Speaking Requests
I am available for public presentations or to speak at workshops, seminars, conferences, university courses, or briefings. Sample topics include:
- How civil resistance works and its impact throughout history.
- Strategic planning, organizing and mobilization of grassroots movements.
- Effective forms of support for civil resistance movements in the US or abroad.
- Presentations for and consultations with activists, philanthropies and think tanks about how to incorporate civil resistance content and movement-centered framework into their work.
- Presentations to undergraduate and graduate students about the theory and dynamics of nonviolent conflict, as well as a variety of research areas in the field.
Contact me about possible topics, rates and scheduling.
Selected Presentation and Guest Lecturing Venues:
Alliance for Peacebuilding annual conference
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies annual conference
American Society of International Law
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American University
Amherst College
Atlantic Council
Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Queensland University
Cambridge University (England)
Carter Center
Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney (Australia)
Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Central Connecticut State University
Central European University
Chautauqua Institution
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Colorado College
Community of Democracies
Council on Foreign Relations
Creighton University
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Dartmouth College
European Humanities University (Lithuania)
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Ecuador)
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
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Frontiers of Democracy conference, Tufts University
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George Mason University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Golden West College
Harvard University
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International Peace Research Association Annual Conference
International Summit on Conflict Resolution Education
The James Lawson Institute
James Madison University
Kadir Has University (Turkey)
Middlebury College
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Monterey Institute for International Studies
National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
New York University
Oberlin College
Peace Research Institute of Oslo (Norway)
Portland State University
School for Authentic Journalism (Mexico)
Sonoma State University
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
United States Institute of Peace
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University of Amsterdam
University of Basque Country (Spain)
University of Chicago
University of Denver
University of Deusto (Spain)
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of San Francisco
University of Sarajevo (Bosnia)
University of St. Andrews (Scotland)
University of Toronto
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech)
Wesleyan University
The 23rd Session of the Youth Assembly
* Note: Videos of some of these presentations are available for viewing here.
Selected Presentation and Guest Lecturing Venues:
Alliance for Peacebuilding annual conference
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies annual conference
American Society of International Law
→ Watch presentation
American University
Amherst College
Atlantic Council
Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Queensland University
Cambridge University (England)
Carter Center
Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney (Australia)
Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Central Connecticut State University
Central European University
Chautauqua Institution
→ Watch presentation
→ Read related article
Colorado College
Community of Democracies
Council on Foreign Relations
Creighton University
→ Watch presentation
Dartmouth College
European Humanities University (Lithuania)
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Ecuador)
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
→ Watch presentation
Frontiers of Democracy conference, Tufts University
→ Watch presentation
George Mason University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Golden West College
Harvard University
→ Read related article
→ Read related article
International Peace Research Association Annual Conference
International Summit on Conflict Resolution Education
The James Lawson Institute
James Madison University
Kadir Has University (Turkey)
Middlebury College
→ Read related article
Monterey Institute for International Studies
National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
New York University
Oberlin College
Peace Research Institute of Oslo (Norway)
Portland State University
School for Authentic Journalism (Mexico)
Sonoma State University
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
United States Institute of Peace
→ Watch presentation
University of Amsterdam
University of Basque Country (Spain)
University of Chicago
University of Denver
University of Deusto (Spain)
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of San Francisco
University of Sarajevo (Bosnia)
University of St. Andrews (Scotland)
University of Toronto
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech)
Wesleyan University
The 23rd Session of the Youth Assembly
* Note: Videos of some of these presentations are available for viewing here.
To inquire about speaking engagements, or to discuss my other services, contact me.
Photo Credit: Mhari Shaw, Staff Photographer, The Chautauquan Daily