Welcome

This is an open invitation to deepen your pleasure in and enrich your enjoyment of Jane Austen: If you really love Jane Austen, consider joining JASNA (The Jane Austen Society of North America) and JASNA Massachusetts, a local Region of JASNA. We welcome all who enjoy Jane Austen's works. Our JASNA Massachusetts Region is one of the many Regions of the national organization of JASNA. We have many Austen scholars among our membership as well as those who simply enjoy reading Austen and sharing their pleasure with others.

We hold five events during our membership year: four regular meetings (September, November, March and May), plus a celebration of Jane Austen's birthday in December. These events usually consist of a talk or lecture lasting about an hour, followed by discussion and refreshments.

Please note that JASNA national membership does not include membership in the Massachusetts Region. JASNA Massachusetts dues are collected annually (September to August) in lieu of contributions at the door. To renew or start an annual membership, please return a check payable to JASNA-Mass for $15 (regular) or $7.50 (student) to Marianne Redmond, 198 Rock Island Road, Quincy, MA 02169.

All are welcome to pay their dues at the door. Those who are not members of JASNA Massachusetts can simply pay $5.00 for each lecture they attend.

We'd be very pleased to have you join us at our next meeting.

The steering committee is planning the 2013-2014 season. The schedule of speakers will be announced as soon as it has been finalized. Click here to review the meetings that were held during: 2010 - 2011 season 2011 - 2012 season 2012 - 2013 season JASNA JASNA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) takes place in the fall of each year in a different city in the United States or Canada. The AGM attracts about six hundred participants, bringing together scholars and lay readers of Austen to explore her life and works from multiple perspectives. Future AGM's Minneapolis, MN September 27-29, 2013 Theme: The 200th Anniversary of Pride & Prejudice Montréal, Québec, Canada, Oct. 10-12, 2014 Theme: Mansfield Park in Montréal: Contexts, Conventions and Controversies The Montréal region also has a Facebook Page!, on which they endorsed our own Marcia McClintock's essay in the most recent issue of Persuasions. Louisville, KY USA, Oct. 9-11, 2015 Theme: Living in Jane Austen's World Washington, D.C. USA, Oct. 21-23, 2016 Theme: Emma at 200: No One But Herself To learn more about JASNA, our parent organization, visit www.jasna.org.