Jane Austen Society of North America – Pittsburgh Region
Yearly Event Summaries
2022-2023
September 25, 2022 1-3 pm EST The (Modern) Art of Persuasion Group discussion of “modernized” film adaptations of Austen’s work Guided by Mell Steven-Cosnek
September 30- October 2, 2022 JASNA National Annual General Meeting (AGM) Victoria, British Columbia
November 12, 2022 11:30 am -2 pm EST Jane Austen and the Revolutionary Atlantic Luncheon with talk by Scott Smith, PhD Allegheny HYP Club
January 22, 2023 Belated Jane Austen Birthday Celebration Members only Tea with readings of Jane Austen’s Letters Regional Coordinator’s home
February 4, 2023 2-4 pm Narratives of a Naval Wife: Fanny Palmer Austen in Fact and Jane Austen in Fiction. Zoom talk by Sheila Johnson Kindred
April 15, 2023 Kate Hamill’s Sense and Sensibility Point Park Playhouse
2021-2022
September 19, 2021, 1-3:30 PM Reading of The Watson’s Zoom meeting
October 15-17, 2021 JASNA National Annual General Meeting (AGM) Chicago, Illinois
November 7, 2021 1-3:00 PM EST Jane Austen’s Mean Girls Sarah Makowski, Dr. phil., speaker Zoom meeting
December 12, 2021 1-3 PM EST Mixed media tribute to Jane Austen Zoom meeting
February 20, 2022 1-3 PM EST “She could not repent her resistance”: Jane Austen and the #MeToo Movement Douglas Murray, Ph.D. Zoom meeting
April 23, 2022 Afternoon Historic Harmony, PA visit and tour Members only
2020-2021
August 20, 2020 Zoom meeting for members Chat and watch Cheryl Butler’s presentation from 2019 AGM at Williamsburg: Jane Austen, Netley Abbey and Gothic Tourism
September 26, 2020, 1-4 PM Juvenilia Reading Zoom Webinar
October 9-11, 2020 JASNA National Annual General Meeting (AGM) Virtual
December 12, 2020 2PM Much Ado about Elizas: Austen’s Juvenilia and the Theater Dr. Laura Engel Zoom Meeting, Jane Austen Birthday Celebration & Curio Corner
February 13, 2021 2 PM Ayesha at Last: Remixing Pride & Prejudice Uzma Jalaluddin, Author Zoom
March 13, 2021 11 AM The Lady’s Magazine and the Making of Jane Austen Professor Jenny Batchelor Zoom
2019-2020
September 22, 2019 Jane Austen Juvenilia Tour, Tea and Talk by Professor Marilyn Francus Woodville Plantation
October 4-6, 2019 JASNA National Annual General Meeting (AGM) Williamsburg, VA
November 23, 2019 Dances from Jane Austen’s Assembly Rooms or: Do the movies ever get it right? Allison Thompson University of Pittsburgh, Cathedral of Learning:
January 11, 2020 Sanditon Reading by JASNA Pittsburgh Carnegie Main Library
January 12, 2020 Sanditon premiered on PBS
February 25, 2020 Emma movie – free JASNA member advance screening
March 15, 2020 Afternoon Tea with Britsburgh Talk on Regency Era Food & Dining by Ms. Kim Szczypinski Omni William Penn
2017-2019
Celebration of 200th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s Death and Posthumous Publication of Persuasion and Northanger Abbey
2018-2019
September 15, 2018 Regency Dancing with the Country Dance and Song Society of Pittsburgh Friends’ Meeting House
September 28-30, 2018 JASNA National Annual General Meeting (AGM) Kansas City, MO
October 14, 2018 Group trip to Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Pride and Prejudice
October 27, 2018 12-2:30 PM Luncheon with speaker Michael Lewis: “Friendship in Persuasion” Wyndham University Center
December 15, 2018 2-4:00 PM Annual Birthday Potluck Tea Scripted Readings from Northanger Abbey Friends’ Meeting House
February 23, 2019 – 1:00 PM Northanger Abbey movie and discussion Sayre Greenfield & Linda Troost Pitt-Mervis Hall
March 30, 2019 Evening An Evening with Jane: Dinner, Performance and Masquerade Ball Twentieth Century Club
2017-2018
July 23, 2017 Jane Austen Memorial (1775-1817) @ Bach, Beethoven and Brunch Music, reading and discussion Mellon Park, Point Breeze/Shadyside
September 17, 2017 Protocol and Prospects: Possible Pairings Across Works Business Meeting and Group Discussion Ms. Sandy Inman Panera Bread, Oakland
November 4, 2017 Marathon Reading of Persuasion Celebrating 200 years in print Univ of Pitt Cathedral of Learning – English Nationality Room 144
December 16, 2017 Annual Birthday Potluck Tea Group reading and discussion of original manuscript of last two chapters of Persuasion. Friends Meeting House
February 3, 2018 Afternoon Tea & Talk/Guided Tour of Bath Ms. Allison Thompson Omni William Penn Hotel
March 3, 2018 Influence of Ann Radcliffe on Jane Austen and Northanger Abbey Ms. Angele Ellis Panera Bread, Oakland
May 12, 2018 Looking at Fabrics and Needlework in Northanger Abbey and Beyond with Optional Whitework Project Ms. Christina Papp Panera Bread, Oakland