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HA Webinar series: Jane Austen and Georgian England

HA Webinar series: Jane Austen and Georgian England

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This course has now started but you can still sign up to gain live access to our future sessions. Recordings will be made available at a later date exclusively for HA members.

Join us this summer to celebrate 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen with this brand new webinar series from the Historical Association. We will explore the work and influence of the famous novelist to illuminate our understanding of the Georgian era and the society that Austen brought to life. Sessions include:

  • 24 June - Domestic economies: families, home and work in the age of Jane Austen | Dr Sara Pennell

  • 1 July - A Q and A with one of the world's leading experts on Jane Austen, Professor John Mullan

  • 14 July - 'I am … MAD': The life in Jane Austen’s Letters | Dr Freya Johnston

  • 22 July - The social spread of the handshake in the age of Jane Austen | Professor Penelope Corfield

All sessions take place from 5-6.30pm and will be hosted online via Zoom. Once you have signed up your details will be registered for all sessions and you will receive joining instructions directly from Zoom. If you have any questions feel free to contact us at shortcourses@history.org.uk.

On the day of the session joining links will be sent out up until 1pm on the day of the session.

All images public domain, central image of Jane Austen modified by Wikimedia user Amano1.

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