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Scholars' Forum - Literature
Faith and Religion
- "The Secular Calling and the Protestant Ethic in The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables." Lecture by Dr. Claudia Durst Johnson, Professor Emeritus, University of Alabama, delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site on October 20, 2000.
- "Salem and Hawthorne." Lecture by Ms. Margaret Moore, independent scholar, delivered at North Shore Community College on August 31, 2000.
- Full text of Anthony Trollope's article "The Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne," The North American Review. Volume 129, Issue 274, September 1879 (courtesy of Library of Congress and Cornell University Library; the American Memory Project)
- "Christian Imagery in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter" by Dr. John W. Stuart, Department of English, Manchester-Essex Regional High School, Manchester, MA , prepared for the Hawthorne in Salem Website, November 2002.
- "Thomas Morton and 'The May-Pole of Merry Mount'." Paper by Professor William R. Heath, Department of English, Mount Saint Mary's College. (Introduction by Hawthorne in Salem Website Contributor John W. Stuart, Ph.D)
- " ’The forgotten art of gayety’: The Puritans and Merry Old England." Essay by Professor Emeritus William R. Heath, Department of English, Mount Saint Mary's College. January 19, 2016.
Native Americans and Blacks
- "Salem and Hawthorne." Lecture by Ms. Margaret Moore, independent scholar, delivered at North Shore Community College on August 31, 2000.
- "Thomas Morton and 'The May-Pole of Merry Mount.'" Paper by Professor Emeritus William R. Heath, Department of English, Mount Saint Mary's College.
- "Playing with the (Birth) Mark: Aylmer's Failed Attempt to Achieve Perfect Whiteness." Paper by Dr. John Gruesser, Department of English, Kean University, delivered at the American Literature Association Conference in May, 2001.
- "Maine, Indian Land Speculation, and the Essex County Witchcraft Outbreak of 1692." Article by Dr. Emerson W. Baker and Dr. James Kences from Maine History, volume 40, number 3, Fall 2001 (pp. 159-189).
- "Thoreau's Last Words-- and America's First Literatures" by Jarold Ramsey, in Redefining American Literary History, Edited by A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff & Jerry W. Ward, Jr., The Modern Language Association, New York, 1990. pp. 52-61.
- "The Story Of Hannah Duston: Cotton Mather To Thoreau" by Robert D. Arner. in American Transcendental Quarterly, 18 (1973). 19-23.
- "Who Scalped Whom?" Historians Suggest Indians Were As Much Victims As Perpetrators by Diane E. Foulds.
- "The Ideal Identity: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Loss of Native American Culture." Paper delivered by Greg Stone, Dept. of English, University of Tulsa, at the conference of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, in Concord, MA, June 12, 2010.
- Massacre on the Merrimack: Hannah Duston’s Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America.You Tube video in which Atkinson talks about his book at North Shore Community College, 20 April, 2017.
Women in Hawthorne
- "Hawthorne and 'The Sphere of Ordinary Womanhood'." Lecture by Dr. Melinda Ponder, Pine Manor College, delivered at Phillips Library, the Peabody Essex Museum on October 14, 2000.
- "The Meanings of Hawthorne's Women." Lecture by Dr. Richard Millington, Smith College, delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site on September 8, 2000.
- "To Be My Own Human Child: Parenting and Romance." Paper delivered by Dr. Karen Sanchez-Eppler, Professor of American Studies and English, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, at the American Literature Association Conference on May 24, 2003.
- "Subverting the Subversive: Hawthorne’s Containment of Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter." Paper by Dr. Melissa Pennell, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, delivered at Salem State University on March 10, 2004.
- "The Missing Mother in The House of the Seven Gables - A study in Feminine Nature." Paper delivered by Dr. Dominique Régis Claisse, Université de Valenciennes, France at the conference of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, celebrating the Hawthorne bicentennial in Salem, MA, July 1-4, 2004.
- "The Transatlantic Quest In Nathaniel Hawthorne's Romances." Paper delivered by Dr. Dominique Régis Claisse, Université de Valenciennes, France.
- "Passions of Hawthorne's New Eve: Female Desire in The Scarlet Letter." Paper delivered by Dr. David Greven, Assistant Professor of English, Connecticut College, New London, CT, at the American Literature Association Conference in 2006.
- "'Defy All Hell': Rappers in the Maison Rouge." Paper by Patricia Dunlavy Valenti, delivered at the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Conference, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA, June 13, 2014.
- "Hepzibah and The House of the Seven Gables: When the Other Continues the Cycle of Othering." Paper delivered by Caitlyn Goodpasture at the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Conference, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA, June 13, 2014.
The Persecution of Quakers and Accused Witches
- "The Persecution of Quakers and Witches in 'The Gentle Boy,' 'Young Goodman Brown,' and Related Works." Lecture by Dr. Buford Jones, Duke University, delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site on October 13, 2000.
