“Bystander or Activist – the Scholar in Troubled Times,” keynote opening address to multidisciplinary policy conference, American University Beirut, 26 Feb 2024.
“Getting Beyond GDP – Existential Challenges and the Promise of a Better Tomorrow,” keynote presentation to Let’s Talk Democracy, NYC, 11 May 2023.
“The Tragedy of the Commons, Revisited,” Maria de Maeztu Unit of Excellence Keynote, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain, 2 Nov 2022.
“A Devil's Bargain – Climate Change and the Need to Re-Frame our Collective Journey,” invited keynote to the National Climate Reality Hub, 10 April 2021.
“Un-Caring Growth and the Promise of Wellbeing,” invited keynote for Spring 2021, Ruth Pauley Lecture Series, Pinehurst, NC, 3 March 2021.
“Transforming a World in Triple Crisis: Pandemic, Climate, and the Economy,” invited keynote, co-sponsored by Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle, Orange Chatham Interfaith Creation Care, and Campaign Nonviolence, 5 May 2020 (attended by over 100 participants).
“At the Edge of the World – Berlin, Walls, and the Crisis of the Neoliberal Order,” invited keynote presentation, University of Florida, Center for European Studies, 8 November 2019.
“Embattled Memories and the Struggle for a New Identity--The Voices of Richmond’s Refugees,” keynote speaker, 1999 Adult Learning Division, American Reading Association Conference, Hilton Head, SC, 11/6/99.
Keynote speaker, VSU Honors Scholars’ Induction Ceremony, April 9, 1999.
“Social Activism in the U.S.--An Historical Evaluation,” keynote Speaker, VCU, at the invitation of the Richmond Organization for Human Rights, February 23, 1998.