Speaking Engagements

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Sue Erikson Bloland is available for speaking engagements. Please contact us for more information.

Professional Presentations

Fame: The Illusion and the Reality

Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, January, 2010.

Discussion of In the Shadow of Fame

Discussion Group on the History of Psychoanalysis, American Psychoanalytic Association, New York City, January, 2010.

Psychoanalysts Who Write Memoirs

Panel Discussion with Dr. Fern Cohen, New York Public Library, New York City, February, 2009.

Beyond the Shadow of Fame

Department of Psychology, Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, New York City, October, 2008.

Fame, Childhood and the Family

Pittsburgh Association for Psychoanalytic Thought and the Department of Psychology in Education, University of Pittsburgh, November, 2006.

Wonder Women: Idols in Contemporary Art

Panel Discussion with Renee Cox, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, November, 2006.

Presentation and Discussion: In the Shadow of Fame

SUNY Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge, New York, March, 2006.

The Legacy of Famous Fathers: A Conversation with Sue Erikson Bloland, Nancy Blackmun and Adam Bellow

The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, January, 2006.

Identity and the Celebrity Phenomenon in Modern Life

American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), Washington, D.C., August, 2005.

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Celebrity Phenomenon

American Psychoanalytic Association, Seattle, Washington, June, 2005.

Fame and the Denial of Death

New York Chapter of the Ernest Becker Foundation, New York University, May 15, 2005; and the Ernest Becker Foundation, Seattle, Washington, June, 2005.

In the Shadow of Fame: Meet the Author Session

American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), New York City, April, 2005.

Childhood and Society: The Next Generation
Western Massachusetts and Albany Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, November, 2003.

Trauma as a Precursor to Extraordinary Achievement
American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), New York City, April, 2002.

Fame, Psychoanalysis and Erik H. Erikson: A Daughter’s Reflections
American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), Washington, D.C., August, 2000.

Fame and Pathological Narcissism
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Jamaica, NY, June, 2000

The Legacy of Erik H. Erikson
Panel Discussion with Lawrence Friedman and Paul Roazen, Harvard University School of Education, Cambridge, February, 2000.

Guest appearances on a wide range of radio talk shows, including National Public Radio's "The Leonard Lopate Show," New York City; "On the Media" with Brian Lehrer, New York City; "Airtalk" with Larry Mantle, Los Angeles, and "The Beat" with Megan Sukys, Seattle.