The Harriet Beecher Stowe Society offers academics, independent scholars, and students an opportunity to share in the study and appreciation of the works and life of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Through presentations of scholarly work, round-table discussions, and conferences, the Society provides a forum for Stowe studies. The Stowe Society was founded in 1996 by Dorothy Baker of the University of Houston.
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Upcoming Stowe Symposium
The Stowe Center for Literary Activism, in partnership with the New England Quarterly, will how as symposium on March 20, 2026, the publication anniversary of the collected volumes of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism in Hartford, CT, site of Stowe’s final house, nestled among her illustrious contemporaries such as Isabella Beecher Hooker and Samuel Clemens. More details to come!
And click here to learn more about Stowe on the Go, a program hosted by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, "that facilitates difficult conversations using historical objects and nurtures common ground for common good":
https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/programs-learning/programs/
The Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe
Joan Hedrick and Susan Belasco are pleased to announce a contract with Oxford University Press for The Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Along with Wesley Raabe, the Textual Editor, Joan and Susan have established an Advisory Board, prepared an editorial handbook, and are now in the process of working on proposals and inviting volume editors for the 33 planned volumes. The first objective of this edition is to publish readable, scholarly editions of Stowe’s novels, travel writing, poetry, short stories and sketches, religious writings, and journalism. A secondary purpose is to publish an edition of Stowe’s letters. Each volume in the Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe will be printed in a hardback of 500-600 pages, depending on the volume contents. As with Oxford’s other editions, The Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe will also be available by individual or institutional subscription through the Oxford Scholarly Editions Online series. With the support of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, these scholarly editions will allow straightforward access to Stowe’s writing, with tools for scholars, allowing readers to see textual variants and move as seamlessly as possible between text and commentary.
Joan Hedrick, Charles A. Dana Professor Emerita of History, Trinity College [email protected]
Susan Belasco, Professor Emerita of English, University of Nebraska-Lincoln [email protected]
Wesley Raabe, Associate Professor of English, Kent State University, [email protected]
Officers:
President ❘ Lucy Salib ❘ University of Texas at Austin
Vice President ❘ Allison Speicher ❘ Eastern Connecticut State University
Secretary ❘ Cat White ❘ Stowe Center for Literary Activism
Treasurer ❘ Amy Easton ❘ Brigham Young University
Founding Officer ❘ Nancy Lusignan Schultz
Past Presidents ❘ LuElla D'Amico and Beth L. Lueck
Check out our latest newsletter here!
Upcoming Stowe Symposium
The Stowe Center for Literary Activism, in partnership with the New England Quarterly, will how as symposium on March 20, 2026, the publication anniversary of the collected volumes of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism in Hartford, CT, site of Stowe’s final house, nestled among her illustrious contemporaries such as Isabella Beecher Hooker and Samuel Clemens. More details to come!
And click here to learn more about Stowe on the Go, a program hosted by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, "that facilitates difficult conversations using historical objects and nurtures common ground for common good":
https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/programs-learning/programs/
The Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe
Joan Hedrick and Susan Belasco are pleased to announce a contract with Oxford University Press for The Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Along with Wesley Raabe, the Textual Editor, Joan and Susan have established an Advisory Board, prepared an editorial handbook, and are now in the process of working on proposals and inviting volume editors for the 33 planned volumes. The first objective of this edition is to publish readable, scholarly editions of Stowe’s novels, travel writing, poetry, short stories and sketches, religious writings, and journalism. A secondary purpose is to publish an edition of Stowe’s letters. Each volume in the Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe will be printed in a hardback of 500-600 pages, depending on the volume contents. As with Oxford’s other editions, The Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe will also be available by individual or institutional subscription through the Oxford Scholarly Editions Online series. With the support of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, these scholarly editions will allow straightforward access to Stowe’s writing, with tools for scholars, allowing readers to see textual variants and move as seamlessly as possible between text and commentary.
Joan Hedrick, Charles A. Dana Professor Emerita of History, Trinity College [email protected]
Susan Belasco, Professor Emerita of English, University of Nebraska-Lincoln [email protected]
Wesley Raabe, Associate Professor of English, Kent State University, [email protected]
Officers:
President ❘ Lucy Salib ❘ University of Texas at Austin
Vice President ❘ Allison Speicher ❘ Eastern Connecticut State University
Secretary ❘ Cat White ❘ Stowe Center for Literary Activism
Treasurer ❘ Amy Easton ❘ Brigham Young University
Founding Officer ❘ Nancy Lusignan Schultz
Past Presidents ❘ LuElla D'Amico and Beth L. Lueck