Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. declared that Emerson’s 1837 Phi Beta Kappa address, “The American Scholar,” would be “the declaration of independence of American intellectual life.” The speech can be read via Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org/files/16643/...

The 85th Annual Gathering of the Thoreau Society The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society panel: “‘Give me Health and a Day’: Emerson and Health, Illness, and Unity” Panel: Ross Martin, Harvard University; Alice de Galzain, Sorbonne Université; and moderator Austin Bailey, Hunter College (CUNY)

A Call for Articles on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Works

Our partner organization the ALA welcomes you to join their new listserv, which will be used: for announcements and reminders about conferences and symposiums, to update the society directory, and also for societies to share their CFPs and interesting opportunities more broadly. To join, read ⬇️

📣 The RWES is delighted to announce the recipients of its Research, Outreach, and Undergraduate Student Essay Awards. Congratulations to Jacob B. Castleberry, Peter Rousmaniere, and Attri Dey 👏 More information about their respective projects below🔽

Had a wonderful time collaborating with the Emily Dickinson International Society (EDIS) for this online discussion on Emerson's essay "The Poet" and Dickinson's poetry. This is likely the first of a series of discussions between @emersonsociety.bsky.social and EDIS — stay tuned for more!

💥CFP: “Quiet Desperation”: Pessimism in Emerson and Thoreau 🗓️ Online conference, 12-13 March, 2027 ➡️ Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2026 Proposal submission address: [email protected] call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/05/...

What better way to celebrate RW Emerson’s 223rd birthday than by joining the @emersonsociety.bsky.social and perusing the latest issue of the Dial? @c19americanists.bsky.social emersonsociety.org thedialjournal.org

Happy 223rd birthday to Ralph Waldo Emerson 🎉 Taking this opportunity to remind you all that The Dial’s latest issue (vol. 2, no. 2), edited by @chrishanlon.bsky.social, is available online!

Upcoming event: The Emerson Society and the Emily Dickinson International Society are co-hosting an online joint discussion that will place these two writers into dialogue on June 6th (10.00-11.30 AM Eastern Time) 👏👏👏 Event info: www.emilydickinsoninternationalsociety.org/all-updates/...

The Emerson House is offering free guided tours on May 17th in partnership with Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area—if you’re in the Concord area this weekend: rwema.org/events/freed...

💥Happening next Thursday!

“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” @c19americanists.bsky.social @aaup.org

Does the Declaration of Independence still matter? This is the question at the centre of the upcoming panel "The United States of America at 250". Learn more here:

The New Cambridge Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson came out a few weeks ago! 17 brilliant new essays on Emerson and a magnificent introduction by editor Michael Jonik (U of Sussex) @universitypress.cambridge.org

Are you planning to attend the Thoreau Society Annual Gathering? A RWES panel is scheduled for July 12th, and you can register for a tour of Emerson House on July 10th with @klculkin.bsky.social 👏 Early-bird registration for the AG closes soon! thoreausociety.org/wp-content/u...

The ALA Annual Conference (May 20-23, Chicago) is just a few weeks away! Please join us for a RWES sponsored panel titled “Ralph Waldo Emerson Engaging the Transcendental” 🗓️ Thursday 21 May ⏰ 10-11:20 am

Historian and playwright Philip M. Paradis will present his Emerson one-man play on Friday 22 May at the Wright Tavern (Concord, MA) in conjunction with an early birthday celebration for Ralph Waldo Emerson. More about all the “In Celebration of Waldo” events here: rwema.org/events/in-ce...

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 ([email protected]) 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

#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: thedialjournal.org

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 [email protected] 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...

CFP for “Emerson’s Like-Minded Transcendentalists.” at ALA 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-...

It time to consider membership renewal: Support the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society by becoming a member! emersonsociety.org/membership/ Membership helps support awards, scholarship, and publications. Consider renewing or becoming a member today! emersonsociety.org/membership/

CFP for “Emerson’s Like-Minded Transcendentalists.” at ALA emersonsociety.org/cfp-american...

One of the Houghton's many opportunities is The Ralph Waldo Emerson Fellowship Applications are now being accepted for the 2025-2026 season library.harvard.edu/grants-fello...

ICYMI on Monday, @chrishanlon.bsky.social has relaunched @thedial2024.bsky.social & kindly asked me to contribute to the inaugural issue. So I wrote about solar dreams, Emerson, Enbridge , infrastructural mediations, the Ford battery plant in Marshall, and energic hospitality.

“What exactly is this kind of remembering made of? […] And are these fit foundations for new attempts to remember figures like Dugan and the project of freedom in which he was engaged as a free African American?” Kristen Treen on public memory & Black Civil War vets in The Dial: thedialjournal.org

Introducing The Dial. Many thanks to our roster of contributors to Issue 1: @jeffreyinsko.bsky.social, @jamieljones.bsky.social, @jlb.bsky.social, Kristen Treen, Russ Castronovo, Elise Lemire, Richard B. Primack, Maria Madison, and Abraham J. Miller-Rushing. thedialjournal.org

Introducing The Dial, a new open access journal. thedialjournal.org Many thanks to our roster of contributors to Issue 1: @jeffreyinsko.bsky.social, Jamie L. Jones, Kristen Treen, John Levi Barnard, Russ Castronovo, Elise Lemire, Richard B. Primack, Maria Madison, and Abraham J. Miller-Rushing.