Emma at 200: Fashion, Craft, and Social Media I The New School

2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s great novel, Emma. The one-day celebration, sponsored by Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts (https://www.newschool.edu/lang/) at The New School (https://www.newschool.edu/), will consider the fashions of feminism, the fashions of fiction, and fashion itself in fiction, from the vantage point of a major literary bicentennial. Panelists will discuss Emma in 2015 with regard to the marriage plot, feminist style, empire, and creative adaptations from Clueless to zombies and social media. Speakers: - Hazel Clark - Timothy Campbell - Elizabeth Kendall - Elaine Savory Location: Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang College 65 West 11th Street, New York Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 10:00 am to 7:30 pm