Appearances and Events
Louise Knight often gives booktalks, lectures, and appears at bookfairs and bookstores, universities, clubs and on television and radio stations.
Upcoming Events
March 22, 2012 - 5:30 p.m. Panlist at the New Biography Seminar, "Writing Biographies of Siblings," held at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. Details to follow. Public welcome. RSVP recommended. This will be a talk about my new topic, a dual biography of the abolitionist-feminist sisters, Angelina and Sarah Grimke.
October 19-20, 2012- Plenary speaker at the Feminist Pragmatist Conference, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.
October 27, 2012 - Speaker at the Theodore Roosevelt Society conference, Chicago.
Past Events
(Including Links to Past Events Available on the Internet)
January 11, 2012 - 7 p.m. Lecture, "Jane Addams: Social Activist and Progressive Trailblazer." Baker Demonstration School, Carlson Audtiorium, 201 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, Illinois. Public welcome. Book signing.
November 14, 2011- 4:30 p.m. lecture, co-hosted by the Center for Idealism and the New Liberalism, Unversity of Hull, Hull, England.
November 9, 2011 - presentation to a 5 p.m. seminar, University of Aberystwyth, Wales.
November 7, 2011 - presentation to a noontime women's history seminar, University of Portsmouth, England.
October 20, 2011 - Radio interview on Talk Radio Europe, 9 to 9:30 a.m., Chicago time. www.talkradioeurope.com
June 14, 2011 -- Booktalk in Madison, WI. 7 p.m. Hosted by the WILPF-Madison chapter. Grand Hall, Capitol Lakes, 333 W. Main Street. Free. Contact Mary Anne Mayhew for more information. Email: elc@charter.net Book signing.
June 4, 2011 -- Printers Row Lit Fest, Chicago. 11:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. One of four panelists on the "art of biography." Will be signing books. Free but best to get(free) ticket at the printers row lit fest website.
April 15, 2011- Lecture. To settlement staff. Goddard-Riverside Community Center. 3 to 5 p.m.
April 14, 2011 - Booktalk. Cosmopolitan Club, 122 E. 66th Street, New York City. Members and their guests only. 6 p.m.
April 13, 2011 - Lecture. "Politics and Peace: Jane Addams's Journey to the Nobel Peace Prize." Women's Studies Research Center, 415 South Street, Brandeis College, Waltham, MA. 12:30 to 2. Open to the public. Book signing.
April 12, 2011 - Lecture, "Jane Addams, Gender and the Barriers to Peace," Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Multifaith Center, Groundlevel, Houghton Chapel. 4:15 to 5:45 p.m.
March 27, 2011 - Booktalk. Women and Children First Bookstore, 5233 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60640. 4:30 to 6 p.m. Book signing.
March 24, 2011 -- Talk hosted by Literature for All of Us and the YWCA of the North Shore. Location: Northwestern University, Swift Hall (just south of Garrett Seminary), Room 107. 7 p.m. booksigning.
March 16, 2011- Remarks on "Jane Addams's Struggles for Personal and Social Peace,"in conversation with Mary Schmid, Chicago Tribune. At St. James Cathedral. 6 p.m.
March 15, 2011- Talk at Alverno College, Milwaukee. "How Peace Brings Women's Rights and Women's Rights Brings Peace: The Life Lessons of Nobel Prize Winner Jane Addams." 7 p.m., Wehr Hall. Open to the public.
March 1, 2011 - Booktalk. IVCC Ottawa Center, Ottawa, IL. Co-sponsored by AAUW chapter, the IVCC Diversity Committee, and Book Mouse. 6 p.m. Booksigning. http://www.bookmouse.org/event/author-louise-w-knight
March 2, 2011 - Talk, to the Social Work group, Children's Hospital, Chicago. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Members only.
February 3, 2011 -- In conversation with Ira Harkavy on "Connecting Education, Values, and Action: Jane Addams and John Dewey, Then and Now," Horace Mann School, W. 246 Street, Bronx, NY. 9:20 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Open to public.
January 9, 2011 - Talk on Jane Addams and the Pullman Strike. Pullman State Historic Site, Pullman, Chicago, IL. 3 to 5 p.m. Booksigning. Open to the public.
