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Jane Austen's Desk Poster
You can learn more about the features in our new project here!
Feb 17


Jane Austen's Desk in NOLA
Sarah Schafer Walton and I had fun presenting Jane Austen's Desk at the "Innovation Room" of the Modern Language Association's annual...
Feb 15


Unveiling the Beta Version of Jane Austen's Desk
The Jane Austen's Desk team had a great time unveiling our NEH-funded project, "Jane Austen's Desk" to hundreds of Janeites in Celeveland...
Oct 31, 2024


Singing Austen's Praises
How lucky am I that fellow Janeite and world-famous soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg likes my book?? Thanks for sharing the picture,...
Oct 31, 2024


Thanks, Janeite Book Clubs!
Thanks to the many lovely book clubs who have chosen to use my book for discussion. I especially enjoyed my online visit to the Jane...
Oct 31, 2024

New Transatlantic Austen Grant from NC Humanities
I'm delighted to announce that we have received a $20,000 grant (their largest grant) from North Carolina Humanities for an exciting Jane...
Sep 18, 2024


The Feast in Visual Arts and Cinema
Interactive virtual gallery of student essay on feasting and culture. Includes 40 student authors, several galleries, and a new annotated...
Sep 9, 2021


Three Flowers of Trade
Three Flowers of Trade: A Cultural Brew of Camellia, Poppy and the Common Garden Rose A virtual gallery of images from the Ackland Art...
Dec 15, 2020


Wine, Trangression and Excess
Gallery: https://www.virtualfeast.net/exhibit-wine-transgression-excess Cultures far and wide have discovered the practicalities and...
Dec 3, 2020


The Aesthetics of Nirvana
Executive Summary We are pleased to report on the successful completion and wide attendance of a series of campus-wide events entitled...
Sep 15, 2020


Word Into Art
Word into Art was an exhibit of calligraphy especially created for the Aesthetics of Nirvana series. The exhibit included work by...
Aug 15, 2020
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