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


Susannah Fullerton's Top Ten Books for 2024
My gratitude to Susannah Fullerton for including Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness in her top ten books of 2024. Read her list...
Jan 2


UNC Article on our new Grant
This grant will support our next Jane Austen Summer Program, to be held in New Bern, NC (beautifully close to the NC coast) on June...
Dec 6, 2024


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


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


Featured in UK Church Times
Church Times in the UK was interested in some of the arguments I make in my new book on Austen , and they asked me to write some more...
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


Jane Austen Then and Now
This course will focus on the fiction of Jane Austen and its representations in film. This author, who never travelled outside England...
Dec 9, 2020


Cowboys, Samurai, Rebels
This course deals with a cross-cultural comparison between two filmic and national icons: the cowboy and the samurai. We will study...
Dec 9, 2020


The Feast in Philosophy, Film, and Fiction
While its individual form and content may differ greatly, the feast or banquet functions as a strong symbol in most global communities. ...
Dec 9, 2020


Global Jane Austen: Fiction & Fantasy
This course focuses on the fiction of Jane Austen, who wrote her letters and novels in the English countryside at the turn of the...
Dec 9, 2020


Approaches to Comparative Literature
This course will introduce students to central methods and issues in the comparative study of literature. Rather than develop any one...
Dec 9, 2020


Cross Currents in East-West Literature and Film
This course sketches particular moments in the literary conversation (at times, parallel monologues) between literary texts whose authors...
Nov 4, 2020


Almost Despicable Heroines, East and West
In this course, we will focus on issues of narratorial sympathy, narrative seduction, and manipulation of the implied reader (Iser/Booth)...
Oct 6, 2020


Narrative Silence: Cross-Cultural Theme and Technique
This course explores ways in which narrative can express the non-verbal or non-linear, including music and silence. We will consider what...
Oct 6, 2020
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