LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC APPEARANCES
2023
“Born Late: A Soldier in Memes,” Arthur Szyk: Art – Propaganda – Memory, Symposium at Fairfield University, October 4-5, 2023.
“Zionism and American Jews,” Panel Discussion at the Center for Jewish History, April 30, 2023.
“The Devil’s Confession,” Panel Discussion at the Streicker Center, Temple Emanuel, New York City, April 20, 2023.
"5,000 Years of the World's Largest Jewish Comprehensive Archive with Professor Gavriel Rosenfeld," Schneps Connects Podcast, April 19, 2023.
"The Normalization of Antisemitism," Moment Magazine webinar interview with Amy Schwartz, February 14, 2023. VIDEO LINK
“Unmasking Antisemitism,” Panel Discussion at the Center for Jewish History, January 26, 2023.
2022
“‘What Ifs’” and 1933: Was the Machtergreifung Inevitable or Avoidable?” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Houston, Texas, September 17th, 2022.
Hitler’s Tasters: Roundtable Discussion with Playwright Michelle Kholos Brooks and cast following off Broadway performance, May 12, 2022.
Hitler’s Tasters: Roundtable Discussion with Playwright Michelle Kholos Brooks, Tony-Award winning producer Susan Stroman, Tony-Award winning actress, Tovah Feldshuh, and ADL spokesperson Dan Richman, April 7th, 23, 2022.
2021
“Counterfactuals and the Future of Historiographical Paradigms in Germany and the United States,” German Studies Association Roundtable, “The Future of Historical Exceptionality: Rethinking the German Sonderweg and American Exceptionalism in the Post-Trump Era,” German Studies Association Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 2, 2021.
"Alternate History of Antisemitism and Fascism in American Culture," United Jewish Federation, Greenwich, CT, April 21, 2021
Hitler’s Tasters: Play Reading and Talkback Webinar with Playwright Michelle Kholos Brooks and Holocaust Historian Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, Sponsored by Moment Magazine, February 23, 2021.
“The Rise of Illiberal Memory,” Presentation at Panel Discussion, Holocaust Representation in the Age of Social Media,” The Wilson Center, January 27, 2021.
2020
“Between Tragedy and Farce: Normalizing Nazism on the Internet,” Public Lecture, Queens College, November 9, 2020 (Via Zoom).
“The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism since World War II,” University of Denver, November 15th, 2020 (Via Zoom).
“The Representation of Hitler in Jo Jo Rabbit,” Dallas Holocaust Museum, November 16, 2020 (Via Zoom).
“The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism since World War II,” Synagogue Neve Shalom, Metuchen, NJ, November 22, 2020 (Via Zoom).
“Comment: Fascism in America, Panel 3,” The German Studies Association annual conference, Washington DC (via Zoom), October 3, 2020 (Via Zoom).
“Fascism in American Culture: How Alternate a History?” The German Studies Association annual conference, Washington DC (via Zoom), October 3, 2020 (Via Zoom).
“The Plot Against America,” Roundtable Discussion, University of Florida, September 8, 2020 (Via Zoom).
“The Rise of Illiberal Memory,” Memory Studies Annual Conference, Charlottesville, VA, June, 2020. (CANCELLED BECAUSE OF COVID-19)
“The Future of Monuments in Germany,” presentation at the conference, Memory Wars: World War II at 75, The National World War II Museum, New Orleans, September 11-13, 2020 (CANCELLED BECAUSE OF COVID-19)
“The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism since World War II,” The Henry & Gretl Wald Lecture on the Holocaust, The University of Nebraska, March 16, 2020 (CANCELLED BECAUSE OF COVID-19)
“What Ifs of Jewish History,” roundtable discussion at the Frankel Center, University of Michigan, February 11, 2020.
“Comment: The Nazi Legacy in the Trump Era: Research, Pedagogy, and Public Engagement,” roundtable discussion at the American Historical Association Conference, New York City, January 3, 2020.
2019
“Alternate Methods of Pursuing Restorative Justice for Nazi Crimes,” roundtable discussion at The German Studies Association Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 3-6, 2019.
Co-Convener and Co-Leader of Three-Day Seminar, “The Nazi Legacy for Present-Day America,” The German Studies Association Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 3-6, 2019.
“Digital Antisemitism and the Alt-Right,” presented at the international conference, Contending with Antisemitism in a Rapidly Changing Political
2018
“Comment: The Politicization of Holocaust Memory in Post-Fascist Germany and Italy,” Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Boston, December 16-18, 2018.