December 12, 2010 - Chicago: The Jane Addams Commemorative Holiday will be celebrated by AAUW-IL at Hull-House Museum located at 800 S. Halsted, Chicago, with a brunch at 10:30a.m., cost is $25. Enjoy an historic brunch prepared by the Hull-House chef; hear Louise W. Knight speak her Addams biography, Jane Addams: Spirit in Action, learn more about the museum expansion project from Hull-House Museum Director Lisa Lee, and tour the museum. Go to www.aauw-il.org for the reservation form.
December 11, 2010- A Celebration of Jane Addays Day. Knight will speak on "Jane Addams and the Progressive Tradition." Jan Lisa Huttner will speak on "The History of Jane Addams Day." 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Petterino's Restaurant, 150 N. Dearborn (use side entrance on Randolph Street). Cost: $10 per person for light brunch, with a reservation. For a reservation form, contact lwk@louisewknight.com .
November 9, 201December 10, 2010 --Remarks. at event organized by the Jane Addams Hull House Association, in honor of Jane Addams Day in Illinois. Palmer House, 17 E. Monroe, Chicago. Breakfast event, no charge. Open to public but must RSVP to Suzan Lea at slea@hullhouse.org or call 1-312-235-5376. 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Book signing. Jane Addams Symposium December 10 Invitation0-- Cleveland Heights, OH. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Avenue, across from Cleveland State University. 7 p.m.
November 3, 2010 - Boston, MA: Boston Public Library. Moderated by Christopher Lydon, with Kathryn Lasky, Vivian Gornick, and Louise W. Knight each speaking for one of the three candidates for a retroactive book award for 1910: Edith Wharton, Emma Goldman and Jane Addams. Sponsored by the Associates of the Boston Public Library. The annual meeting begins at 6 p.m. but it is alright to arrive after 6 to attend the event, which begins at 6:30. Reception afterwards. Free. For more information, click here.
November 2, 2010 - South Bend, IN: Center for Spirituality, St. Mary's College. Evening lecture. Open to the public.
October 22, 2010 -- New York City: The Third Annual History Conference, The Graduate Center, City of University of New York. Remarks on Addams's suffrage rhetoric.
October 21, 2010 -- New York City. WYNC Radio live interview on the Leonard Lopate Show, 2:00 to 2:30 p.m. 93.9 FM.
October 19, 2010 - San Francisco, CA: Books, Inc., Opera Plaza location, 601 Van Ness Street, San Francisco. 7 p.m. Open to the public. More information is here.
October 18, 2010 -- San Francisco, CA: talk on Addams and her theory and practice of leadership. Sponsored by the Young Women Social Entrepreneurs - San Francisco chapter. Evening. Open to the public. Register here.
October 17, 2010 - Palo Alto, CA: remarks on Addams and the early history of the women's peace movement, Borders Bookstore, 3 p.m.
October 14, 2010 – Claremont, CA: remarks to the Leadership Roundtable, Claremont Graduate University. Membership event.
October 13- Los Angeles. Lunchtime talk on Jane Addams and human trafficking, sponsored by the Los Angeles Coalition to End Human Trafficking, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at National Council of Jewish Women, 543 N. Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles. Parking in the back: explain you are there for the human trafficking meeting. Open to public. Bring your brown bag lunch.
October 12- Los Angeles, Lecture at Occidental College, 5 to 6:30 p.m. "The Most Dangerous Woman in America: The Life and Continuing Relevance of Jane Addams." Johnson Student Center, second floor, the Salsbury-Young Room. Open to public.
October 5, 2010 – New York City: participate in a workshop on women and New York region settlement houses, United Neighborhood Houses of New York. Membership event.
October 4, 2010 – New York City: plenary remarks at the 100th anniversary celebration of the United Neighborhood and Community Centers, University Settlement, New York City. Membership event.
October 4, 2010 - New York City: Booktalk and book signing at the Museum Shop of the Tenement Museum, 6:30 to 8 p.m. 108 Orchard Street. Moderator: Vivian Gornick. Open to public.
October 2, 2010 -- Scranton, PA. Pages and Places Book Festival. Forum workshop on writing biography. 9 a.m. at Farley's Restaurant. Open to public.
September 25 & 26, 2010 - Louise W. Knight will appear in an hour long interview on C-Span Book TV's "Afterwords" Saturday September 25, 10 p.m. EST (9 p.m. CST), and Sunday, September 26, 9 p.m. EST (8 p.m. CST).
September 24, 2010 – New York City: keynote speaker at “From Hull House to Human Rights: A Jane Addams Symposium,” City College Center for Worker Education, 25 Broadway, 7th floor, 12-5p.m. Free and open to the public. Book sales and signing. Learn more >
September 22, 2010 – Chicago: Remarks to Leadership Illinois. Private event.
