Events
To book a lecture or interview:
212-666-4824 / krk4@columbia.edu
Author Kevin Krajick gives illustrated lectures at universities, museums and scientific meetings on The Secret Hunt for North American Diamonds. With rare and compelling historical slide images from across the continent and the contemporary far north, he shows how the vast new Ekati mine grew from 450 years of furtive diamond hunting across the United States and Canada. He discusses early European explorers starting with Jacques Cartier; diamond finds, frenzies and hoaxes of the 19th century; and how modern companies including the de Beers cartel are still combing the continent. Along the way, he examines the ultra-secret science of diamond hunting, and the cutthroat competition. He concludes with the ongoing multibillion-dollar strike on the tundra.
To see Krajick's presentation (courtesy WGBH, Boston) at the Boston Museum of Science, click here.
A PARTIAL LIST OF VENUES:
May 13, 2004 Meeting of the New Jersey Mineralogical Society, United Methodist Church, Hillcrest Road/Mountain Ave., Berkeley Heights, N.J. Free.
Jan. 26, 2004 Johns Hopkins University Earth Sciences Department Seminar
Dec. 3, 2003 Edmonton Geological Society Annual Public Lecture, Edmonton, Alberta. $5 members, $8 nonmembers.
Dec. 2, 2003 Saskatchewan Geological Survey Open House Annual Public Lecture, Saskatoon, Sask. Free.
Tuesday, Nov.11, 2003, 7 pm Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ont. Admission: $18 (online $16); students, seniors $15 (online $13). Information: www.rom.on.ca.
Monday, Nov.10, 2003, 7:30 pm Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod Ave, Ottawa, Ont. Admission: $10; seniors $8. Information: www.nature.ca/calendar.
Friday, Nov.7, 2003, 7 pm Boston Museum of Science, Science Park, Boston, Mass. Museum admission: $13; seniors, $11. Information: 617-723-250.
Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003, 10:30 am, and 6-8 pm Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, Wash. Registration for meeting required. Info: www.geosociety.org
Friday, September 26, 2003, noon Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, 10th St. & Constitution Ave., Washington DC. Free. Information: www.mnh.si.edu/cal_events.html.
Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2003, 8 pm Cosmos Club, 2170 Florida Ave NW, Washington DC. Sponsored by the Washington Geological Society. Free. Info: www.gswweb.org
Saturday, May 3, 2003, 1:30 pm Garvies Point Museum & Preserve, Glen Cove, N.Y. Sponsored by the Nassau Mineral Club. Information: 516-671-8010.
Tuesday, April 29, 2003, 7:30 pm National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, N.Y. Sponsored by Gemological Institute of America Alumni, Manhattan Chapter. Information: Gail Levine, 718-897-7305 767766.614@compuserve.com
Saturday, April 5, 2003, 2 pm Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. $15 or $8 members, srs. or students, imcludes museum admission. Information: Cathy Andreychek, 412-622-3419/ andreychekc@carnegiemuseums.org
Friday, February 14, 2003, 10:00 pm EST, on the Discovery Channel Diamonds in the Rough (repeated regularly)--premiere of the hourlong documentary film based on "Barren Lands." See the book's characters describe their lives, and visit the northern tundra with them. Get a look at the diamonds, too! Produced by NBC-TV in cooperation with Discovery.
Thursday, February 13, 2003, 7:00 pm Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, 8480 Hagy's Mill Rd., Philadelphia, Pa. Free. Cosponsored by the Philadelphia Mineralogical and Geological Societies. Information: J215-482-8158
Wednesday, February 12, 2003, 8:00 pm Township Building, Powell Road, Springfield, Pa. Free. Sponsored by the Tuscarora Lapidary Society. Information: Jim Johnston, 215-542-7753 /jbj2@erols.com
Saturday, Dec. 7, 2002 noon Yale Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave., New Haven, Conn. Museum admission: $5. Information: 203-432-5050 or www.peabody.yale.edu/events
Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002, 7 pm, Spokane Community College, 1810 Greene St., Spokane, Wash. Sponsored by the College Geology Lecture Series. Information: Andy Buddington, 509-533-8017/buddington@scc.spokane.cc.wa.us.
Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002, 8:00 pm Flat Rock Brook Nature Center, 486 Van Nostrand Rd., Englewood, N.J. Free. Sponsored by the Bergen County Mineralogical Society. Information: Gerry Nismen, 201-568-8190
October 9, 2002, Bellmore Memorial Library, Bellmore, N.Y.
September 27, 2002, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y. Sponsored by the university Science Colloquium.
September 21, 2002, Franklin Mineral Museum.
June 9, 2002, Kevin Krajick talks with host Jim Fleming of National Public Radio's "To the Best of Our Knowledge" about the wild travels of the characters in "Barren Lands."
Wednesday, May 15, 2002 Brooklyn College. Brooklyn, N.Y.
April 25, & 26, 2002, 2 pm Kevin Krajick appears in a 2-part series on the public-affairs show "Take Note" with host Patty Satalia to talk about the diamond business. WPSX-TV, State College, Pa.
April 17, 2002, 7:30 pm Pennsylvania State University Earth & Mineral Sciences Museum, State College, Penn.
March 18, 2002 Queens College, Flushing, N.Y.,
March 9, 2002 Merritt Bookstore II, Red Hook NY.
March 7, 2002, Kevin Krajick speaks with host Greg Gattine on diamonds and diamond hunters, WDST, 100.1 FM, Woodstock, N.Y.; 102.3, Newburgh; 106.3, Poughkeepsie.
March 2, 2002, New York Mineral Show, New York City.
March 2002 Kevin Krajick discusses the wild travels of the characters in Barren Lands on National Public Radio's "The Savvy Traveler." (Nationally syndicated; date/time vary by locale.)
Feb. 27, 2002, "Unearthing the Secrets of Diamond Exploration," Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, N.Y.
Feb. 25, 2002, Meriden Mineral Club Meriden, Conn.
Feb. 25, 2002, Kevin Krajick talks with hosts Ray Dunaway and Diane Smith of the Ray & Diane Show about diamonds and diamond hunters, WTIC 1080 AM, Hartford, Conn.
Feb. 7, 2002 New York State Museum, Albany, N.Y.
Feb. 7, 2002 Segment with reporter Steve Scoville on diamonds and diamond hunters, WNYT-TV (Channel 13), Albany-Schenectady, N.Y.
Feb. 7, 2002, 11:05 am Kevin Krajick talks about diamonds with host Susan Arbetter on "Roundtable," WAMC 90.3 FM/Northeast Public Radio, upstate New York, Massachusetts and Vermont.
Feb. 5, 2002, 7:20 am Don Weeks Show, WGY 810 AM, Schenectady, N.Y.
January 2002 Why "technology is a diamond prospector's best friend" with host Moira Gunn on National Public Radio's "Tech Nation." (Nationally syndicated; date/time vary by locale.)
Dec. 31, 2001, The future of the diamond markets on National Public Radio's "Marketplace."
Dec. 14, 2001, "Unearthing the Secrets of Diamond Exploration," Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco.
Nov. 14, 2001, "The Search for North American Diamonds," 115th Anniversary Banquet of the New York Mineralogical Club. New York City.
Oct. 15, 2001, Kevin Krajick discusses the history of diamond prospecting on The History Channel show Modern Marvels: Diamond Mining. (Repeated regularly.)