UPCOMING EVENTS 

(Subject to change, all times listed in Pacific Time unless otherwise specified.)

October 29 2022 11am Megan Rosenbloom: Anthropodermic Bindings: Books Bound in Human Skin. Virtual Event with The American Bookbinders Museum. San Francisco, CA. Details.

November 2 2022 4pm History of Medicine Fall Lecture Series: From the Dark Archives: Books Bound in Human Skin and the New Science of Old Books. Virtual Event with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. San Antonio, TX. Details.

SELECTED PAST EVENTS

February 23 2022 3:30pm From the Dark Archives: Books Bound in Human Skin and the New Science of Old Books. Virtual Event with The Rosenbach Museum. Philadelphia, PA. Video.

February 2 2022 10:30am Dark Archives virtual talk. Arnos Vale Cemetery, UK.

December 9 2021 11am Dark Archives virtual talk. Hull Libraries, UK. Details.

November 13 2021 2PM Eastern. Dark Archives paperback release in person at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia, PA.

Rosenbloom MC, Connelly C. Chris Connelly in conversation with Megan Rosenbloom about her book Dark Archives. In-person event with Skylight Books. Philosophical Research Society. Los Angeles. 2021 Nov 6 2021.

O’Meara M, Rosenbloom MC. Megan Rosenbloom in conversation with Mallory O’Meara about her new book Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol. Virtual Event with StoryFest. Westport, CT. 2021 Oct 29.

Rosenbloom MC. Fernweh Collective Autumn Book Club virtual event. 2021 Oct 4. Video.

Rosenbloom MC. Books Bound in Human Skin and the New Science of Old Books. Medical University of South Carolina Waring Library. 2021 Sept 22.

Devers AN, Rosenbloom MC. In conversation with The Second Shelf’s A.N. Devers about Dark Archives. American Book Centre. Amsterdam. 2021 Sept 17. Video.

Kean S, Rosenbloom MC. Sam Kean in Conversation with Megan Rosenbloom about The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy & Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science. Skylight Books. Los Angeles. 2021 July 13. Video.

Rosenbloom MC. Books of the Dead: The Real and Fictionalized Horrors of Anthropodermic Bibliopegy. Black Museum. Toronto. 2021 May 20.

Dickey C, Rosenbloom MC. Books Bound in Human Skin and Researching the Weird: Writing, Publishing, and Death Positivity in the Time of COVID-19: A Live Zoom Conversation with Authors Megan Rosenbloom and Colin Dickey. Morbid Anatomy. 2021 Mar 22.

Rosenbloom MC. Dark Archives Lecture. Program in the History of the Book in American Culture. American Antiquarian Society. Worchester. 2021 Feb 25. Video.

Rosenbloom MC. Dark Archives Author Reading. University of Florida Smathers Libraries. Gainesville. 2021 Feb 15.

Rosenbloom MC. Dark Archives Author Reading. February 3, 2021. Zamorano Club. Pasadena. 2021 Feb 3.

Rosenbloom MC. Author Reading in Conversation with Caitlin Doughty. Skylight Books. Los Angeles. 2020 Oct 29.

Rosenbloom MC. Dark Archives Author Reading. Indiana University School of Medicine Ruth Lilly Medical Library. Indianapolis. 2020 Oct 26.

Rosenbloom MC. Author Reading in Conversation with Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris. International Museum of Surgical Science. Chicago. 2020 Oct 25.

Rosenbloom MC. Dark Archives Author Reading. Mount Auburn Cemetery. Cambridge, MA. 2020 Oct 22. Video.

Rosenbloom MC. The Bibliomaniacal Doctor: The Physicians Who Created Books Bound in Human Skin and the Patients They Were Made From.” Grolier Club. New York. 2020 Oct 21.

Rosenbloom MC. Dark Archives Publication Day Event. The Mütter Museum. Philadelphia. 2020 Oct 20.

Rosenbloom MC. California Tanned Skin: The Human Skin-Bound Books of the Golden State. Rare Books LA. 2020 Oct 16.

Rosenbloom MC. Dark Archives Roundtable Event. University of California Berkeley Bancroft Library. 2020 Oct 15. Video.

Rosenbloom MC. Dark Archives Library Donor Talk. University of California Los Angeles. 2020 Oct 8. Video.

Rosenbloom MC. Dark Archives Author Reading and Q&A. Swann Galleries. New York. 2020 Oct 5

Rosenbloom MC. “Death Positivity Now for the Future!” Dying Tomorrow. Invited Lecture and Panel. Swissnex San Francisco. November 9, 2019. Dying Tomorrow Video.

Rosenbloom MC. Books Bound in Human Skin and the Birth of Clinical Medicine. Guest Lecture presented at: University of California Riverside School of Medicine. March 18, 2019.

Death Salon Boston. Mount Auburn Cemetery. September 28-30, 2018.

Rosenbloom MC. Bloomsday Reading. Rosenbach Museum. Philadelphia, PA. June 16, 2018.

Rosenbloom MC. Willard L. Marmelzat History of Dermatology Lecture. Books Bound in Human Skin and the Birth of Clinical Medicine. UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomed Library. May 23, 2018.

Doughty C, Enguiados S, Rosenbloom MC, Sloane D. Panel discussion. How We Die: Approaches to Mourning, Burial, and Death. LA Times Festival of Books. April 21, 2018.

Rosenbloom MC, Doughty C, Fitzharris L. Doctors’ Orders for a Good Death. Panel discussion. USC Visions & Voices event. April 6, 2017.

Rosenbloom MC. Invited presentation. Morbid Anatomy Pop-Up. La Luz de Jesus Gallery. October 29-30, 2016.

Rosenbloom MC, Koudounaris P. Invited presentation. Strange Science: An Evening of Oddities. The Huntington Library & Botanical Gardens. October 28, 2016.

Rosenbloom MC. The Personal & Professional: Your Interests Unexpectedly Informing Your Library Service & Vice Versa. Invited Keynote Address. Australian Library and Information Association. ALIA West Symposium 2016. July 15, 2016.

Rosenbloom MC. A Book by its Cover: Identifying and Scientifically Testing the World’s Books Bound in Human Skin. Archivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences. Minneapolis, MN. 2016 Apr 28.

Rosenbloom MC. Roundtable on careers in the health humanities and arts. Panel Discussion. Medicine and the Image: The Visible Human. USC Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics. 2014 Nov 5.

Rosenbloom MC, Dhody A., Hark R., Kirby D. Skin Deeper: Identifying & Analyzing the World’s Books Bound in Human Skin. Panel Discussion. Death Salon: Mutter Museum. 2015 Oct 5.

Rosenbloom MC, Lockhard E. Death from the Doctor/Daughter Perspective. Panel Discussion. Death Salon: Mutter Museum. 2015 Oct 6.

Rosenbloom, MC. Swetsing Bullets: Managing Library Collections in the Face of Subscription Agent Bankruptcy. Paper presentation. Medical Library Association Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. 2015 May 15-20.

Rosenbloom MC. A Will For the Woods film screening. Panel Discussion. USC Gerontology Department. 2015 Feb 18; Los Angeles, CA.

Rosenbloom MC. Books of the dead: death imagery from the library vaults. Public Lecture. Death Salon: San Francisco. 2014 Oct 11.

Rosenbloom MC. Books of the dead: death imagery from the library vaults. Invited Keynote Speaker. The Zamorano Club. 2014 Oct 1.

Rosenbloom, MC. “Branching out of the rare book room: expanding the role and reach of the health sciences special collections librarian.” Paper presentation. Medical Library Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. May 16-21 2014.

Wu, J., Chatfield, A., Hughes, A., Kysh, L., Rosenbloom, MC. “Mobile device usage at an academic health sciences library: what do they really want?” Paper presentation. Medical Library Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. May 16-21 2014.

Rosenbloom, MC. “A Thesaurus of Horrors: A History of the Fear of Premature Burial.” Public lecture. Los Angeles, London, New York, & Philadelphia, 2014.

Rosenbloom, MC. “Bringing Some Flash to Your Library’s Exhibits.” Lightning Talk Paper Presentation. Joint Meeting of the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona and the Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group. La Jolla, CA. July 24-26 2013.

Wu, J., Rosenbloom, MC. “Navigating the Waters of Cross-Institutional Collaboration.” Paper Presentation. Joint Meeting of the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona and the Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group. La Jolla, CA. July 24-26 2013.

Rosenbloom, M., Prottsman, MF. “Bringing back the librarian as collection curator in data driven acquisitions: a year-long experiment in next-generation e-book DDA in an academic health sciences library.” Medical Library Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. May 3-8 2013.

Curran, MC. “Ill-Gotten Brains: The Grisly History of Sourcing Bodies for Anatomical Learning.”  The Bone Room. Berkeley, CA. October 20 2011.

Curran, MC. “The method behind the madness: explaining the philosophy behind RDA to technical services staff and non-technical librarians.” Medical Library Association Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN. May 13-18 2011.

Curran, MC. “Ill-Gotten Brains: The Grisly History of Sourcing Bodies for Anatomical Learning.” Observatory. Brooklyn, NY. April 22 2011.

Curran, MC. “Ill-Gotten Brains: The Grisly History of Sourcing Bodies for Anatomical Learning.” Machine Project. Los Angeles, CA. April 15 2011.

Curran, MC. “To Beta or Not to Beta: Considerations for Medical Libraries.” [Powerpoint]. Joint Meeting of the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona and the Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group. San Francisco, CA. February 23-25 2011.

Wu, J., Brennan, E., Chatfield, A., Curran, MC. “Emerging Technologies Committees: Exploring Potential, Improving Services.” [Powerpoint] Joint Meeting of the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona and the Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group. San Francisco, CA. February 23-25 2011.

Curran, MC. “Reconnecting patrons to medicine’s past: breathing new life into an underused medical rare book collection.” [Powerpoint] Joint Meeting of the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona and the Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group. Glendale, AZ. January 27-30 2010.