Eric Jay Dolin
Speaking Engagements
Over the past ten years I have given more than 350 talks and slide shows on a variety of my books. A partial list of the venues where I have spoken includes the following: American Museum of Natural History, Mystic Seaport, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mariner's Museum and Park, Tenement Museum, South Street Seaport, National Archives, Politics & Prose Bookstore, Porter Square Bookstore, Harvard Bookstore, Concord Bookshop, Larchmont Yacht Club, Nantucket Whaling Museum, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Cape Cod Natural History Museum, Yale University, House of Seven Gables, Boston Athenaeum, Boston Public Library, Concord Festival of Writers, Town Hall Seattle, and scores of libraries throughout New England.
If you are interested in having me as a speaker for any of my books, please contact me via the contact form on this website (see tab above).
August 2021
Saturday, August 21, 2021
1 PM
Masin Room
Mystic Seaport
Mystic, CT
Talk on A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
September 2021
Essex Meadows Independent Living
Sunday, September 12, 2021
4 PM
Essex, CT
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
Sunday, September 19, 2021
10 AM
Talk on Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse
Monday, September 20, 2021
7 PM
Nantucket, MA
Virtual talk on A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes (might be changed to an in-person talk)
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
4 PM
Mystic, CT
Talk on A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
Friday, September 24, 2021
7 PM
Harvard, MA
Virtual talk on A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
7 PM
Marblehead, MA
Joining the book discussion of Brilliant Beacons: The History of the American Lighthouse
October 2021
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
7 PM
117 Cabot St.
Beverly, MA
Talk on A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
Thursday, October 14, 2021
4 PM
865 Central Avenue
Needham, MA
Talk on A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
November 2021
Moses Greeley Parker Lecture Series
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
7 PM
276 Broadway
Lowell, MA
Talk on A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
Needham History Center and Museum
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
7 PM
1147 Central Avenue
Needham, MA
Talk on Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse
Society of Colonial Wars in Massachusetts
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Noon
Union Club
Eight Park St.
Boston, MA
Talk on Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
February 2022
The Crawley Great Lives LectureSeries
Thursday, February 24, 2022
7 PM
Location to be announced
Talk on Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
May 2022
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
7 PM
235 Pleasant Street
Marblehead, MA
Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
July 2022
Monday, July 11, 2022
7 PM
1 India Street
Nantucket, MS
Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
August 2022
Monday, August 1, 2022
7 PM
3046 Main St.
Barnstable, MA
Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
2 PM
7000 Great Meadow Road
Dedham, MA
Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution