JASP 2022 Schedule
All are events at the Hampton Inn-Carrboro/Chapel Hill unless otherwise noted. Please note this is a tentative schedule. Events listed are subject to change.
COVID Policy: Proof of full vaccination and booster(s) against COVID-19 is required to attend the 2022 Jane Austen Summer Program. Please present proof at the registration desk when you check in. During JASP, masks will be recommended but optional.
Thursday, June 16
7:00-10:00
Warm buffet breakfast at the Hampton Inn. (Breakfast is actually served from 6-10 a.m.) Hampshire Lobby.
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9:00-10:00
Meeting for presenters, mandatory for graduate students & discussion leaders. Mansfield Park.
10:00-2:00
Conference registration and check-in. All participants receive packets and name tags. The East Room.
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10:00-5:00
Emporium open. Mansfield Parsonage.
Costume Rental. Mrs Norris's Closet.
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10:00-12:00
Creative Writing Workshop: "Creating Your Own Theatrical Adaptation" (led by Sarah Rose Kearns). Requires registration in advance. Limited to 25. (Read our 2017 interview with Kearns here.) SIGN UP. Mansfield Park.
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10:30-2:00
Rare-book exhibit: "Austen and Shakespeare: Contexts and Connections." Wilson Library, UNC campus (200 South Road).
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12:00-2:00 
Creative Writing Workshop: "Rants and Raves" (led by Lesley Peterson). Requires registration in advance. Limited to 25. SIGN UP. Mansfield Park.
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12:00-2:00 
Lunch on your own (many options near the Hampton Inn and also on the UNC campus). (ENGL 235 Students gather in Hampshire Lobby for separate lunch.)
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1:00-2:00 
JASP+ Welcome. (Only for those teachers participating in the JASP+ program.) Mansfield Park.
2:00-3:00 
Teachers' Forum I: "Sampling Shakespeare: How Jane Austen Remixed the Bard." (Caitlin Donovan). Mansfield Park.
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3:15-3:30
Welcome (Inger Brodey, Suzanna Geiser, Sarah Schaefer Walton and Jennifer Abella). Mansfield Park.
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3:30-4:30
Plenary address and Q&A with Lorraine Davis: "'I Was Quiet, But I Was Not Blind': Sight and Silence in King Lear and Mansfield Park." Mansfield Park.
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5:00-6:30
Mixer & social hour. Heavy hors d’oeuvres. Mansfield Park, Mansfield Parsonage, The East Room, Hampshire Lobby, and The English Channel (poolside).
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7:00-8:15
Plenary address and Q&A with Deborah C. Payne: "What Austen Saw: Shakespeare on the Georgian Stage."Mansfield Park.
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8:30-10:30
Film screening: Mansfield Park (Dir. Patricia Rozema). Hampshire Lobby.
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Friday, June 17
8:00-9:00
Warm breakfast buffet. (Breakfast is actually served from
6-10 a.m.) Hampshire Lobby.
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9:00-6:00
Emporium open. Mansfield Parsonage.
Costume Rental. Mrs Norris's Closet.
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8:45-9:00
Context Corner I: "Law and Marriage in Elizabethan and Regency England." (David Palko). Mansfield Park.
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9:15-10:15
Context Response Discussion Sessions I. Break into discussion groups in assigned rooms: Sotherton Court, Portsmouth, Thornton Lacey, Everingham, Wimpole Street, Blasted Heath, Lear's Palace, Gloucester's Castle, Rousillon, Florence, Marseilles, Paris.
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10:15-11:00
Elevenses. Hampshire Lobby.
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11:00-12:15
Plenary address and Q&A with Mary Floyd-Wilson: "'Virtues and Traitors': Dispositions in Shakespeare and Austen.” (Read more about Floyd-Wilson here.) Mansfield Park.
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12:30-2:00
Lunch on your own, or optional boxed lunch.
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12:30-2:00
Costume Workshop I: Create an Elegant Toque (an elegant style of brimless, decorated hat for evening wear). Led by Hope Greenberg. Requires registration in advance. Limited to 25. (Read more about toques and Greenberg here.) SIGN UP. Mansfield Park.
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12:30-2:00
Teachers Scholarship Awardees' & Essay Contest Winners' Lunch.
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2:30-3:30
Plenary address and Q&A with Susan Allen Ford: "Cordelia, Helena, Fanny, and the Englishwoman's Constitution." Mansfield Park.
