JASP is a four-day symposium exploring Jane Austen through lectures, workshops, small-group discussions and other activities. Each year we focus on one of Austen’s works. Our 2023 theme was Austen's teenage writings.

 

In 2022, JASP centered on Jane Austen ("Mansfield Park") and Shakespeare ("King Lear" and "All's Well That Ends Well"). Other past programs are: “Pride and Prejudice” (2013 & 2019), “Sense and Sensibility” (2014), “Emma” (2015), “Mansfield Park” (2016), “Persuasion” (2017), “Northanger Abbey” and Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” (2018), and “Jane Austen’s World," with a focus on Austen’s letters and Claire Tomalin’s biography “Jane Austen: A Life.” (2020/2021).