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America Discovers Idealism, Revisited


  • The Concord Museum 53 Cambridge Turnpike Concord, MA, 01742 United States (map)

Join the Concord Museum and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association for the first annual Robert D. Richardson III Lecture to mark Emerson’s birthday featuring author and philosopher, Richard Geldard. Dr. Geldard, the author of a number of studies of Emerson, will provide opening remarks and then engage in a conversation with Concord Museum Director, Tom Putnam. The forum will also include video excerpts from the last time that Bob Richardson spoke at the Museum, one of his last speaking engagements before his death last summer. Please join the conversation HERE.

Earlier Event: October 7
Homer: The Iliad, Revisited
Later Event: October 12
Now Comes Good Sailing