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Press: Lectures & Talks


Apr 2024

Video: United Nations: Mental Health of Children and Young People: How Can We Do Better?

Andrew Solomon’s keynote address at a meeting on mental health of children and youth, sponsored by the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Canada, Indonesia, Mexico, Qatar, Romania and Kuwait, with the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund.

Jun 2023

Video: Celebrating Pride Month: A Conversation with Andrew Solomon

A talk and Q&A with members of Morrison & Foerster’s Diversity + Inclusion Group.

Oct 2022

Video: Song of the Cell: Andrew Solomon and Siddhartha Mukherjee at the New York Public Library

Andrew Solomon and Siddhartha Mukherjee discuss discuss Mukherjee’s new book about how scientists discovered cells, began to understand them, and are now using that knowledge to create new humans.

Mar 2021

Video: Inside the Mind of an American Family

Andrew Solomon and Robert Kolker discuss Kolker’s new book, Hidden Valley Road, which tells the story of the Galvin family, a large Colorado family of boys a majority of whom were diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Feb 2021

Video: Assume Nothing: Tanya Selvaratnam with Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon joins writer, artist, and award-winning filmmaker Tanya Selvaratnam to discuss Tanya’s new book, Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence.

Dec 2020

Video: 2020 Fronteiras do Pensamento Conference

Andrew Solomon discusses the need to acknowledge the humanity we share with all human beings; humans’ relations to pets and objects; and the potentially positive outcomes of lockdowns.

Oct 2020

Video: A Good Time to Be Born: Perri Klass and Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon joins Perri Klass to discuss her new book, A Good Time to Be Born: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future.

Oct 2020

Video: Narratives of Health and Identity: Danielle Spencer with Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon joins author Danielle Spender for a discussion of her new book, Metagnosis: Revelatory Narratives of Health and Identity.

Sep 2020

Video: Andrew Solomon at Cognition: Unisinos Online Conference

Andrew Solomon discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health.

May 2020

Video: Andrew Solomon and Bethany Saltman on the Science of Attachment

Andrew Solomon and Bethany Saltman discuss Saltman’s new book, Strange Situation, an investigation of attachment theory inspired by the author’s experience as a daughter and a parent.