Online Auction begins March 1, 2023
The Thoreau Society and Thoreau Farm Online Auction begins March 1, 2023. You can support us by donating items to our auction, like this signed copy of Mary Oliver's "Devotions."
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…
Thoreau Society Bulletin 312 | Winter 2021
Contents The Architecture of Self-Isolation: Building Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond House in the Maine Woods by Tom Sieniewicz The…
Editor’s Pages – Volume 29 / 2021
by Kathleen Coyne Kelly Welcome to the 2021 issue of The Concord Saunterer, my first as Editor. It represents, in…
Thoreau’s Walden: Epicureanism or Stoicism
by Toby J. Svoboda This paper argues against Pierre Hadot’s view that Thoreau in Walden displays Epicurean and Stoic traits in roughly…
“Here are the model children!” Revisiting Louisa May Alcott’s Representations of Her Parents’ Educational Theories
by Azelina Flint This article examines Louisa May Alcott’s representations of her parents’ educational theories in the “Plumfield” community of…
Finding Walden in Emerson’s Plato
by Mark Gallagher A previously unknown sketch resembling Thoreau’s house at Walden Pond discovered in a volume of Plato’s Works once…
Laundry!
by Brent Ranalli Abstract: The “laundry sneer”—finding fault with Thoreau for not doing his own washing—is a relatively recent phenomenon.…
Thoreau, Prometheus and the Universal Discourse of “Civil Disobedience”
by Rupendra Guha-Majumdar A significant act of mythopoesis proffered by Thoreau in New England in the 1840’s is that of…
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…
Thoreau Society Bulletin 315 | Fall 2021
CONTENTS A Letter to Hank Thoreau’s Thoughts on the Wood Thrush as Philosopher, Prophet, and Poet Quiet Desperation, Savage Delight:…
Robin Wall Kimmerer to Receive 2021 Thoreau Prize
CONCORD, MA (July 1, 2021) – The Thoreau Society announced today that the botanist and best-selling author Robin Wall Kimmerer…
Thoreau Society Bulletin 314 | Summer 2021
Contents Thoreau’s Places Thoreau and Me, Going on Fifty-Six Years The Philosophy of Henry Thoreau: Ethics, Politics, and Nature: A…
Forest History Society’s virtual lecture series: Laura Dassow Walls
Laura Dassow Walls, the award-winning biographer of Henry David Thoreau, will deliver a virtual talk “‘A Vast and Indefinite Loss’: Thoreau’s Reflections on Nature and Slavery” as part of the Forest History Society’s virtual lecture series Unprecedented Seasons.
Auction Thank You
Dear Friends, The Thoreau Society and Thoreau Farm would like to thank you for your support of our online "fun"-raising…
2021 Thoreau Country Conservation Alliance Graduate Student Fellowship
The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce the third annual Thoreau Country Conservation Alliance (TCCA) Graduate Student Fellowship.
2021 Marjorie Harding Memorial Fellowship
The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce the sixth annual Marjorie Harding Memorial Fellowship, generously funded by the Harding family.
There is More Day to Dawn
Register for "More Day to Dawn." “'There Is More Day to Dawn': A Global Conversation Celebrating Teaching and Diversity" October…
The Great Tide of Humanity: Race and Gender Reform in 19th Century Concord, Massachusetts
Henry David Thoreau and his fellow Transcendentalists sparked a literary revolution, 60 years after the American Revolution in the tiny…
Thoreau Society Bulletin 310 | Summer 2020
Contents Thoreau and John Brown as Proletarian Heroes: Mike Gold’s Battle Hymn Thoreau and the Economics of Crime and Punishment…
Remembering Bob Galvin, former Thoreau Society Vice President
We announce with sadness the passing of longtime Thoreau Society member Bob Galvin, who served several terms on the TS…
Bicentennial Event: Lecture by Robert Gross
"Henry David Thoreau: Son of Concord," a talk by Robert Gross, June 13, 7:00 PM, Shrewsbury Public Library, 609 Main…