- "Figurations of Salem in 'Young Goodman Brown' and 'The Custom-House'." Lecture by Dr. Rita K. Gollin, SUNY, Geneseo, delivered at Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum on September 23, 2000. "Salem and Hawthorne," lecture by Ms. Margaret Moore, independent scholar, delivered at North Shore Community College on August 31, 2000.
- "Maine, Indian Land Speculation, and the Essex County Witchcraft Outbreak of 1692." Article by Dr. Emerson W. Baker and Dr. James Kences from Maine History, volume 40, number 3, Fall 2001 (pp. 159-189). (Please do not cite or reproduce without permission of the authors; write to Professor Baker at: ebaker@maine.rr.com)
Alienation
- "The Secular Calling and the Protestant Ethic in The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables." Lecture by Dr. Claudia Durst Johnson, Professor emeritus, University of Alabama, delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site on October 20, 2000. "Salem and Hawthorne," lecture by Ms. Margaret Moore, independent scholar, delivered at North Shore Community College on August 31, 2000.
- "Playing with the (Birth) Mark: Aylmer's Failed Attempt to Achieve Perfect Whiteness." Paper by Dr. John Gruesser, Department of English, Kean University, delivered at the American Literature Association Conference in May, 2001.
- Dr. John W. Stuart, Department of English, Manchester-Essex Regional High School, Manchester, MA, "Echoes of Hawthorne in Melville's Billy Budd." Essay prepared by for the Hawthorne in Salem Website, November 2003.
- "Neoconservative Nathaniel: Bioethics and 'The Birth-Mark'." Paper by Albert Keith Whitaker, Boston College, delivered at the conference of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, celebrating the Hawthorne bicentennial in Salem, MA, July 1-4, 2004.
- "In the Wake of Hawthorne's 'Wakefield': Breaking the Habit of Cohabitation and Ennui Redux in Daniel Stern's 'Wakefield' and Andrei Codrescu's Wakefield." Paper by Mark Dunphy, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY, delivered at the conference of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME, June 14, 2008.
- "Hawthorne and 'The Sphere of Ordinary "Wakefield’s Ghost: Surveilling Consciousness in Hawthorne and Beyond." Paper by Kevin Plunkett, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA, delivered at the conference of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Conference, June 13, 2014.
- "Hawthorne and 'The Sphere of Ordinary "Eden and the Re-Creation of the Artist." Paper delivered by Dr. Orley K. Marron, Dept. of English, Bar Habn University, Israel, at the conference of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, in Concord, MA, June 11, 2010.
Other
- "Illustrations of The House of the Seven Gables: A Help Or a Hindrance?" Lecture by Dr. John L. Idol, Jr., Professor emeritus, Clemson University, delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Site on September 15, 2000.
- "Using Material Culture to Teach History and Literature." Lecture by Dr. Emerson Baker, Salem State University, delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site on September 22, 2000.
- "Why We Still Read Hawthorne 150 Years Later." Lecture by Dr. Peter Walker, Department of English, Salem State University, delivered at Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, on April 17, 2003.
- "Different from Himself: Hawthorne and the Masks of Masculinity." Paper by Dr. T. Walter Herbert, Department of English, Southwestern University, delivered at the American Literature Association Conference on May 23, 2003.
- "Mechanization and Nationalism in 'Chiefly about War Matters'." Paper by Dr. James Hewitson, delivered at the Modern Language Association Conference in San Diego, CA, December 2003.
- "'Chiefly About War Matters' and the Problem of Human Rights." Paper by Dr. Arthur Riss, Salem State University, Salem MA.
- "Villain, Goad, or Something Else: Chillingworth as Depicted by Hawthorne and Christopher Bigby," by Dr. John L. Idol, Jr., Professor emeritus, Clemson University: lecture delivered on July 15, 2004.
- "Celestial Hieroglyphics." Paper by Dr. Hiroko Washizu, University of Tsukuba, Japan, delivered at the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Meeting, Bowdoin College, June 14, 2008.
- "Reality and Unreality in The House of the Seven Gables." Paper by Rob Velella, delivered at the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Conference, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA, June 13, 2014.
Hawthorne Bicentennial Celebration Papers
- "Neoconservative Nathaniel: Bioethics and 'The Birth-Mark'." Paper by Albert Keith Whitaker,Boston College, delivered at the conference of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, celebrating the Hawthorne bicentennial in Salem, MA, July 1-4, 2004.
- "'Chiefly About War Matters' and the Problem of Human Rights." Paper by Dr. Arthur Riss, Salem State University, Salem MA, July 1-4, 2004.
- "Symbol and Interpretation in The Scarlet Letter." Paper by Dr. Stephanie Carrez, delivered at the conference of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, celebrating the Hawthorne bicentennial in Salem, MA, July 1-4, 2004.