“Between Tragedy and Farce: Normalizing Nazism on the Internet,” Fascism, America, and Human Rights, University of Oklahoma Humanities Forum, November 12, 2018.
“Comment: National Socialist Constructions,” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, September 28-30, 2018.
“Who Was ‘Hitler’ Before Hitler? Historical Analogies and Western Interpretations of Nazism, 1930-1945,” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, September 28-30, 2018.
“Counterfactualism and the Holocaust,” Lecture at Harvard University, Center for European Studies, March 8, 2018.
2017
“Counterfactual Jewish History,” Presentation at The Center for Jewish History, New York City, October 24, 2017.
“Fears of a Fourth Reich in Postwar America,” The German Studies Association Conference, Atlanta, October 4, 2017.
“Comment: Redefining Urban Space in Transition,” The German Studies Association Conference, Atlanta, October 4, 2017.
2016
“Nazi Analogies and Contemporary American Political Discourse,” Webinar organized by Minnesota State Assemblyman, Frank Hornstein, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN, November 29, 2016.
“What Ifs and the Holocaust,” University of Florida, November 14, 2016.
“Between Tragedy and Farce: Normalizing Nazism on the Internet,” Keynote Lecture for the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, Toronto, Canada, November 2, 2016.
“Mendelsohn’s Incessant Visions: Introduction,” Leo Baeck Film Series, Center for Jewish History, New York City, September 14, 2016.
"Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” Congregation Beth El, Norwalk, CT, May 4, 2016.
"Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester, CT, May 1, 2016.
2015
“Counterfactualism and the Holocaust,” Lecture at the University of Haifa, May 25, 2015.
“Panel Discussion: Satirical Representations of Hitler in Contemporary Culture,” Goethe-Institut New York, May 6, 2015.
“Counterfactualism and Jewish History,” The Role of Scholarship in the Shaping of Jewish Identity: A Symposium on the Wissenschaft des Judentums, Center for Jewish History, New York City, March 1, 2015.
“Counterfactualism and the Holocaust,” Lecture at Brandeis University, January 11, 2015.
2014
“Counterfactualism and the Holocaust,” Lessons and Legacies Biannual Holocaust Studies Conference, Boca Raton, FL, October 31-November 2, 2014.
“Between Tragedy and Farce: Representing Nazism on the Internet,” German Studies Association Conference, Kansas City, September 18-21, 2014.
2013
Comment and Chair, “Counterfactualism and Jewish History: Alternate Israels,” The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Boston, MA, December 15, 2013.
Comment: “Mapping Ararat,” The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Boston, MA, December 15, 2013.
“Counterfactualism and the Holocaust,” The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Boston, MA, December 15, 2013.
"Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, Boston College, November 7, 2013.
"Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” The Annual Hans Heilbronner Lecture, University of New Hampshire, April 24, 2013.
"Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” Paper delivered at the conference, “The Spatial Turn in Jewish Studies,” The Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, March 10, 2013.
2012
“Counterfactualism and the Holocaust,” Lessons and Legacies biannual conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 1-4, 2012.
“Counterfactualism and the Holocaust,” German Studies Association annual conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 4-7, 2012.
Commentator, "Hitler in German and American Film," German Studies Association annual conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 4-7, 2012.
"Building after Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” Lecture at Indiana University Faculty Colloquium, April 27, 2012.
"Peter Eisenman's Deconstructivist Confrontation with the Holocaust," History Unlimited: Probing the Ethics of Holocaust Culture, UCLA, April 21-23, 2012.
2011
“Between Memory and Normalcy: Synagogue Architecture in Postwar Germany,” The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference ,Boston, December 20-22, 2011.
Moderator, “Theorizing Vergangenheitsbewältigung: German Memory and the Question of Normalization in Comparative Context,” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, September 22-25, 2011.
"Jewish Architects after Auschwitz: Louis I. Kahn and Peter Eisenman Confront the Holocaust,” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, September 22-25, 2011.
2010
"A New Form of Jewish Architecture? The Case of Holocaust Museums," The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Boston, December 21-23, 2010.
2009
“Comment” on four papers delivered at panel, “Architecture and Politics,” German Studies Association Annual Conference,
Washington D. C., October 8-11, 2009.
“Munich’s Struggle to Create an NS-Dokumentationszentrum,” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Washington D. C., October 8-11, 2009.
“Between Memory and Normalcy: Synagogue Architecture in Postwar Germany,” lecture at conference, “Revival and New Directions? Jewish Arts in German-Speaking Countries,” Arizona State University, October 5-6, 2009.
