What do you mean you never heard of him? OK, neither did we. But here comes your chance to make up for that college psych class you skipped by attending the Centennial Celebration of the Life of William James Set in Chocorua, New Hampshire, August 13-16 (See details below)

"Walking in The Footsteps of William James" in Chocorua, NH and Cambridge, MA, is a centennial celebration of the life and legacy of the famed Harvard professor of Psychology who died in his summer home in Chocorua on August 26, 1910.

The conference includes presentations by leading James’ scholars, authors and historians, the opening of a new exhibit on William James at the Houghton Library in Cambridge, tours of the James’ summer home and his favorite hiking areas in Chocorua, historic photographs and local stories about his life in what he calls "the deliciousness of the country" of New Hampshire .

Registration for the 4 day event is $100. Single day registrations are available. For more information go to The William James Society and click on Events. This conference is sponsored by The William James Society, in cooperation with The Chocorua Community Association, the Houghton Library at Harvard College and the Chocorua Public Library.

Contact: Kent Schneider, Research Chair 603-662-6046

FROM THE INFALLIBLE FILES OF WIKIPEDIA

William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was a pioneering American philosopher and psychologist who was trained as a medical doctor. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, educational psychology, psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and on the philosophy of pragmatism. He was the brother of novelist Henry James and of diarist Alice James.

William James was born at the Astor House in New York City. He was the son of Henry James Sr., an independently wealthy and notoriously eccentric Swedenborgian theologian well acquainted with the literary and intellectual elites of his day. The intellectual brilliance of the James family milieu and the remarkable epistolary talents of several of its members have made them a subject of continuing interest to historians, biographers, and critics.

James interacted with a wide array of writers and scholars throughout his life, including his godfather Ralph Waldo Emerson, his godson William James Sidis, as well as Charles Sanders Peirce, Bertrand Russell, Josiah Royce, Ernst Mach, John Dewey, Walter Lippmann, Mark Twain, Horatio Alger, Jr., Henri Bergson and Sigmund Freud.