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JASP 2025 Schedule
Program

Unless noted, locations are at the NC History Center at Tryon Palace, New Bern, NC
Times and locations subject to change.
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Thursday, June 19
7:00-9:00 Breakfast at DoubleTree Hotel.
9:30 Trolley to History Museum for those who need assistance
9:00-10:00 Meeting for presenters, mandatory for graduate students & discussion leaders.
10:00-2:00 Conference registration and check-in (Side of Maddox Hall)
10:00-5:00 Emporium open; Costume Rental begins (Gateway Gallery)
10:00-12:00 Teacher Forum 1 with Kathryn Edelstein and Caitlin Donovan (Hunt Board Room)
10:15-11:15 "Stitch a sprigged pocket handkerchief" Embroidery Workshop Option 1 with Jennie Batchelor (Hunt Board Room or Gateway Gallery)
11:30-2:00 Lunch on your own (many options in downtown New Bern) OR first tour of Tryon Palace and Boxed Lunch
1:00-2:00 JASP+ Welcome (Only for teachers participating in the JASP+ program.) (Hunt Board Room)
2:00-2:30 Welcome (Inger Brodey, Sarah Schaefer Walton, and Eric Bontempo).
2:30-3:30 Plenary Lecture 1: "Domestic Medicine on Both Sides of the Atlantic: A look at two Receipt Books" with Anna Cory Neill (Cullman Hall)
3:45 Trolley to DoubleTree Hotel for those who need assistance
3:45-5:30 (Choice of Optional Tour—walking or by Trolley)
· African American Heritage Tour
· Revolutionary Heritage Tour
· Colonial Homes Tour
3:45-4:45 Dance Practice 1 "101 for Beginners" with Jack Maus, Dancemaster (Tent)
5:00 Trolley to DoubleTree Hotel for those who need assistance
5:30-6:30 Meet and Greet + Icebreaker Games (Patio at DoubleTree Hotel); music by the Craven Consort
7:00-9:00 Banquet & Juneteenth Event (DoubleTree Hotel); Lecture and performance by Laura Klein
Friday, June 20
7:00-8:30 Breakfast at DoubleTree Hotel
8:30 Trolley to History Museum for those who need assistance
9:00-6:00 Emporium open. Costume Rental (Gateway Gallery)
9:00-9:15 Context Corner I: TBA (Cullman Hall)
9:30-10:30 Plenary Lecture 2: "The Constitutional Safeguard of a Flannel Waistcoat": Sense and Sensibility and the Government of the Self" with Sarah Marsh (Cullman Hall)
10:30-11:00 Elevenses (side of Maddox Hall or Bate Common)
11:00-12:30 Civil War Walking Tour OR Take Trolley to Second Tryon Palace Tour
12:30-2:30 Your choice of Activity
· Lunch on your own.
· Teachers Scholarship Awardees' & Essay Contest Winners' Lunch
· Embroidery Workshop Option 2 "Stitch the Perfect Regency Pincushion" (we recommend those who participate in Embroidery Workshop Option 2 purchase a Boxed Lunch)
2:30-3:30 Plenary Lecture 3: TransAtlantic Piracy in Austen’s Era with Erin Mackie (Cullman Hall)
3:30-3:45 Context Corner II: TBA (Cullman Hall)
4:00-5:00 Context Response Discussion Session I and II (Maddox Hall and Gateway Gallery)
5:15-6:15 Dance Practice 2 with Jack Maus (Maddox Hall)
6:30 Trolley back to the Hotel for those who need assistance
6:00-8:00 Dinner on your own
8:00 Theatricals
8:45-10:00 Movie Screening: TBA (DoubleTree Hotel)
Saturday, June 21
7:00-9:00 Breakfast at DoubleTree Hotel.
9:00 Trolley Ride to NC History Museum for those who need assistance
9:00-5:00 Emporium open. Costume Rental. (Gateway Gallery)
9:30-9:45 Context Corner III: TBA (Cullman Hall)
10:00-11:00 Context Response Discussion Session III (Maddox Hall and Gateway Gallery)
11:00-11:30 Elevenses (side of Maddox Hall); Posters by Students from Inger Brodey's "Global Jane Austen" class
11:00 Silent Auction Ends (payment and pickup to be completed by 5:00 p.m. today)
11:30-12:30 Plenary Lecture 4: "Reading the Americas with Jane Austen" with Susan Allen Ford (Cullman Hall)
12:30-2:00
· Lunch on your own, Boxed Lunch, or Lawson’s
· Book signing
· Teachers' Forum II with Caitlin Donovan and Kathryn Edelstein (Hunt Board Room)
2:00-3:00 Plenary Lecture 5: '"Much use and more beauty': Transatlantic Domestic Arts in the Era of Jane Austen" with Jennie Batchelor (Cullman Hall)
3:00-4:30 Dance Practice 3 with Jack Maus (Tent)
4:45 Trolley back to Hotel for those who need assistance
5:00-7:00 Dinner on your own
6:45 Trolley back to NC History Museum for those who need assistance
7:00-10:30 Regency Ball (Maddox Hall) AND Regency Card Games (Chance-Kemp) with Music by Syllabub
10:30 Trolley back to the DoubleTree hotel for those who need assistance
Sunday, June 22
7:00-9:00 Breakfast at DoubleTree Hotel
8:30 Trolley to NC History Museum for those who need assistance
9:00-12:00 Costume Returns.
9:00-9:15 Context Corner IV: TBA (Cullman Hall)
9:30-10:15 Context Response Discussion Session IV (Maddox Hall and Gateway Gallery)
10:15-11:00 Elevenses (side of Maddox Hall or Bate Common)
11:00-12:30 Adaptations Panel chaired by Heather King (Cullman Hall)
12:30-1:00 Formal Farewell, Leave-taking, Prizes, & Sundry Announcements (Cullman Hall)
1:15 Trolley to Afternoon Tea and DoubleTree Hotel for those who need assistance
2:00 Optional: Departure for Morehead City Cruise (depending on demand)
2:00 Optional: Afternoon Tea (Commission House)
4:30 Trolley back to DoubleTree for those who need assistance
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