"Building after Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and Jewish Memory since the Holocaust,” lecture at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, April 8, 2009.
"The Future of Memory Studies” lecture at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, April 7, 2009.
"Louis I. Kahn's Jewish Modernism," paper delivered at Brandeis University Jewish Studies Colloquium, March 26, 2009.
"A Looming Crash or a Soft Landing? Forecasting the Future of the Memory 'Industry,’” The American Historical Association Annual Conference, New York City, January 4, 2009.
2008
"Jewish Architects after Auschwitz: Louis I. Kahn and Peter Eisenman Confront the Holocaust,” The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Washington, D. C., December 21-24, 2008.
Moderator of panel, “Early Sources of Interpretation,” Lessons and Legacies Biannual Holocaust Studies Conference, Evanston, IL, October 28-31, 2008.
"Memory and the Museum: Munich's Struggle to Build an NS-Dokumentationszentrum," slide lecture given in Graduate Seminar of Peter Eisenman, Yale School of Architecture, September 4, 2008.
2007
"Building after Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and Jewish Memory since the Holocaust,” Lecture at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, November 27, 2007.
“Between Modern and Postmodern: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” Lecture at Congregation B’nai Israel, Bridgeport, Connecticut, April 27, 2007.
2006
Moderator and Organizer of panel, "Cities of Memory: Urban Space and the Nazi Past in Postwar Germany," German Studies Association Annual conference, Pittsburgh, PA, September 28-30, 2006.
“Not Just a ‘Parlour Game’ Anymore: Counterfactual History in the Historical Mainstream,” American Historical Association Roundtable Discussion, January 5-8, 2006, Philadelphia, PA.
2004
“Between Modern and Postmodern: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” Lessons and Legacies conference, Brown University, November 4-7, 2004.
“Architektur und Gedächtnis: München und Nationalsozialismus, Strategien des Vergessens,” public lecture at the City Museum of Munich, Munich, Germany, July 13, 2004.
“Jewish Architecture, Memory, and Identity Since the Holocaust, Architecture and the Jewish Subject, Penn State University, March 15-17, 2004.
“Alternate Holocausts and the Mistrust of Memory,” Gray Zones: Ambiguity and Compromise in the Holocaust and Its Aftermath, First Annual Conference, Claremont McKenna College, February 5-8, 2004.
2003
“Jewish Architecture, Memory, and Identity Since the Holocaust, The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Boston, MA, December 21-23.
"Munich's Struggle to Build an NS-Dokumentationszentrum," German Studies Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, September 18-21, 2003.
“Why Do We Ask ‘What If?’ Reflections on the Function of Alternate History,” Fairfield University Honors Program Colloquium, February 26, 2003.
“Alternate Holocausts and the Mistrust of Memory,” In the Aftermath of the Holocaust: Germans and Jews since 1945, conference sponsored by the Institute for German Contemporary Studies, Cornell University, February 23, 2003.
2002
“München leuchtet? Der Versuch einer Aussensicht,” Public Lecture at Symposium, Ein NS-Dokumentationszentrum für München, sponsored by the City of Munich Cultural Affairs Department, Munich, Germany, December 2, 2002.
“The Normalization of Memory: Saul Friedlander’s Reflections of Nazism, Twenty Years Later, Lessons and Legacies Annual Conference, University of Minnesota, November 1-4, 2002.
“Alternate Holocausts and the Mistrust of Memory,” History Department Colloquium, Cornell University, April 25, 2002.
“Memory and the City: Architecture, Monuments, and the Legacy of the Third Reich,” Public Lecture sponsored by History Department, Cornell University, April 24, 2002.
“The Case for Ruins: A Historical Perspective on the Future Memorial at the Site of the WTC,” Wesleyan University, April 11, 2002.
“Memory and the City,” Slide Lecture given in Graduate Seminar of Professor Volker Berghahn, Columbia University, February 4, 2002.
2001
“The World the Nazis Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of the Holocaust,” The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., December 16-18, 2001.
“Memory and the City: Architecture, Monuments, and the Legacy of the Third Reich,” Public Lecture, sponsored by the Yale University Jewish Studies Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT, December 4, 2001.
“The World the Nazis Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism in Postwar German Popular Culture,” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., October 4-7, 2001.
“Vergangenheitsbewältigung in der Münchner Stadtlandschaft, Public Lecture sponsored by the Department of History and the Bridge of Understanding, at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, June 12, 2001.
