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Laura Dassow Walls lecture at Boston University
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On February 27, 2019, Laura Dassow Walls, the William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, will deliver the 6th annual Silas Peirce lecture, "Henry David Thoreau’s Legacy of Resistance and Hope," at Boston University. To register and get directions, visit Boston University's announcement page. (Registration is appreciated but not required.)

It might seem that Henry David Thoreau, who celebrated his 200th birthday in 2017, could have little to say to us today—yet nothing could...

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Thoreau Society Graduate Student Fellowship
Thoreau Society

2019 Thoreau Society Graduate Student Fellowship

The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce its inaugural graduate student fellowship. The 2019 Thoreau Graduate Student Fellow will receive $1,000 for travel and Thoreau-related research in greater Boston area, plus free attendance at the 2019 Thoreau Society Annual Gathering in Concord, Massachusetts. (Attendance at the Annual Gathering is not required and will not be factored into the fellowship committee’s evaluation.)

We welcome applications from scholars whose work will contribute to Thoreau scholarship or whose work...

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Slavery’s Determined Foe: The Legacy of John Brown
John Brown

Posted on Wicked Local: Concord

 The Concord Museum will host “Slavery’s Determined Foe: The Legacy of John Brown” with two scholars, Dr. Amanda Gilvin and Laura McDonald, at 7 p.m. Jan. 24 at the Rasmussen Education Center., 200 Lexington Road, Concord.

Concord is home to the flashpoint of a revolution, discussions of protest, peace and war and the people who defined American ideals. Inspired by this past, the Concord Perspectives series uses history as a lens to analyze...

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Henry David Thoreau: Surveyor of the Soul
Henry David Thoreau: Surveyor of the Soul

Documentary film by Huey

December 6, 2018, 10 PM, Broadcast Maine Public Television

January 3, 2019, 10PM, Broadcast Maine Public Television

January 5, 2019, 11AM, Broadcast Maine Public Television

January 26, Workshop Presentation of Surveyor of the Soul, Annual Summit, Appalachian Mountain Club, Four Points Sheraton Hotel,...

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Annual Gathering 2019: Engineering Thoreau
Concord, Mass. surveyed by Henry D. Thoreau

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The Thoreau Society Annual Gathering 2019

Engineering Thoreau:  Nature, Technology, and the Connected Life

The Thoreau Society is now accepting proposals for papers, presentations, and workshops at the 2019 Annual Gathering. Please use...

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American Literature Association Conference

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Thoreau Society Marjorie Harding Memorial Fellowship, 2019
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The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce the fourth annual Marjorie Harding Memorial Fellowship, generously funded by the Harding family. The fellowship honors the life and legacy of Marjorie Brook Harding, who worked diligently to bring together the Thoreau Society, the Walden Woods Project, and SUNY Geneseo so as to advance Thoreau studies and conservation of Thoreau Country and to keep alive the legacy of Walter Harding, Marjorie’s husband, widely known as the dean of Thoreau studies. The fruits of this labor can be seen in the Digital Thoreau Project, the annual...

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Interview with Jacob Hundt, Founding Member of Thoreau College
Thoreau College

by Ernesto Estrella

Thoreau College

In the year of his 200th anniversary, Thoreau was celebrated in all possible ways we could expect and desire. Books, articles, symposia, and even a game based on Walden appeared, trying to make his work visible (and audible) in the noisy context of a tumultuous 2017. 

Particularly encouraging, given our pressing current challenges, is...

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Featured Event: Robert Thorson, The Guide to Walden Pond
Thorson's Guide to Walden Pond

Author Talk: Robert Thorson

The Guide to Walden Pond: An Exploration of the History, Nature,

Landscape, and Literature of One of America's Most Iconic Places

June 2, 2018: 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Thoreau Farm: Birthplace of...

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CFP MLA

CFP MLA 2019

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