3:30-3:45
Context Corner II: "Recipe Books and Intergenerational Knowledge" (Margaret Maurer). Mansfield Park.
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4:00-4:30
Context Response Discussion Session II. Break into discussion groups in assigned rooms: Sotherton Court, Portsmouth, Thornton Lacey, Everingham, Wimpole Street, Blasted Heath, Lear's Palace, Gloucester's Castle, Rousillon, Florence, Marseilles, Paris.
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4:45-6:00
Lecture and performance by Stephen Alltop and Josefien Stoppelenburg: "Jane at the Piano: Jane Austen and Music." (Read about Alltop and Stoppelenburg here.)
Mansfield Park.
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(Dinner on own)
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7:30-8:30
Original Theatrical Production: "The Three Sisters." Q&A with directors and actors to follow the performance. Mansfield Park.
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9:00-10:30
Film screening: A Thousand Acres. Mansfield Park.
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Saturday, June 18
8:00-9:00
Warm breakfast buffet. (Breakfast is actually served from
6-10 a.m.). Hampshire Lobby.
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9:00-5:00
Emporium open. Mansfield Parsonage.
Costume Rental. Mrs Norris's Closet.
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9:00-9:15
Context Corner III: "'A Spirit of Improvement': Education, Austen, and Reading Shakespeare" (Anna Caitlin Merz). Mansfield Park.
9:30-10:30
Context Response Discussion Session III. Break into discussion groups in assigned rooms. See Friday for list.
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10:30-11:00
Elevenses; ENGL 235 Poster Session I. Hampshire Lobby.
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10:45
Silent auction ends (payment and pickup to be completed by 5:00 p.m. today).
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11:15-12:15
"The Laws of Dress": Plenary address and Q&A with Pamela Bond. (Read more about Bond here.) Mansfield Park.
12:15-2:00
Lunch on your own, or optional boxed lunch.
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12:15-2:00
ENGL 235 Poster Session II. Hampshire Lobby.
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12:30-2:00
Teachers' Forum II: "Power and Motivation -- Character in Shakespeare and Austen." (Kathryn Edelstein.) Mansfield Park.
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12:30-2:00
Costume Workshop II: Create an Elegant Toque (an elegant style of brimless, decorated hat for evening wear). Led by Hope Greenberg. Requires registration in advance. Limited to 25. (Read more about toques and Greenberg here.) SIGN UP. Mansfield Parsonage.
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2:30-4:30
Lecture and Demonstration with Dan Macey: "Austen's Culinary DNA: Possets, Pies, and Pickled Pork." (Read more about Macey here.) Mansfield Park.
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4:30-6:00
Dinner on own. Bar and light refreshments at Ackland Mystery Event. Don your Regency attire!
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4:30-6:00
JASP+ Happy Hour: Drinks and Discussion. (Only for those teachers participating in the JASP+ program.) Meet in Hampshire Lobby.
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6:00-9:00
Regency Mystery at the Ackland Art Museum, UNC-CH. Dinner on own; light refreshments served. (Historical costumes encouraged!)
Sunday, June 19
8:00-9:30
Warm buffet breakfast. (Breakfast is actually served from
6-10 a.m.). Hampshire Lobby.
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9:00-12:00
Costume Returns. Mrs Norris's Closet.
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9:30-10:15
Plenary Address and Q&A with Barbara Benedict: “’That ring’s a thousand proofs’: Material Culture and Moral Meanings in Shakespeare and Austen.” Mansfield Park.
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10:15-10:30
Context Corner IV: "The Four Humours in Shakespeare and Austen" (Eric Bontempo). Mansfield Park.
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10:30-11:15
Context Response Discussion Session IV. Break into discussion groups in assigned rooms. See Friday schedule for list.
11:15-11:45
Elevenses. Hampshire Lobby.
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11:45-1:15
Panel:
Film and Afterlives, chaired by Heather King. Mansfield Park.
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Maria Biajoli, “The (Haunted?) Mansion of the Park: Northanger Abbey meets Mansfield Park in a Brazilian Soap Opera”
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Troy Coleman, “Shakespeare & Pop-Culture: Removing the Gatekeeping for Youthful Rebellion”
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Alex Siskin, "Austen Movies Yesterday and Today: A Producer's Perspective"
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1:30-2:00
Formal Farewell, Leave-taking, Prizes, & Sundry Announcements. Mansfield Park.
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2:30-5:00
English afternoon tea at The Carolina Inn (211 Pittsboro Street).
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