Name: Jane Austen @ 250 – Free Floor Talk
Start: 2025-10-18T01:00:00+13:00
End: 2025-10-18T02:00:00+13:00
Location: Tūhura Otago Museum

$Jane Austen @ 250 \u2013 Free Floor Talk$

What can a wickedly curved Indian dagger, Walter Scott’s walking stick, a pair of canary-yellow shoes, a Waterloo medal, a tea caddy, an embroidered silk waistcoat, a muff, a simple washstand, and a sugar bowl with the image of a shackled enslaved tell us about Jane Austen's life, writing, and political opinions?
Join us at Tūhura Otago Museum during the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival for a special floor talk from renowned Jane Austen expert Professor Emerita Jocelyn Harris. A leading figure in Austen scholarship, she taught at the University of Otago for over forty years and was instrumental in introducing courses on women’s literature into the curriculum. Tūhura Otago Museum Humanities Curator Moira White and Honorary Curator Jane Malthus will be on hand to provide further information about the artefacts on display.
11am, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 October
Beautiful Science Gallery
Free – Bookings Required
Book here: https://otagomuseum.nz/whats-on/jane-austen-250-floor-talk