On February 27, 2019, Laura Dassow Walls will deliver the 6th annual Silas Peirce lecture, “Henry David Thoreau’s Legacy of Resistance and Hope,” at Boston University.

On Feb 17, writer and explorer Lawrence Millman will talk about his latest work, a collection of irreverent and witty vignettes.

A conversation with Jacob Hundt, one of the founding members of Thoreau College.

In the wake of the 2017 bicentennial of Thoreau’s birth and the publication of Laura Dassow Walls’s Henry David Thoreau: A Life, the Thoreau Society panel at MLA […]

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 […]

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 […]

Thoreau Society Annual Gathering 2017

Thoreau Society Annual Gathering 2017

From the Morgan Library & Museum: “Thoreau’s Journal: A Life of Listening.” Read and listen to Thoreau’s personal reflections on nature, friendship, slavery, and […]

From the Morgan Library & Museum: “Thoreau’s Journal: A Life of Listening.” Read and listen to Thoreau’s personal reflections on nature, friendship, slavery, and […]

Don’t miss this evening talk by award-winning historian and biographer Douglas Brinkley, First Parish Church, Wed, July 12, 7:30pm.

Don’t miss this evening talk by award-winning historian and biographer Douglas Brinkley, First Parish Church, Wed, July 12, 7:30pm.

PEN New England Roundtable on Thoreau’s Literary Legacy, Wednesday, July 12, 1:00 PM, First Parish. Moderated by WBUR’s Christopher Lydon with Deborah Cramer, […]

PEN New England Roundtable on Thoreau’s Literary Legacy, Wednesday, July 12, 10:30 AM, First Parish. Moderated by WBUR’s Christopher Lydon with Deborah Cramer, […]

Learn about the new Visitor Center at Walden Pond State Reservation–and the new home of The Thoreau Society Shop at Walden Pond.

Brent Ranalli tells us what we know about the way Thoreau walked, and what his sauntering style tells us about the man himself.

Join us for the Thoreau Bicentennial Annual Gathering!  We have an exciting lineup of activities planned this year, including walks, conversations, music, […]

Join us for the Thoreau Bicentennial Annual Gathering!  We have an exciting lineup of activities planned this year, including walks, conversations, music, […]

As election day recedes, Cherrie Corey and Brent Ranalli tell us about Thoreau’s fascination with the “election cake fungus.”

As election day nears, Cherrie Corey and Brent Ranalli tell us about Thoreau’s fascination with the “election cake fungus.”