The Harmonist Connection: Shakers and Harmonists - Communal Connections and Commonalities
Join us at 6 p.m. Central/7 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 for the next Harmonist Connection virtual talk featuring Christian Goodwillie. The Harmonist Connection is a free virtual program that brings the three sites of the Harmony Society - Historic New Harmony, Old Economy Village, and Historic Harmony - together to discuss what connects us.
The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, or Shakers, and the Harmony Society each originated in Europe. Following their respective immigrations to North America, each became one of the most widely-known and successful communal societies in the nineteenth-century United States. This illustrated talk will examine the many interactions between the two groups over the course of nearly 100 years, as well as their theological commonalities.
Christian Goodwillie is the Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Prior to that he was Curator of Collections at Hancock Shaker Village and also served as President of the Communal Studies Association. Goodwillie has published twelve books and numerous articles on the Shakers, Freemasonry, and other topics.
No registration is required. Join the meeting on November 13 at https://usi.zoom.us/j/97356198315
Questions? Contact Heidi Taylor-Caudill at hltaylorca@usi.edu.
Virtual Event Recordings
Access videos of our past Harmonist Connection programs here.
