Media Events

Schedule of speaking engagements & promotional activities

“History of Epidemics, Covid–19, Maine, and Jeremiah Barker,” a Zoom video presentation with Steve Bromage, Executive Director of the Maine Historical Society, 28 April 2020 [VIEW HERE]

“Influenza Pandemic in Maine 1918–19” with Jamie Rice on Maine Public Radio, “Maine Calling,” 15 May 2020, 1–2 PM. Jennifer Rooks, moderator [LISTEN HERE]

“History of Diseases in the District of Maine 1772-1820: a rare primary source by a New England physician,” Knox Mansion Author Series Lecture. Thomaston, Maine, September 2020, (postponed Covid-19)

“History of Diseases in the District of Maine 1772-1820: the unpublished work of Jeremiah Barker, a rural physician in New England, ACP Maine Chapter, The Len Kielson Memorial Lecture, Bar Harbor, Maine; 26 September 2020 [N.B. Cancelled, Covid-19]

“History of Diseases in the District of Maine 1772-1820: a rare primary source by a New England physician,” Knox Mansion Author Series Lecture. Thomaston, Maine, September 2020, (postponed Covid-19)

Diseases in the District of Maine 1772-1820: Epidemics Then and Now,” Colloquium on the History of Psychiatry and Medicine, Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; 17 September 2020. A Zoom presentation

“History of Diseases in the District of Maine 1772-1820: the unpublished work of Jeremiah Barker, a rural physician in New England, ACP Maine Chapter, The Len Kielson Memorial Lecture, Bar Harbor, Maine; 26 September 2020 (cancelled Covid-19)

“Diseases in the District of Maine 1772-1820: Epidemics Then and Now;
Part 1: Diseases in the District of Maine 1772 to 1820: The Unpublished Work of Jeremiah Barker, a Rural Physician in New England
Part 2: Brief look at Epidemics & Epistemology (the study of the nature and grounds of knowledge, its limits and validity).” Maine Medical Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Zoom Presentation being taped 7 October 2020. Date for release pending 

“Diseases in the District of Maine 1772 to 1820: The Unpublished Work of Jeremiah Barker, a Rural Physician in New England, medicine and epidemics in Maine 200 years ago and today.” Camden Public Library, Camden, Maine, 3 December 2020. Zoom at 6-7 PM.

“Medicine in Early Maine, a talk with Dr. Richard Kahn; History of Diseases in the District of Maine 1772-1820: the unpublished work of Jeremiah Barker, a rural physician in New England.” The Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine, 7 January 2021, Zoom: 6-7 PM

“Being Baffled by Buffy Blood,” American Osler Society, Pasadena, 27 April 2020 (postponed, Covid–19); rescheduled for 11-14 April 2021 in Galveston, Texas

“Humors to Hemorheology: Galen to Fåhraeus on Buffy Blood,” International Society for the History of Medicine, 24–28 August 2020 (postponed, Covid–19), rescheduled for 23–27 August 2021

“Diseases in the District of Maine 1772 – 1820:  The Unpublished Work of Jeremiah Barker, a Rural Physician in New England: a rare primary source,” International Society for the History of Medicine, 24–28 August 2020 (postponed, Covid–19), rescheduled for 23–27 August 2021