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💥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]
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📣 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🔽
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?
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The 2026 Outreach Award goes to Peter Rousmaniere for his play, Discord in Concord.
Read more about Rousmaniere’s one-act play at: emersonsociety.org/awards/outre...
The 2026 Research Award goes to Jacob B. Castleberry (Independent Scholar) for his project, “Emerson, the Cabots, and the Continuation of Transcendentalist Method.”
Read more about this project at: emersonsociety.org/awards/resea...
The 2026 Undergraduate Student Essay Award goes to Attri Dey (Rabindra Bharati University) for the essay, “The Iron Necessity: Emerson’s ‘Fate’ and the Secularized Calvinist Theodicy.”
2nd Place: Elan Cohen
3rd Place: Emily D. Holtrop
More information at: emersonsociety.org/awards/under...
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!
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society is dedicated to fostering scholarship on and appreciation of the life and writings of one of America’s greatest authors. The