“The World the Nazis Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism in Postwar Anglo-American Popular Culture,” American Historical Association Annual Convention, Boston, January 4-7, 2001.
2000
“Pius XII and the Holocaust,” Panel Discussion, sponsored by the Friends of Nyselius Library, Fairfield University, November 3, 2000.
1998
"A Mastered Past? Prussia in Postwar German Memory," Memory Work in Germany, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, December 5-6, 1998.
"Jewish Architecture, Memory, and Identity since the Holocaust," Perspectives on German-Jewish and American-Jewish Culture," Brandeis University, December 16-18.
"Recent Historical Debates on Nazism and the Holocaust," Public lecture, sponsored by the Friends of History, UCLA, May 18, 1998.
"Comment" on papers by Kathleen James, "Memory and the Cityscape: The German Debate on Postmodernism," and James Young, "Germany's Holocaust Memorial Question -- and Mine," The Dilemmas of Commemoration, sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA, March 19-20, 1998.
1997
"The Architects' Debate: Architectural Discourse and the Memory of Nazism in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1977-1997," German Studies Association Conference, Washington, D.C., September 25-28, 1997.
"The Rise of the Nazis," Facing History and Ourselves Institute, Claremont McKenna College, July 22, 1997.
"The Controversy that Isn't: The Debate over Daniel J. Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners in Comparative Perspective." Lecture sponsored byThe Center for Jewish Studies, The Hillel Jewish Students Association, The Jewish Staff and Faculty Association, The Jewish Graduate Students Association, and University of California, Los Angeles, May 19, 1997.
“Born Late: A Soldier in Memes,” Arthur Szyk: Art – Propaganda – Memory, Symposium at Fairfield University, October 4-5, 2023.
“Zionism and American Jews,” Panel Discussion at the Center for Jewish History, April 30, 2023.
“The Devil’s Confession,” Panel Discussion at the Streicker Center, Temple Emanuel, New York City, April 20, 2023.
"5,000 Years of the World's Largest Jewish Comprehensive Archive with Professor Gavriel Rosenfeld," Schneps Connects Podcast, April 19, 2023.
"The Normalization of Antisemitism," Moment Magazine webinar interview with Amy Schwartz, February 14, 2023. VIDEO LINK
“Unmasking Antisemitism,” Panel Discussion at the Center for Jewish History, January 26, 2023.
2022
“‘What Ifs’” and 1933: Was the Machtergreifung Inevitable or Avoidable?” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Houston, Texas, September 17th, 2022.
Hitler’s Tasters: Roundtable Discussion with Playwright Michelle Kholos Brooks and cast following off Broadway performance, May 12, 2022.
Hitler’s Tasters: Roundtable Discussion with Playwright Michelle Kholos Brooks, Tony-Award winning producer Susan Stroman, Tony-Award winning actress, Tovah Feldshuh, and ADL spokesperson Dan Richman, April 7th, 23, 2022.
2021
“Counterfactuals and the Future of Historiographical Paradigms in Germany and the United States,” German Studies Association Roundtable, “The Future of Historical Exceptionality: Rethinking the German Sonderweg and American Exceptionalism in the Post-Trump Era,” German Studies Association Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 2, 2021.
"Alternate History of Antisemitism and Fascism in American Culture," United Jewish Federation, Greenwich, CT, April 21, 2021
Hitler’s Tasters: Play Reading and Talkback Webinar with Playwright Michelle Kholos Brooks and Holocaust Historian Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, Sponsored by Moment Magazine, February 23, 2021.
“The Rise of Illiberal Memory,” Presentation at Panel Discussion, Holocaust Representation in the Age of Social Media,” The Wilson Center, January 27, 2021.
2020
“Between Tragedy and Farce: Normalizing Nazism on the Internet,” Public Lecture, Queens College, November 9, 2020 (Via Zoom).
“The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism since World War II,” University of Denver, November 15th, 2020 (Via Zoom).
“The Representation of Hitler in Jo Jo Rabbit,” Dallas Holocaust Museum, November 16, 2020 (Via Zoom).
“The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism since World War II,” Synagogue Neve Shalom, Metuchen, NJ, November 22, 2020 (Via Zoom).
“Comment: Fascism in America, Panel 3,” The German Studies Association annual conference, Washington DC (via Zoom), October 3, 2020 (Via Zoom).
“Fascism in American Culture: How Alternate a History?” The German Studies Association annual conference, Washington DC (via Zoom), October 3, 2020 (Via Zoom).
