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Welcome to the Louisa May Alcott Society!

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Formed in 2005, the Louisa May Alcott Society offers the opportunity for readers, fans, and scholars to study and appreciate the life and works of Louisa May Alcott. An American Literature Association-allied organization, the Alcott Society sponsors panels and other activities at its annual meetings. To join or to make a donation, just click  here . You can also follow us on Twitter at @AlcottSociety .  For more information about the Society, please contact the Society President at louisamayalcottsociety@gmail.com . For information about other Alcott-focused entities, including Orchard House, the Concord museum and home of the Alcotts, the Facebook group dedicated to Alcott, and other resources, please visit our page of Alcott Studies Links . 
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Emerson Society invites abstracts for Thoreau Annual Gathering

The following Emerson Society CFP may be of interest to some of our members.  Ralph Waldo Emerson Society  Emersonian Revolutions Today   Thoreau Annual Gathering,  July 9 – 13, 2025    Bronson Alcott in 1871 wrote that “He helps us most who helps us to answer our own questions. [Emerson] gets us to do our own work, does not do it for us. He does his work well, for he never produces any finished piece of work. That is his great excellence.”  As well, Theodore Parker notes that “Emerson belongs to the exceptional literature of the times – and while his culture joins him to the history of man, his ideas and whole life enable him to represent also the nature of man, and so the write for the future.” We might say that for Emerson, revolution was an ongoing process, a particular way of seeing the world. How and where do we see Emerson’s revolutionary processes in the world today? Papers might consider Emerson’s work in social and political reform (women’s r...
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Alcott Society Call for Papers - Thoreau Annual Gathering 2025

Please see the following CFP for the  Thoreau Annual Gathering to be held in Concord, Mass., this coming summer (9-13 July). It is a tight deadline, I’m afraid, so I would much appreciate your responses as soon as possible. The Alcotts: A revolutionary family   The theme of this year’s Thoreau Annual Gathering is  Thoreau’s Revolutions : an opportunity to address Thoreau’s attitude towards the American revolution, but also to explore broader interpretations of revolution in his life and writing. The Alcott family were at the heart of the revolutionary changes in Concord, Boston, and beyond, with each member of the family contributing to the rapid change of 19 th -century America. The Louisa May Alcott Society (LMAS) would therefore like to invite proposals for a panel based on the revolutionary activities of the Alcott family. Possible topics might include:   Education (Bronson’s educational reforms; Louisa’s Plumfield; May’s teaching of formerly enslaved people and ...
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Louisa May Alcott Virtual Birthday Celebration

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Join us for The Louisa May Alcott Society Annual Virtual Birthday Celebration Featuring distinguished guests Actor and Playwright, Kate Hamill & Dramaturg, Kristin Leahey, discussing their production of Little Women and Alcott December 1, 2024 430 pm PST/530 pm MST/630 pm CST/730 pm EST https://lcsc.zoom.us/j/7967888338 For more information, contact Marlowe Daly.Galeano, hmdalygaleano@lcsc.edu
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