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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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...
In 2018, the Thoreau Society Bulletin will begin publishing a series of essays on the subject of “Teaching Thoreau.” This new regular feature will focus on strategies for teaching the life and works of Henry David Thoreau while giving educators the opportunity to share their expertise and experiences with an audience of fellow teachers and students of Thoreau. We are currently accepting submissions for next year. We invite educators of all levels and subjects to submit short essays (1,000-1,500 words) on their pedagogical methods both inside and outside of the classroom. The...
Recipient will receive $1,000 for travel and Thoreau-related research in the Greater Boston area, plus free attendance (not required) at the 2018 Thoreau Society Annual Gathering in Concord. Emerging and established scholars, as well as Thoreau enthusiasts, are eligible. While candidates using the Walter Harding or other TS Collections at the Thoreau Institute Library (Lincoln) are preferred, those focused on other area resources are also encouraged to apply. Project quality is essential. (TS Collections are described here:...
Christopher Lydon, WBUR, 90.9: "A Wild & Disobedient Life," a multifaceted conversation about the multiple facets of Thoreau
Drawing on the rich holdings of the William Munroe Special Collections of the Concord Free Public Library, this gallery exhibition explores multiple facets of Thoreau’s complex relationship with his native town and life-long home. June 7-Oct. 30, 2017, Concord Free Public Library Art Gallery, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA 01742.
“Walden: Four Views,” gallery talk by Abelardo Morell, June 22, 2017, Concord Museum. The Concord Museum celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of Henry David Thoreau, one of America’s most thought-provoking writers and thinkers, with a deeply personal exhibition by photographer Abelardo Morell. Walden: Four Views, by Abelardo Morell will be on exhibit at the Concord Museum from February 10 through August 20, 2017.
Over 150 years after Henry Thoreau’s publication of Walden, Abelardo Morell offers a new look at the landscape that formed Thoreau. Inspired by Thoreau’s...
"Henry David Thoreau: Son of Concord," a talk by Robert Gross, June 13, 7:00 PM, Shrewsbury Public Library, 609 Main Street, Shrewsbury, MA, 01545. For more information, contact Priya Rathnam, prathnam@cwmars.org.