Talk with the Experts: A Panel Discussion about the Thoreau Documentary

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Leading Thoreau scholars discuss the recent Henry David Thoreau documentary.

In this lively conversation, the experts who helped shape the film will reflect on the themes introduced in the opening episode, discuss the historical context surrounding Henry David Thoreau, and share additional insights from the making of the documentary. This is an opportunity to hear directly from the scholars who appear in the film as they unpack the ideas, landscapes, and questions that frame the series.

Kristen Case, poet, scholar, and author of the recent Henry David Thoreau’s Kalendar, and member of the Thoreau Alliance Board of Directors.

Robert Gross, Draper Professor of American History, Emeritus, at the University of Connecticut, author of The Transcendentalists and Their World, and former member of the Thoreau Society Board of Directors.

John Kucich, professor of English at Bridgewater State University, author of Unsettling Thoreau: Native Americans, Settler Colonialism, and the Power of Place, and co-president of the Thoreau Alliance Board of Directors.

This program will also be joined by Jeffrey S. Cramer, Curator Emeritus for The Walden Woods Project Library and editor of several Thoreau volumes.

The conversation will include time for audience questions.

Free and open to the public. Registration required.

Ken Burns presents Henry David Thoreau, a film by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers premieres on PBS on March 30 (Episodes 1 and 2) and March 31, 2026, at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings).