Dear Members,

EDIS is launching an exciting new speaker series on Zoom: #DickinsonLive. It’s an outgrowth of the pandemic, but if people like it, we’ll continue it indefinitely.

Our speakers will be drawn from our members, many of whom are engaged in scholarship and creative work on Dickinson. The series will feature interesting new work and work-in-progress, and it will run around 45 minutes, with Q&A afterwards. The discussions will take place either on a Wednesday or Friday afternoon, via Zoom. The lecture will be recorded and posted on the EDIS website.

We are fortunate to be able to announce that our first speaker, Renée Bergland, Simmons University, will give a talk, “The Infinite Aurora,” on March 26 at 2:00 p.m. EST. Author of The National Uncanny and Maria Mitchell and the Sexing of Science, Renée’s current book project is about Dickinson, science, and magic. She looks forward to sharing part of her work in progress.

We hope this series will be an opportunity to connect with friends old and new during the pandemic, especially when other forms of connection are unavailable. In particular, we hope to take advantage of the internet to develop international friendships and networks.

Please consider joining us for this new and exciting event. We look forward to seeing you all and encourage you to spread the word among other readers of Dickinson.

Couldn’t make #DickinsonLive in real time on Fri. March 26th? Access Renée Bergland’s “The Infinite Aurora” by following this link.

Current EDIS members will receive the link prior to the event. Non-members who wish to attend should contact Marianne Noble at mnoble@american.edu.

In possibility,

Marianne Noble and Elizabeth Petrino