Tag: Henry David Thoreau
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Thoreau’s flowers shine light on climate change
‘In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers: An Exploration of Change and Loss’ exhibition marries art and science at Harvard Museum of Natural History.
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Thoreau at Walden, and at Houghton
Harvard Professor Emeritus Lawrence Buell reflects on the lasting importance of Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden” on the 200th anniversary of the author’s birth.
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The Harvard in Thoreau
As the bicentennial nears for the birth of Henry David Thoreau, it’s clear that Harvard College influenced the churlish naturalist far more than he would have admitted, author says.
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Uncovering what Thoreau uncovered
Harvard’s Houghton Library has acquired Henry David Thoreau’s notes from the scene of the shipwreck that killed social reformer and writer Margaret Fuller.
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At one with Thoreau
Scot Miller’s photographs from the Maine wilderness, inspired by Thoreau’s “Maine Woods,” are on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
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The history at Houghton
Houghton, a template for university literary archives everywhere, also has room for the odd: A Thoreau pencil, a Dickinson teacup, and more.
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Literary Luminaries
James R. Russell Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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America’s Eden that wasn’t
A new history of science course on the environment moves past the fictions of an unspoiled earlier time of discovery and settlement.
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Battling climate change on all fronts
Harvard’s research spans the gamut from the sciences to the humanities, examining key questions about this critical challenge facing humanity.
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‘Walden’ for the 21st century
In a lecture at the Harvard Divinity School, scholar Lawrence Buell examined the continuing relevance of Thoreau’s “Walden” and the importance of voluntary simplicity.
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When success spells defeat
Invasive plants are beneficiaries of climate change in Thoreau’s woods.