May 1: Judith Sargent Murray , one of my favorite Americans and a truly Revolutionary voice for equality .  May 2: Albion Tourgée , who’s...

A life-size bronze likeness of 19th century writer, book reviewer, and women’s rights advocate Margaret Fuller has been donated to Massachusetts’ Concord Free Public Library Corporation and will be un...

The session will take place on Friday 17 April, from 2.00 to 4.00 PM (Central European Summer Time) at Sorbonne Université, 17 rue de la Sorbonne, Room G073, and online (Zoom link, ID:982 0950 5701, P...

This essay was originally published as an e-mail newsletter on July 19, 2025, commemorating the 175th anniversary of Margaret Fuller’s death in 1850. Sign up to get more articles on American literatur...

The transcendent life of Margaret Fuller I’m a little late to the party here, but I have finally read Walden and fallen in love with the Transcendentalists, with their democratic philosophy, their bel...

The Thoreau Society has been celebrating its Annual Gathering since its founding in 1941. Thoreau Society members and enthusiasts from around the world gather i

A broad assault on the dignity of transgender people, and indeed the very legitimacy of transness, is a central feature of right-wing movements around the world. Misinformation and moral panics recrui...

Novelized accounts of historical figures’ lives are hugely popular. But do we really want to draw back the curtain on history and find people talking and acting the way we do?

Conference Announcement and Call for Papers: Critical Health: Feminist Perspectives on Health and Well-Being in the Nineteenth-Century United States Paris, France, October 17-18, 2025 Conference Orga...