Annual Tea 2020 - A Night at the Opera - JASNA Calgary members gathered together for an afternoon tea titled "A Night at the Opera" in celebration of Jane's birthday this last January 18, 2020.
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Gothic Novels - Be Very Afraid! - Amy discussed the genre of gothic novels that grew out of medieval belief in the supernatural.
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The Geography of Jane Austen - Judith gave a wonderful presentation called "The Geography of Jane Austen - What This Reader Didn't Know".
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Annual Tea 2019 - Queen and Quiet - We all enjoyed tea, sandwiches, and cake while conversing with friends. The "Bring and Buy" enticed many to contribute and to receive.
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Beyond Free Will - Lindsey spoke to us about the history of Lord Mansfield, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench in the 1700s. Lord Mansfield played a key role in the abolition of slavery…
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Relaxation and Talk - Amber enlightened us all with a very interesting and entertaining discussion about the "conversations" through letters between Jane and her sister Cassandra.
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Our final meeting of the season featured two guests speakers to discuss the topics of Estate Laws and Austen Juvenilia
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Jane Austen (almost) in Halifax. Judith and Deirdre treated us to a discussion about influence of Halifax on Jane Austen. While Jane never visited Halifax, two of her brothers were…
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Annual Tea 2018 - Picnic on Box Hill
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One of our newest JASNA Calgary members, gave us a glimpse into his latest novel, The Widow's Fire, a sequel to Persuasion…
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Jane in Context continued - Carole continued her informative presentation on the Age of Enlightenment and its influence on Jane's life.
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Becoming Enlightened - For our final meeting of the year, our guests speakers took us through the social history of Austen's times as well as took a look at dance in the novels and movies
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Emma - A novel Study - Jane began the novel study of Emma with the quote of Mr. Knightley, "Better to be without sense than to misapply it as you" as an opening to a discussion entitled Sense or Bias.
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Annual Tea 2017 - Tea on the High Seas - On a beautiful sunny day, Calgary JASNA members gathered together for "Tea on the High Seas" in celebration of Jane's birthday and the 200th anniversary of the publishing of Persuasion.
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Fans and Manners - Ann and Leslie enlightened us on the exquisite handling of one's fan.
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Jane Austen - Game Theorist - For this meeting, Judith shared with us the insights of Michael Suk-Young Chwe in his book, Jane Austen, Game Theorist.
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For our final meeting of the season, we were treated to a discussion about the Quintessential Regency Picnic from Michelle while enjoying some delicious Regency punch.
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Mansfield Park Novel Study - Our speakers shared a detailed synopsis of Mansfield Park, character studies, and more as we concluded with a study of Antigua…
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Annual Tea 2016 - We had another successful celebration of Jane with the annual JASNA Tea. The room was done up beautifully with flowers on the tables and our beautiful collection of tea cups and saucers.
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Medicine in the Regency Era - Dr. Marli Robinson and Dr. Kevin Levere treated us to a very well put together presentation about Medicine in the Regency Period. Dr. Levere even arrived dressed, cravat and all…
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