Concord Museum Forums - Fall 2023
Concord Museum Forums are a series of public programs designed to foster dialogue on a diverse range of historical, contemporary, and cultural topics that resonate with Concord’s history.
Many Forums are hybrid format (both in-person at the Museum and live-streamed), making them accessible to an even wider audience. Please check details on on the Concord Museum website.
Learn more about upcoming (and recently held) programs below, and by visiting the Concord Museum's calendar pages
Upcoming Programs:
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 from 7 - 8pm - Lawrence Buell, Harvard University Professor Emeritus of American Literature, joins us for a conversation on his new book Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently. Professor Buell details the complexities and contradictions of Thoreau’s life and work, providing necessary context to understanding a key American writer.
purchase Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently here
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Wednesday, November 8, 2023 from 7 - 8pm - Marking the 250th anniversary of the publication of Wheatley’s collection of poetry, Professor David Waldstreicher offers a fresh and full account of the poet’s life and works in The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley, correcting myths, reconstructing intimate friendships, and deepening our understanding of her verse and the revolutionary era.
purchase The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley here
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 from 7 - 8pm - Winner of the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History, John Sweet joins us to discuss his new book The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America. On a moonless night in the summer of 1793, a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel, and seventeen-year-old seamstress Lanah Sawyer did what virtually no one in US history had done before: she charged a gentleman with rape. Based on rigorous historical detective work, Professor Sweet shows how our laws and our culture were changed by a persistent young woman and the power of words 200 years ago.
purchase The Sewing Girl's Tale here
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Books for the Concord Museum Forums are available to purchase below. You may choose to pick-up your order at the Concord Bookshop, or select Media Mail shipping ($4.99)