“The Plot Against America,” Roundtable Discussion, University of Florida, September 8, 2020 (Via Zoom).
“The Rise of Illiberal Memory,” Memory Studies Annual Conference, Charlottesville, VA, June, 2020. (CANCELLED BECAUSE OF COVID-19)
“The Future of Monuments in Germany,” presentation at the conference, Memory Wars: World War II at 75, The National World War II Museum, New Orleans, September 11-13, 2020 (CANCELLED BECAUSE OF COVID-19)
“The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism since World War II,” The Henry & Gretl Wald Lecture on the Holocaust, The University of Nebraska, March 16, 2020 (CANCELLED BECAUSE OF COVID-19)
“What Ifs of Jewish History,” roundtable discussion at the Frankel Center, University of Michigan, February 11, 2020.
“Comment: The Nazi Legacy in the Trump Era: Research, Pedagogy, and Public Engagement,” roundtable discussion at the American Historical Association Conference, New York City, January 3, 2020.
2019
“Alternate Methods of Pursuing Restorative Justice for Nazi Crimes,” roundtable discussion at The German Studies Association Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 3-6, 2019.
Co-Convener and Co-Leader of Three-Day Seminar, “The Nazi Legacy for Present-Day America,” The German Studies Association Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 3-6, 2019.
“Digital Antisemitism and the Alt-Right,” presented at the international conference, Contending with Antisemitism in a Rapidly Changing Political
2018
“Comment: The Politicization of Holocaust Memory in Post-Fascist Germany and Italy,” Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Boston, December 16-18, 2018.
“Between Tragedy and Farce: Normalizing Nazism on the Internet,” Fascism, America, and Human Rights, University of Oklahoma Humanities Forum, November 12, 2018.
“Comment: National Socialist Constructions,” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, September 28-30, 2018.
“Who Was ‘Hitler’ Before Hitler? Historical Analogies and Western Interpretations of Nazism, 1930-1945,” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, September 28-30, 2018.
“Counterfactualism and the Holocaust,” Lecture at Harvard University, Center for European Studies, March 8, 2018.
2017
“Counterfactual Jewish History,” Presentation at The Center for Jewish History, New York City, October 24, 2017.
“Fears of a Fourth Reich in Postwar America,” The German Studies Association Conference, Atlanta, October 4, 2017.
“Comment: Redefining Urban Space in Transition,” The German Studies Association Conference, Atlanta, October 4, 2017.
2016
“Nazi Analogies and Contemporary American Political Discourse,” Webinar organized by Minnesota State Assemblyman, Frank Hornstein, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN, November 29, 2016.
“What Ifs and the Holocaust,” University of Florida, November 14, 2016.
“Between Tragedy and Farce: Normalizing Nazism on the Internet,” Keynote Lecture for the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, Toronto, Canada, November 2, 2016.
“Mendelsohn’s Incessant Visions: Introduction,” Leo Baeck Film Series, Center for Jewish History, New York City, September 14, 2016.
"Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” Congregation Beth El, Norwalk, CT, May 4, 2016.
"Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester, CT, May 1, 2016.
2015
“Counterfactualism and the Holocaust,” Lecture at the University of Haifa, May 25, 2015.
“Panel Discussion: Satirical Representations of Hitler in Contemporary Culture,” Goethe-Institut New York, May 6, 2015.
“Counterfactualism and Jewish History,” The Role of Scholarship in the Shaping of Jewish Identity: A Symposium on the Wissenschaft des Judentums, Center for Jewish History, New York City, March 1, 2015.
“Counterfactualism and the Holocaust,” Lecture at Brandeis University, January 11, 2015.
2014
“Counterfactualism and the Holocaust,” Lessons and Legacies Biannual Holocaust Studies Conference, Boca Raton, FL, October 31-November 2, 2014.
“Between Tragedy and Farce: Representing Nazism on the Internet,” German Studies Association Conference, Kansas City, September 18-21, 2014.
2013
Comment and Chair, “Counterfactualism and Jewish History: Alternate Israels,” The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Boston, MA, December 15, 2013.
Comment: “Mapping Ararat,” The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Boston, MA, December 15, 2013.
“Counterfactualism and the Holocaust,” The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Boston, MA, December 15, 2013.
"Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, Boston College, November 7, 2013.
"Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” The Annual Hans Heilbronner Lecture, University of New Hampshire, April 24, 2013.
"Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” Paper delivered at the conference, “The Spatial Turn in Jewish Studies,” The Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, March 10, 2013.
