Saturday 11th July 2020
Venue: Online
A free online day of celebration hosted by Chawton House celebrating the Jane Austen Society’s 80th birthday, its legacy, and of course, the great author herself.
For the most up-to-date information about this day, including links to the talks as they become available, visit the landing page by clicking here.
2-5.30pm BST
Before we begin at 2pm, we invite you to revisit two of the most popular Austen-related talks given at the Chawton House Lockdown Festival:
- Professor Jennie Batchelor, ‘Jane Austen and Embroidery’ (25 mins)
- Professor Janine Barchas (President of the North American Friends of Chawton House), ‘Jane Lost in Translation, a lockdown talk about reading Austen on location’ *revised (25 mins)
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2.00 pm
Introduction: Richard Jenkyns (Jane Austen Society)
Reports from Chawton: Katie Childs (Executive Director, Chawton House), Lizzie Dunford (Director, Jane Austen’s House)
2:30 pm
A virtual tour of Chawton House
3.00pm
Professor Emma Clery, ‘The Jane Austen Society, founded 1940: From Grate to Greatness’
3:30 pm
Dr Helen Cole, ‘Jane Austen in the attic: rediscovering the illustrated novels’
4.00 pm
‘Our Chawton home’: A Conversation
- Janine Barchas (North American Friends of Chawton House)
- Jennie Batchelor (Patron of the Jane Austen Society, Kent Branch)
- Susannah Fullerton (President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia)
4:30 pm
‘Loving Jane Austen Around the World’
Don’t miss the climax of our event inspired by Jane’s principle, ‘One cannot have too large a party.’ Heartfelt thanks to our special guests, in global fellowship.
The videos will be available to view on our YouTube channel.
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