Why is Thoreau a hero of environmental politics—but not Emerson? Join scholar Russell C. Powell for a public research talk revisiting Emerson’s universalism alongside Thoreau’s attention to place, asking how environmental politics can address climate injustice while remaining grounded in particular communities and forms of life.

This event is part of a year of special programming on Transcendentalism at the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at Harvard Divinity School. The talk will be held at CSWR in Cambridge, MA and livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required for both in person and online attendance.

Join Concord historian Richard Smith for an exploration of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s woodlots at Walden Pond—land made famous by Henry David Thoreau’s time there. Walden was a frequent destination in Emerson’s daily nature walks, shared with loved ones and enjoyed in solitary contemplation.

Meet at the Walden Pond Visitors Center in Concord for this free event, co-sponsored by the Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association (RWEMA) and The Walden Woods Project, in cooperation with Walden Pond State Reservation.

Join public historian Richard Smith for a talk on the literary and spiritual connections between Lexington’s Theodore Parker and Concord’s Ralph Waldo Emerson, both of whom were linked to the revolutionary events of April 19, 1775 through their grandfathers.

This event is sponsored by Lexington History Museums and will be held at The Depot in Lexington, MA. Tickets are $10 for LHM members and $15 for non-members.

Our friends at the Emerson Society invite all to attend an online symposium featuring graduate student works in progress on the subjects of Emerson and transcendentalism.

The virtual symposium is free to attend and will be held online via Microsoft Teams.

In honor of Ellen Tucker Emerson's birthday week, the Transcendentalism Council of First Parish in Concord is hosting biographer Kate Culkin on the evening of February 26th for a presentation on the significant role that Concord’s First Parish played in Ellen's life.

This event will be held in the Sanctuary of First Parish in Concord and livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required for both in-person and virtual attendance, with a suggested donation of $10 per ticket.

Join Professor Kate Culkin for a discussion of her new book, Emerson’s Daughters, and the critical role the manuscript holdings of the Concord Free Public Library's William Munroe Special Collections played in her ability to write this “biography of a sisterhood”—the first full-length study of the lives of Ellen and Edith.

This free event will be held in the Main Library’s Goodwin Forum and simultaneously broadcast over Zoom. Registration is requested for both in-person and virtual attendance.

Our friends at the Emerson Society invite all to attend an online symposium featuring graduate student works in progress on the subjects of Emerson and transcendentalism.

The virtual symposium is free to attend and will be held over Zoom.

Join guest speaker David Wood—Curator of the Concord Museum—for a a look into the inner sanctum of this world-famous poet, essayist and speaker, who spent his writing, thinking and conversing hours in his beloved study.

Sponsored by The Friends of Sleepy Hollow, this talk will be held in the main dining room of Concord’s Colonial Inn. Tickets are $25/each, including a full breakfast, and reservations are required.

Join historian and author Harold Holzer for a talk exploring the career of the preeminent American sculptor Daniel Chester French, whose works include The Minute Man in Concord and the iconic statue of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial. French was a friend and neighbor of Emerson and also sculpted several likenesses of him.

This event is sponsored by the Concord Museum and will be held in the Churchill and Janet Franklin Lyceum in the Rasmussen Education Center. Tickets are $5.00 for members and $10 for non-members.