the subject of this year's AGM in Montreal. Please come with questions and comments. No advanced preparation is required. I hope to see you there! To RSVP, please check the details in the email sent out to members sent on March 11. Otherwise, contact our Regional coordinator, available on our Contacts page. |