The Thoreau Society Recorded Programs

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Highlights from the 2021 Annual Gathering of the Thoreau Society

The 2020 Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing was awarded to George Schaller, prominent field biologist and writer, during the 2021 AG.

The 2020 Thoreau Prize
Original Date: July 10, 2021
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Sponsored by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Thoreau Society.

Representation in American Nature Writing: A Conversation with Kathryn Aalto
Original Date: November 1, 2020
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Sponsored by The Thoreau Society.

Kathryn Aalto		Rochelle Johnson

A Conversation on Making Black History Visible in the Walkable Landscape
Original Date: November 1, 2020
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Sponsored by The Robbins House and the Thoreau Society.

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Decolonizing Thoreau
Original Date: Oct 31, 2020
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Sponsored by the Thoreau Society.

Teaching Thoreau: A Conversation with Educators
Original Date: October 31, 2020
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Sponsored by The Robbins House and the Thoreau Society.

The Global Thoreau Community: A Conversation – Part 2
Original Date: June 14, 2020
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Rebecca Kneale Gould, Henrik Otterberg (Sweden), Brian Bartlett (Canada), Antonio Casado da Rocha (Spain), and Bergur Thorgeirsson (Iceland)

Racism and Disenfranchisement: Then and Now
Original Date: June 14, 2020
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Sponsored by Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House and The Thoreau Society.

Jan Turnquist, Maria Madison, and Sandra Harbert Petrulionis

Huey, Matthew Schlein, Laura Dassow Walls, and Sandra Harbert Petrulionis.

View the film: Surveyor of the Soul.

A Global Conversation
Original Date: June 13, 2020
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Sponsored by The Thoreau Society.

Jayne Gordon, Mark Thoreau (UK), Shinji Iwamasa (Japan), Nikita Pokrovsky (Russia), and Francois Specq (France).

What Would Henry Do?
Original Date: June 13, 2020
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Sponsored by Thoreau Farm and The Thoreau Society.

Ronald Wesley Hoag, Anna West Winter, Ed Begley, Jr., and Sandra Harbert Petrulionis

An Interview with Henry Petroski, author of The Pencil
Original Date: June 13, 2020
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Sponsored by the Thoreau Society.

An Evening Film and Q & A: The Penobscot Nation and Indian Island, Maine
Original Date: June 13, 2020
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Sponsored by the Thoreau Society and The Penobscot Nation.

Christopher Sockalexis, Chris “Charlie Brown” Francis, Jason Pardilla, James Eric Francis Sr., and Jennifer Neptune
Join by Mike Frederick, Ron Hoag, and J. Bryan Wentzell.

Watch the film: The Penobscot.
Also see: Thoreau Society Bulletin, Spring 2019: "President’s Column: Thoreau Society Welcomes Penobscot Nation"