September 21, 2010 – Chicago: Book launch in Chicago, at the Jane Addams Hull House Museum, 800 S. Halsted Street, University of Illinois Chicago campus, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. RSVP ksuzanne@uic.edu
September 16, 2010 - Philadelphia. Arcadia University, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Talk and book signing. Open to the public. For more information, see here.
September 15, 2010 – Washington, D.C.: Book Discussion at the Fifth Floor Conference Room at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Center is located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Free public event. Please RSVP to usstudies@wilsoncenter.org. View the video from this event, here. To see the video, click on "Launch in external player" inside the blue box.
September 13, 2010 – New York City: Book Launch at Demos, the progressive think-tank, from 6 to 8 p.m. Moderator: Blanche Wiesen Cook. For more information and to RSVP, go to http://demos.org/events/spirit_action.html
September 11, 2010 -- Evanston, IL . Talk at the Evanston Public Library, the Community Room. Book signing.
September 10, 2010 - Winnetka, IL. Talk at the Bookstall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm Street, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Book signing.
September 9, 2010 - Live interview on the Diane Rehm Show, WAMU 88.5 FM, Washington, D.C. 11 a.m. to 12 noon. Here is the link.
September 8, 2010 - Live interview on Chicago Tonight, WTTW Channel 11, sometime between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.
August 26, 2010 – Chicago: Remarks at the celebration of the 90th anniversary of women gaining the vote. Julie Ramos will also speak. Hosted by the Chicago American Association of University Women and the Chicago chapter of the League of Women Voters.
July 21, 2010 – Chicago: Facing History and Ourselves Seminar, Young Women’s Leadership Charter School, Chicago.
June 12, 2010 – Louise W. Knight was interviewed at the Printers Row Bookfair by C-Span BookTV: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/id/226125
May 20, 2010 – Evanston, IL Remarks at a luncheon organized by University Circle. Guild Lounge, Scott Hall, Northwestern University.
May 15, 2010 – Boston, MA. Attending the first international conference for biographers. All are welcome: http://www.biographersinternational.org/conference.html
April 30, 2010 – Evanston, IL. Commentator on papers presented at the workshop, "The Promise and Perils of Biography" at Northwestern University. Open to the public. http://www.historicalstudies.northwestern.edu/Conferenceprograms.htm
May 15, 2008 – 8 p.m - Lecture on Jane Addams to the Current Events Class, Evanston
April 1, 2008 – 7 p. m. - Lecture on Jane Addams, Gail Borden Public LIbrary,Elgin, Illinois, Lecture co-sponsored by AAUW-Elgin. Lecture title,"Jane Addams and the Potential of Women: Her Growth as a Social Reformer."
March 22, 2008 – 11 a.m. Public Saturday Lecture on Jane Addams at Newberry Library, Walton Street, Chicago.
http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=25814
February 15, 2008 – 12 noon. Lecture on Jane Addams, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
December 10, 2007 – Remarks,luncheon in honor of Jane Addams Day, at Jane Addams Hull House Musuem, University of Illinois at Chicago Campus, Halsted St. and Polk Street.
December 10, 2007 – Interview,"Chicago Tonight," Channel 11, WTTW, Chicago public television.
May 31st, 2007 – Demos Forum Lecture, "Engaging in Democracy: Jane Addams and the Development of Political Consciousness." New York City
July 9th, 2007 – Lecture at The Mount, the Edith Wharton Museum in Lenox, Mass.
August 24, 2006 – Lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY, www.thegreatlecturelibrary.com/
June 3, 2006 – Booktalk at Printer's Row Bookfair, aired on BookTV C-SPAN June 18, 2006, at 2:15 p.m. Available for purchase ($29.95).
index This will link you to the C-SPAN website where you can watch the video. It is 44 minutes long.
May 10, 2006 – Interview on Progressive Radio, go to http://progressive.org/radio_knight06
April 19, 2006 – Talk at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC
March 24, 2006 – C-SPAN interview at the Virginia Festival of the Book
index This will link you to the C-SPAN website where you can watch the video. It is 12 minutes long.
March 21, 2006 – Interview on the Morning Show, KPFA ( Berkeley) Radio
November 29, 2005 – Interview on Chicago Public Radio, "848" Program, go to www.chicagopublicradio.org/audio_library/