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 busy planning more entertainment for the 2012-2013 season. We can announce the tentative schedule now, while a few details are being worked out. The following events will all be held at Wheelock College, Brookline Campus 43 Hawes Street, Brookline, MA. Date TBA: Ingrid Graff November 2012: Kara Dean on From JA to YA: Adapting Jane Austen for Young Adults December 16, 2012: Birthday Celebration --- On the Actual Anniversary! March 2013: Marcia Folsom on Domination and Submission in Mansfield Park May 2013: John Gould Click here to review the meetings that were held during the 2010 - 2011 season and the 2011 - 2012 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 New York City, NY October 5-7, 2012 Theme: Sex, Money, and Power in Jane Austen's Fiction Minneapolis, MN October 4-6, 2013 Theme: The 200th Anniversary of Pride & Prejudice Montréal, Québec, Canada, Oct. 10-12, 2014 Theme: Mansfield Park in Montréal: Contexts, Conventions and Controversies Louisville, KY USA, Oct. 9-11, 2015 Theme: "Living in Jane Austen's World" To learn more about JASNA, our parent organization, visit www.jasna.org.