• The Watsons with Rose Servitova

    In her talk on The Watsons, Rose Servitova explores what inspired her to complete Jane Austen’s unfinished novel – from fandom and her fascination with Austen

  • Austen Fantasy House Hunt

    The streets and houses in Jane Austen’s novels are essential to defining the people who occupy them, but what about the buildings the characters never actually visit?

  • Jane Austen’s Portrait

    This talk charts the extensive research made by forensic artist portrait painter, Melissa Dring, when commissioned to produce a new likeness of Jane Austen in 2001.

  • Dye & Colour in Regency Life

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    Trace the creatively described colours of fashions in the journals of the time back to the ancient art and alchemy of natural colours.

  • Living with Jane Austen

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    Janet Todd has been reading Jane Austen for many decades, observing how her work alters through the lens of evolving taste and cultural fashion

  • 250 years before Jane Austen

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    Director of Jane Austen’s House takes you back in time to explore the seismic political, religious, and social changes that shaped the world

  • The Worlds of Jane Austen

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    The Worlds of Jane Austen takes a fresh look at Jane Austen’s life, inspirations and legacy, drawing on the latest research in an accessible and lively way.

  • Murder most Austen

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    The past decade has seen a significant rise in Jane Austen detective fiction retellings. But what is it about Austen’s work that lends itself to the detective genre?

  • Dressing obstinate headstrong girls: costumes in Jane Austen films

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    In “Dressing Obstinate Headstrong Girls”, costume designer and fashion historian, Jolene Marie Richardson, will be examining how costume designers use Jane Austen’s characters