Each Spring, Enfield Shaker Museum hosts the Spring Shaker Forum, an engaging weekend devoted to Shaker history and culture. The 2026 Spring Shaker Forum includes presentations by Shaker scholars, special activities, lodging and meals in the Great Stone Dwelling, and networking with colleagues and friends. The Museum is honored to announce that Brother Arnold Hadd of […]
South Union Shaker Village hosts Shakers on the Kentucky Frontier, a daylong symposium of presentations on topics related to the early history of South Union. Noted Shaker scholars Carol Medlicott, Doug Winiarski, and Christian Goodwillie will explore what drew the Shakers to Kentucky and the fascinating early days of growth of the community. The event includes […]
In this program organized by the Harvard Historical Society, Shaker Study Group member Ned Quist presents his new book, The Harvard Shakers and Their Cultural Landscape, highlighting his research and use of Shaker journals to tell the story of the Harvard Shakers. Ned Quist is a retired academic librarian, having spent his career as a music […]
This year marks a once-in-a-generation commemoration year for the Shaker Heritage Society; the 250th anniversary of the arrival of Ann Lee to the site they steward, and the founding of the American Shaker movement there in 1776. To mark the occasion, the Shaker Heritage Society will host a choral performance of Shaker music from the […]
Featuring scholarly presentations by Shaker Study Group members Christian Goodwillie, Brece Honeycutt, and Stephen Paterwic, the 2026 Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife gathering, Futurecasting, Futurekeeping: New Englanders Imagine Worlds to Come, will be held on June 26–27 at Historic Deerfield. This conference marks the Dublin Seminar’s 50th anniversary by looking both backwards and ahead. While considering […]
In conjunction with America’s 250th, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill is hosting the inaugural Shaker Village Symposium on American Religious History. This two-day symposium convenes nationally recognized scholars to explore how religious belief has shaped American history, civic life, and ideas of freedom, equality, and pluralism—from the founding era to the present. Presenters include Sally […]