Past Events

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Virtual Information Session
NEH Summer Institute for Teachers
Wednesday, February 4, 6:30pm ET

Free Virtual Program - Designed to help educators prepare applications for a weeklong summer workshop in Amherst...

Meet a Poem
Color – Caste – Denomination –

Color – Caste – Denomination – Fr836 Lesson guide by Bruce M. Penniman, Ed.D. Written in 1864 amid the social disruption and dreadful human sacrifice of the Civil War, Emily Dickinson’s poem “Color – Caste – Denomination – ” is a poignant and ironic commentary on the social distinctions —of race, class, and religion—that sharply...

Emily Dickinson International Society
Annual Meeting
July 26-28, 2024

EDIS’s Annual Meeting is returning again to Amherst — this year’s theme, “Neighbor Dickinson,” celebrates the reopening of Austin and Susan Dickinson’s home The Evergreens...

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Digital Dickinson
The Museum’s Collection
Wednesday, December 18, 6:30pm ET

- An exploration of digital tools available for teaching and reading Dickinson...

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Perhaps I asked too large –

Perhaps I asked too large – Fr358 Lesson guide by Sylvie Cathrall This lesson guide provides a playful, imaginative approach to teaching with “Perhaps I asked too large – ” that focuses on the power of fantasy as a tool for self-expression. At the end of the lesson sequence, students will engage in a creative...

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Book Launch:
The Letters of Emily Dickinson
Wed., April 3, 4:30pm ET

(HYBRID) - Celebrating a new edition of Emily Dickinson’s correspondence — expanded and revised for the first time in over sixty years...

Meet a Poem
This is my letter to the World

This is my letter to the World Fr519 Lesson guide by Tina Cane “This is my letter to the World” (F519) is one of Emily Dickinson’s most widely known poems, and makes for a wonderful introduction to her work for students of all ages. Compact yet packed with meaning, it offers a fine example of...

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Digital Dickinson: Part 1
Workshop for Educators
Wed., April 24, 6pm ET

(SOLD OUT) - An exploration of digital tools available for teaching and reading Dickinson...

A Something Overtakes the Mind

(In-Person Art Installation) “Did you ever read one of her Poems backward,” Emily Dickinson wrote on a scrap of wrapping paper, “because the plunge from the front overturned you? I sometimes (often have, many times) have—A something overtakes the Mind.”...