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The Thoreau Society mourns the death of Dr. Jane Goodall, who went into the forest to study the remarkable lives…

Dear friends – By now, we hope you’re heard about the idea of combining the Thoreau Society and the Thoreau…

Robert Macfarlane is an internationally renowned, award-winning author of numerous best-selling books, including The Old Ways, The Wild Places, and…

The Thoreau Society is considering a merger with the Thoreau Farm Trust and we hope you will share with us…

The annual Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail Festival commemorates the ways the Wabanaki people and naturalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau’s three trips into…

The Thoreau Society announces that Robert Macfarlane is the winner of the 2025 Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence…

The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce that it will offer two $1,000 fellowships in 2025 to support scholarly and…

Due date: April 15, 2025 The Thoreau Society seeks nominations for the following positions: Treasurer (2-year term, renewable): The Society…

The Thoreau Society and Trinity Episcopal Church (TEC) invite artists to submit 2-dimensional artwork that engages with the theme of Thoreau’s…

Dr. Joseph Drew Lanham, a distinguished ornithologist, naturalist, and writer, embodies the spirit of Thoreau by combining conservation science with…

Next year, 2025, is the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord—a touchstone event for Concord, for Thoreau, and for us. F. O. Matthiessen says…

The Thoreau Society’s newly organized Speakers Bureau offers free educational programs to public libraries, community centers, senior centers, and other…

Photo: Sandra Harbert Petrulionis, Paul Schacht, Bill Rossi, and Robert Sattelmeyer. Photo by Tom Potter. A plenary session at the…

In this year’s Dana S. Brigham Memorial Lecture, Kristen Case examined Thoreau’s rich legacy as it relates to his and…

The Write Connection at Thoreau Farm A Program in Partnership with The Thoreau Society Thursday, June 20th at 7 pm at…

Join historian Augustine Sedgewick in conversation with Robert A. Gross, author of Transcendentalists and Their World, for a deep dive into…

Dear friends of the Thoreau Society, We are delighted to announce that Rebecca Migdal will serve as the part-time Interim…

14 March 2024 Dear friends of the Thoreau Society, It is with real sadness that we announce the departure, as…

SAAP (Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy) 51st Annual Meeting in Boston March 29-30, 2024 at The Boston Park…

A Year of Birdsong - A Book Talk with Dominic Couzens Saturday, April 13th at 2pm FREE Online Event (Zoom)…

The Thoreau Society at the 2025 Modern Language Association Meeting in New Orleans: Call for Papers Thoreau and the (in)Visible…

From March 1-29, 2024, The Thoreau Society and The Thoreau Farm Trust will auction off a variety of exciting and…

Outsider: My Boyhood With Thoreau -- A Book Talk with Lawrence Millman Thursday, April 11th at 7pm $5 IN PERSON…

Thoreau and the Birds of Concord: A Book Launch with Geoff Wisner Saturday, May 11th at 6pm $15 IN PERSON…

Author Emily Monosson in Conversation with Brent Ranalli Sunday, March 10th at 2pm FREE BOTH IN PERSON & VIRTUAL (ZOOM) …

  Wild Stories from the History of Bird Migration Research: A Conversation with Flight Paths Author Rebecca Heisman  How a…

  Author Peggy Orenstein in Conversation with Rebecca Kneale Gould Saturday, January 27th at 11am $15 IN PERSON / $10…

The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce that it will offer two $1,000 fellowships in 2024 to support scholarly and…

Green Fire Due: January 26, 2024 University of North Florida Green Fire: Energy Stories Beyond Extraction Call for Individual and…

The Thoreau Society is pleased to sponsor two sessions at the 35th Annual American Literature Association conference on May 23-26…