Vert: Poet Catherine Staples in Conversation with Richard Higgins June 20th
The Write Connection at Thoreau Farm A Program in Partnership with The Thoreau Society Thursday, June 20th at 7 pm at…
Thoreau’s Pencil: Annual Earth Day Forum, Concord Museum April 25th
Join historian Augustine Sedgewick in conversation with Robert A. Gross, author of Transcendentalists and Their World, for a deep dive into…
Announcing Our Interim Executive Director.
Dear friends of the Thoreau Society, We are delighted to announce that Rebecca Migdal will serve as the part-time Interim…
Staffing Transition at the Society
14 March 2024 Dear friends of the Thoreau Society, It is with real sadness that we announce the departure, as…
Thoreau Society Presenters at SAAP Boston Conference March 29th
SAAP (Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy) 51st Annual Meeting in Boston March 29-30, 2024 at The Boston Park…
The Write Connection at Thoreau Farm Presents: Author Dominic Couzens: A Year of Birdsong, April 13, 2024
A Year of Birdsong - A Book Talk with Dominic Couzens Saturday, April 13th at 2pm FREE Online Event (Zoom)…
MLA 2025 New Orleans Call for Papers: Thoreau and the (in)Visible
The Thoreau Society at the 2025 Modern Language Association Meeting in New Orleans: Call for Papers Thoreau and the (in)Visible…
The Thoreau Society and The Thoreau Farm Trust – Auction Fundraiser
From March 1-29, 2024, The Thoreau Society and The Thoreau Farm Trust will auction off a variety of exciting and…
The Write Connection at Thoreau Farm Presents Lawrence Millman: Outsider: My Boyhood With Thoreau
Outsider: My Boyhood With Thoreau -- A Book Talk with Lawrence Millman Thursday, April 11th at 7pm $5 IN PERSON…
The Write Connection at Thoreau Farm Presents Geoff Wisner: A Year of Birds
Thoreau and the Birds of Concord: A Book Launch with Geoff Wisner Saturday, May 11th at 6pm $15 IN PERSON…
The Write Connection at Thoreau Farm Presents Emily Monosson: Blight
Author Emily Monosson in Conversation with Brent Ranalli Sunday, March 10th at 2pm FREE BOTH IN PERSON & VIRTUAL (ZOOM) …
The Write Connection at Thoreau Farm Presents Rebecca Heisman: Flight Paths
Wild Stories from the History of Bird Migration Research: A Conversation with Flight Paths Author Rebecca Heisman How a…
The Write Connection at Thoreau Farm Presents Peggy Orenstein: Unraveling
Author Peggy Orenstein in Conversation with Rebecca Kneale Gould Saturday, January 27th at 11am $15 IN PERSON / $10…
2024 Thoreau Society Fellowships
The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce that it will offer two $1,000 fellowships in 2024 to support scholarly and…
Call for Proposals: 2024 ASLE Symposium
Green Fire Due: January 26, 2024 University of North Florida Green Fire: Energy Stories Beyond Extraction Call for Individual and…
The Thoreau Society: Call for Proposals, American Literature Association 2024
The Thoreau Society is pleased to sponsor two sessions at the 35th Annual American Literature Association conference on May 23-26…
Following in Thoreau’s Footsteps at the Freedom’s Way
The Thoreau Society is happy to announce the release of the interactive Henry David Thoreau itinerary at Freedom’s Way National…
Concord Festival of Authors: The Thoreau Prize Honoring Terry Tempest Williams
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Thoreau Society, Inc. 341 Virginia Road Concord, MA 01742 Michael Frederick 978-369-5321 mike.frederick@thoreausociety.org thoreausociety.org…
Staffing Recovery Grant from Mass Humanities
July 10, 2023 The Thoreau Society been awarded a Staffing Recovery Grant from Mass Humanities. The 2023 Staffing Recovery Grants…
STOP PRIVATE JET EXPANSION AT HANSCOM OR ANYWHERE
Plans for a massive hangar build-out for private luxury jets at Massport’s Hanscom Field are underway. If carried out, these…
2023 Thoreau Country Conservation Alliance Graduate Student Fellowship
Sponsored by The Thoreau Society The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce the fifth annual Thoreau Country Conservation Alliance (TCCA)…
2023 Marjorie Harding Memorial Fellowship
Sponsored by The Thoreau Society The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce the eighth annual Marjorie Harding Memorial Fellowship, generously…
AG 2023 Call for Papers
This year's Annual Gathering explores the themes of Thoreau, politics, and extinction. We are planning an in-person conference in Concord, Massachusetts. Proposals are due December 1st.
MLA 2023 (San Francisco) Call for Papers
The Thoreau Society at the Modern Language Association, 2023 (San Francisco) Title of Session: “Transcendentalism, Spirituality, and Social Justice” In…
2022 Thoreau Country Conservation Alliance Graduate Student Fellowship
The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce the fourth annual Thoreau Country Conservation Alliance (TCCA) Graduate Student Fellowship.
Call for Papers: ALA Conference in Chicago
In conjunction with the Robert Frost Society, the Thoreau Society is pleased to sponsor these two sessions at the upcoming…
Transcendentalism and Social Reform: Activism and Community Engagement in the Age of Thoreau
The Thoreau Society NEH 2022 Summer Institute: Spend two weeks in Concord, Massachusetts immersed in this topic with seminars and…
Thoreau Society Panel at Modern Language Association (MLA), Sunday, January 9, 2022
“A life within a life”: Thoreau, Ecopoetics and a Dictionary of the Indian Languages Michael Jonik, University of Sussex At…
Barbara L. Packer Fellowship
The Barbara L. Packer Fellowship is named for Barbara Lee Packer (1947-2010), who taught with great distinction for thirty years…
A Letter to Hank
by J. Drew Lanham Dear Henry David, May I call you Henry? Or perhaps Hank? Apologies if this is too…