Jane Austen Lecture series at Camden County College
The Camden County College English Department will hold a five-part series of lectures on Jane Austen’s work from February 28, 2008 through April 3, 2008 at the Blackwood Campus.
“All About Austen: Her Laughter, Her Life, Her Legacy” features five scholars who will explore the novelist’s work from literary and historical perspectives.
The lecture series celebrates Women’s History Month between Feb. 28 to April 3. The Thursday evening series takes place at 7 p.m. in Madison Hall 210 on the Blackwood Campus.
- Feb. 28: Elizabeth Steele, president of the Northeastern Jane Austen Society, will address “Becoming Janeites - The Society of Austen.”
- March 6: William Galperin, professor of English at Rutgers-New Brunswick, discusses Austen’s most controversial novel, “Mansfield Park.”
- March 13: Dr. Paula Marantz-Cohen, professor of English at Drexel University, will share her thoughts on writing, reading and loving Jane Austen.
- March 20: Dr. Colleen Sheehan, professor of History at Villanova University, will discuss how Austen’s novels combine wit and wisdom.
- April 3: Lisa Zeidner, professor of Creative Writing at Rutgers-Camden, will screen segments of contemporary Austen films and lecture on their adaptation from novel to film.
