"All About Austen: Her Laugher, Her Life, Her Legacy"
A grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will fund a lecture series on the world and works of Jane Austen at Camden County College, Blackwood Campus, Blackwood, NJ.
"All About Austen: Her Laughter, Her Life, Her Legacy" will be offered on five Thursdays from the end of February through the beginning of April. Each of the lectures will take place at 7:00 p.m. in Room 210 of Madison Hall on the College's Blackwood Campus. Thanks to the NJCH grant, admission to each lecture is free.
- February 28: "Becoming Janeites: The Society of Austen" with Elizabeth Steele, Regional Coordinator, Jane Austen Society of North America-Eastern Pennsylvania
- March 6: "Missed Opportunities of Mansfield Park" with William Galperin, Professor, Department of English, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
- March 13: "Why We Love Jane Austen" with Paula Marantz-Cohen, author of Jane Austen in Boca and Professor, Department of English and Philosophy, Drexel University
- March 20: "The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen" with Colleen Sheehan, Professor, Department of History, Villanova University
- April 3: "Austen on Page and Screen: Adapting the Novels" with Lisa Zeidner, author and Professor, Department of English, Rutgers University-Camden
For additional information, contact the series organizer, Professor Eileen Radetich, at (856) 227-7200, ext. 4767, or eradetich@camdencc.edu.