Above the Oxbow: History and Memory on Mount Holyoke
The Oxbow & Mount Holyoke
A Two-Part Lecture Series presented by Forbes Library and Historic Northampton
Event Details
Join us for a special talk by Danielle Raad who will speak about Mount Holyoke and its history.
Drawing from her new book Above the Oxbow: Stories Entangled with a Mountain (West Virginia University Press, April 2026), Raad will explore the longstanding relationships people have had with the Mount Holyoke Range, the Summit House, and its views.
She will also offer a contemporary analysis of how history, landscape, and memory intersect in this special place and how the Mount Holyoke Range is woven into our lives today.
Free and open to the public.
Donations are welcome.
About Danielle Raad
An assistant Professor of History and Museum Studies at the University of Georgia, Danielle Raad earned a PhD in Anthropology and a Graduate Certificate in Public History from UMass Amherst in 2021.
She previously held positions as the Curator and Assistant Director of Collections of the Stanford University Archaeology Collections and the Cullman-Payson Fellow in Academic Affairs and Outreach at the Yale University Art Gallery.