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Have you watched all episodes of the new @pbs.org documentary on Henry David Thoreau? What are your thoughts? Below a couple of useful links 🔽
➡️ Four awards by the Emerson Society, supporting undergraduate and graduate students, as well as scholarly and public‑facing initiatives. Deadline is May 1st.
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society Graduate Student Symposium will take place next week
🗓️ Friday 3 April
⏱️ 9 am-12 pm (Central Time)
Please contact John Min (john.min@csn.edu) to receive Microsoft Teams login details
📣 The RWES is proud to announce four new awards. Information about eligibility & deadlines is available here: emersonsociety.org/awards/
Did you know that Prof. @klculkin.bsky.social’s talk “‘I Must Stay Where I Belong’: Ellen Emerson, Faith, & First Parish in Concord” is available online? ▶️ Click here to watch it: youtu.be/IhFg_fQnjiY?...
Looking forward to giving a book talk on Emerson's Daughters for @cunyacademygc.bsky.social at the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social on March 18. Registration link in comments. @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social @umasspress.bsky.social #lifewriting
Last chance - The deadline for submissions for the Ellen Craft Essay Prize, awarded to an outstanding essay by a PG or ECR is tomorrow (Friday 16th January).
Back to Concord! I will speaking about Ellen Emerson and her relationship to First Parish--at First Parish! Feb. 26. This will also serve as a birthday party for Ellen. #lifewriting #Concord #Emerson @umasspress.bsky.social
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#new The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society is calling for papers for a panel titled “‘Give Me Health and a Day’: Emerson and Health, Illness, and Unity” at the 2026 Thoreau Society Annual Gathering (Concord, July 8-12). Abstracts due by 31 January 2026.
💥 Two NEW calls for papers: the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society invites proposals ▶️ for one panel at the upcoming ALA conference in Chicago (May 20-23, 2026) and ▶️ for its Graduate Student Works in Progress Online Symposium, to be held on April 3, 2026 (open to graduate students at all levels)
Applications for the Emerson Society Fellowship at the Houghton Library are open! The deadline is 16 January 2026 and further information about how to apply is available here: library.harvard.edu/grants-fello...
📣 Dear RWES members, it’s MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL time! We hope that you will renew your membership for the year 2026 and thank you for your ongoing support!
If you are new, please visit our website ▶️ emersonsociety.org/membership/
Regular membership costs 40$, while student memberships cost 10$
The LATEST issue of Emerson Society Papers is out! Edited by Mark Gallagher and Kathleen Crosby, the Spring 2025 issue is available on our website: emersonsociety.org/emerson-soci...
Thank you to the Thoreau Society for including Emerson's Daughters in its 2025 Gift Guide. Thoreau was close with all the Emerson children, so I am sure they would appreciate this shout out. mailchi.mp/thoreausocie... @umasspress.bsky.social
Issue 2.1 is out! Essays by @alicedegalzain.bsky.social & Peter Balaam; don’t miss our forum on higher ed now featuring Stephanie Foote, @jennifergreiman.bsky.social, @cnewf.bsky.social, & @samcohen.bsky.social
Read/circulate/submit:
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Emerson, Memory, and Oblivion is open to proposals until June 30
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Nov 20-23 San Francisco
Full CFP @
pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19766
Presenters may proposals using PAMLA’s online submission form (pamla.ballastacademic.com ).
Emerson, Memory, and Oblivion is open to proposals until June 30
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Nov 20-23 San Francisco
Full CFP @
pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19766
Presenters may proposals using PAMLA’s online submission form (pamla.ballastacademic.com ).
RWES Online Symposium
4/13 @ 10 AM – Noon (central time)
We welcome all to attend an online symposium of graduate student works in progress on the subjects of Emerson and transcendentalism.
If you are interested in attending contact Nicholas Guardiano at nguardia@siu.edu for log-in information.
Call for Abstracts: RWES Symposium on Graduate Students Works in Progress
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society welcomes graduate students at all levels and in all fields of study to present their works in progress
emersonsociety.org/call-for-abs...
We’ve been receiving some questions about how to engage more with the society.
So, we’d like to hear from you all about what your interests are regarding society programming.
To that end, we would like to encourage you all to fill out a Membership Survey.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Emerson Society will be sponsoring a panel at the upcoming American Literature Association conference on “Emerson’s Like-Minded Transcendentalists.”
There's still time to submit a proposal
emersonsociety.org/cfp-american...
The Emerson Society will be sponsoring a panel at the upcoming Thoreau Annual Gathering on "Emersonian Revolutions Today”
There's still time to submit a proposal
emersonsociety.org/cfp-for-the-...