Schedule
"It appears to me a plan that nobody can object to…”
—Emma, Chapter 29
—Emma, Chapter 29
Thursday, October 14, 2021 | |
| 8:00 am–8:00 pm | Registration Desk Open |
| 8:00 am–7:00 pm | Emporium Open |
| 8:30 am–12:30 pm | *Chicago City Highlights Bus Tour* |
| 9:00 am–12:00 pm | *Chicago Movies Bus Tour* |
| 9:30 am–11:00 am | *Workshops: Calligraphy, Silhouette, Watercolor, Feather Head Piece, Dance* |
| 11:15 am–12:45 pm | *Workshops: Calligraphy, Silhouette, Feather Head Piece, Dance* |
| 12:30 pm–6:00 pm | *Frank Lloyd Wright Tour (Robie & Rookery)* |
| 1:30 pm–3:00 pm | *Workshops: Calligraphy, Watercolor, Feather Head Piece, Dance* |
| 2:00 pm–2:50 pm | Special Interest: Curating Jane: Austen-Inspired Art |
| 3:00 pm–3:50 pm | Special Interest: Caricature of Austen’s Era in Chicago Public Collections |
| 3:15 pm–4:40 pm | *Workshops: Calligraphy, Silhouette, Watercolor, Feather Head Piece, Dance* |
| 4:00 pm–4:50 pm | Special Interest: First Timers’ Orientation |
| 4:00 pm–6:00 pm | *Art Institute Open House* |
| 5:00 pm–5:50 pm | Special Interest: Accessibility Through Adaptations of Austen |
| 5:00 pm–6:00 pm | Speaker Orientation (for AGM speakers) |
| 6:30 pm–7:20 pm | Special Interest: “Anything Slovenly”: Adapting Austen to Comics |
| 7:30 pm–8:20 pm | Special Interest: Whiteness: Beauty and Ugliness in Regency Dress |
Friday, October 15, 2021 | |
| 8:00 am–8:00 pm | Registration Desk Open |
| 8:00 am–7:00 pm | Emporium Open |
| 8:00 am–9:30 am | *Workshop: Dance* |
| 8:00 am–9:30 am | JASNA Board Meeting |
| 9:40 am–10:30 am | Special Interest: Exploring Austen and the Arts in the Jane Austen Collection at Goucher College |
| 9:40 am–10:30 am | Special Interest: Reflection and Change: Social Dance 1790 to 1817 |
| 9:45 am–10:45 am | Speaker Orientation |
| 11:00 am–12:30 pm | AGM Opening/Carole Medine Moss Keynote Lecture: Gillian Dow—Theatre and Theatricality; Or, Jane Austen and Learning the Art of Dialogue |
| 2:10 am–3:00 pm | Breakout Session A |
| 3:20 pm–4:10 pm | Breakout Session B |
| 4:30 pm–5:20 pm | Breakout Session C |
| 7:00 pm–7:50 pm | Special Interest: George Polgreen Bridgetower (1779-1860) and Other Musicians of Color in Georgian England |
| 8:00 pm–10:00 pm | Special Interest: Ghostlight Theatre’s Reading of A.A. Milne’s Miss Elizabeth Bennet |
Saturday, October 16, 2021 | |
| 8:00 am–8:00 pm | Registration Desk Open |
| 8:00 am–5:00 pm | Emporium Open |
| 8:00 am–8:45 am | JASNA Business Meeting |
| 9:00 am–10:15 am | North American Scholar Lecture: Devoney Looser—Jane & Cassandra, Sister Author-Artists, and the Porter Sisters: Sister Novelists |
| 10:30 am–11:20 am | Breakout Session D |
| 11:40 am–12:30 pm | Breakout Session E |
| 1:45 pm–2:45 pm | Plenary Lecture: Desmond Shawe-Taylor—The Prince Regent: Jane Austen’s Royal Fan |
| 3:00 pm–3:50 pm | Breakout Session F |
| 5:00 pm–6:00 pm | Social Hour |
| 6:15 pm–11:00 pm | Banquet/Promenade/Regency Ball |
| 8:00 pm–9:30 pm | Whist |
| 8:15 pm–9:05 pm | Special Interest: Young Film Maker Contest Winners Screening |
| 9:10 pm–10:00 pm | Special Interest: Pub Trivia Tournament |
Sunday, October 17, 2021 | |
| 7:00 am-8:00 am | Fun Run on the Magnificent Mile |
| 8:45 am–9:45 am | Book Signing |
| 9:45 am–12:00 pm | Brunch/Plenary: Stephen Alltop and Josefien Stoppelenburg & Closing |
| 1:00 pm–6:00 pm | *Tour: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park* |
| 6:15 pm-10:00pm | *Chamber Opera Chicago’s Persuasion at the Athenaeum Theatre* |
Monday, October 18, 2021 | |
| 9:00 am–11:00 am | *Michigan Avenue & Magnificent Mile Walking Tour* |
| 1:00 pm–3:30 pm | *Chicago City & Riverwalk Walking Tour* |
Schedule activities that require a separate ticket purchased at the time of registration are marked with asterisks (* *).
All other activities are included in the cost of Attendee registration, including Special Interest Sessions.