2000 Annual General Meeting, Oct. 13-15, Boston, MA, USA

Theme: “Pride and Prejudice: Past, Present, Future”

THURSDAY, October 12

AGM Check-in	3:00pm - 10:00pm
Directors’ Meeting	4:00pm - 9:00pm, dinner at 7:00pm

FRIDAY, October 13

AGM Check-in	1:00pm - 7:00pm
Music	2:30pm - 3:30pm  DaSalo Quartet in Reception Area
Plenary Session	4:00pm - 5:00pm  Ed Copeland - Major Speaker
Plenary Session	5:00pm - 6:00pm  William Fowler, Boston History
Welcome Reception	6:00pm - 7:00pm   Cash Bar
Dinner on Your Own
“Courtship”	8:00pm - 9:00pm  Kim Hicks - Performance ($10)

SATURDAY, October 14

Continental Breakfast	7:30am -8:30am
Plenary Session	8:45am - 9:30am   Ruth Perry, Major Speaker
Breakout Session #1	9:45am - 10:30am
Plenary Session	10:45am - 11:45am  John Wiltshire, Major Speaker
Plenary Session	12:00n - 1:45pm
Business Meeting	12:00n - 12:30pm  JASNA United States
Business Meeting	12:40pm - 1:10pm  JASNA Canada
Breakout Session #2	1:45pm - 2:30pm
Plenary Session	2:45pm - 3:45pm  Julia Prewitt Brown, Major Speaker
Breakout Session #3	4:00pm - 4:45pm
Cash Bar	6:00pm - 7:00pm  Book Signing
Banquet	7:00pm - 9:00pm

After-Banquet Entertainment
DaSalo Quartet: Music of Jane Austen’s Day
                         9:00pm - 10:00pm

Informal Conversations with Special Leaders
                         9:00pm -

• Julia Barrett, “More Austen: Why Not Dream?"”
• Diana Birchall, “Attorney or Exotic Dancer: The Bennet Sisters Today”
• Zoe Kaplan, "“Are You a Mary and Think You are an Elizabeth?”
• Edith Lank, “In Defense of Mrs. Bennet and Mr. Collins”
• Isa and Kara Schaff, “Mothers & Daughters Look at M&D in P&P”
• Paula Schwartz, “The Films of Pride and Prejudice”

SUNDAY, October 15

Regional Coordinators’ Meeting	8:00am - 9:00am
Brunch	10:00am - 12:00n (includes Marjorie Garber)
Plenary Session	11:00am - 12:00n  Marjorie Garber, Major Speaker
“Courtship”	1:00pm - 2:00pm  Kim Hicks (performance, $10)

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