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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:...
Lessons On Environmentalism and Civil Disobedience
September 27, 2017 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Old South Church
Join us for this inaugural event for the 2017 Lecture series: Boston is Thoreau Country!
200 years after Thoreau's birth a distinguished panel will discuss the relevance of Thoreau's teachings in today's world.
How have his writings and ideas formed environmental policies, civil disobedience, and contemporary writings on our relationship with the natural world? Join the conversation!
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Thoreau Society Annual Gathering 2017
Terry Tempest Williams, Keynote Address, 2017
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From the Morgan Library & Museum:
Thoreau’s Journal: A Life of Listening
Listen to Thoreau’s personal reflections on nature, friendship, slavery, and society.
For a quarter century, American author Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) filled notebook after notebook with his observations and reflections, strong in the belief that a closely examined life would yield infinite...
Evening Talk by Douglas Brinkley
First Parish Church, Wed, July 12, 7:30pm
At this year's Annual Gathering and Celebration of Thoreau's Bicentennial, Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University and the author of Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of...
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...