2012
“Counterfactualism and the Holocaust,” Lessons and Legacies biannual conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 1-4, 2012.
“Counterfactualism and the Holocaust,” German Studies Association annual conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 4-7, 2012.
Commentator, "Hitler in German and American Film," German Studies Association annual conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 4-7, 2012.
"Building after Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” Lecture at Indiana University Faculty Colloquium, April 27, 2012.
"Peter Eisenman's Deconstructivist Confrontation with the Holocaust," History Unlimited: Probing the Ethics of Holocaust Culture, UCLA, April 21-23, 2012.
2011
“Between Memory and Normalcy: Synagogue Architecture in Postwar Germany,” The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference ,Boston, December 20-22, 2011.
Moderator, “Theorizing Vergangenheitsbewältigung: German Memory and the Question of Normalization in Comparative Context,” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, September 22-25, 2011.
"Jewish Architects after Auschwitz: Louis I. Kahn and Peter Eisenman Confront the Holocaust,” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, September 22-25, 2011.
2010
"A New Form of Jewish Architecture? The Case of Holocaust Museums," The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Boston, December 21-23, 2010.
2009
“Comment” on four papers delivered at panel, “Architecture and Politics,” German Studies Association Annual Conference,
Washington D. C., October 8-11, 2009.
“Munich’s Struggle to Create an NS-Dokumentationszentrum,” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Washington D. C., October 8-11, 2009.
“Between Memory and Normalcy: Synagogue Architecture in Postwar Germany,” lecture at conference, “Revival and New Directions? Jewish Arts in German-Speaking Countries,” Arizona State University, October 5-6, 2009.
"Building after Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and Jewish Memory since the Holocaust,” lecture at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, April 8, 2009.
"The Future of Memory Studies” lecture at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, April 7, 2009.
"Louis I. Kahn's Jewish Modernism," paper delivered at Brandeis University Jewish Studies Colloquium, March 26, 2009.
"A Looming Crash or a Soft Landing? Forecasting the Future of the Memory 'Industry,’” The American Historical Association Annual Conference, New York City, January 4, 2009.
2008
"Jewish Architects after Auschwitz: Louis I. Kahn and Peter Eisenman Confront the Holocaust,” The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Washington, D. C., December 21-24, 2008.
Moderator of panel, “Early Sources of Interpretation,” Lessons and Legacies Biannual Holocaust Studies Conference, Evanston, IL, October 28-31, 2008.
"Memory and the Museum: Munich's Struggle to Build an NS-Dokumentationszentrum," slide lecture given in Graduate Seminar of Peter Eisenman, Yale School of Architecture, September 4, 2008.
2007
"Building after Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and Jewish Memory since the Holocaust,” Lecture at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, November 27, 2007.
“Between Modern and Postmodern: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” Lecture at Congregation B’nai Israel, Bridgeport, Connecticut, April 27, 2007.
2006
Moderator and Organizer of panel, "Cities of Memory: Urban Space and the Nazi Past in Postwar Germany," German Studies Association Annual conference, Pittsburgh, PA, September 28-30, 2006.
“Not Just a ‘Parlour Game’ Anymore: Counterfactual History in the Historical Mainstream,” American Historical Association Roundtable Discussion, January 5-8, 2006, Philadelphia, PA.
2004
“Between Modern and Postmodern: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust,” Lessons and Legacies conference, Brown University, November 4-7, 2004.
“Architektur und Gedächtnis: München und Nationalsozialismus, Strategien des Vergessens,” public lecture at the City Museum of Munich, Munich, Germany, July 13, 2004.
“Jewish Architecture, Memory, and Identity Since the Holocaust, Architecture and the Jewish Subject, Penn State University, March 15-17, 2004.
“Alternate Holocausts and the Mistrust of Memory,” Gray Zones: Ambiguity and Compromise in the Holocaust and Its Aftermath, First Annual Conference, Claremont McKenna College, February 5-8, 2004.
2003
“Jewish Architecture, Memory, and Identity Since the Holocaust, The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Boston, MA, December 21-23.
"Munich's Struggle to Build an NS-Dokumentationszentrum," German Studies Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, September 18-21, 2003.
“Why Do We Ask ‘What If?’ Reflections on the Function of Alternate History,” Fairfield University Honors Program Colloquium, February 26, 2003.
“Alternate Holocausts and the Mistrust of Memory,” In the Aftermath of the Holocaust: Germans and Jews since 1945, conference sponsored by the Institute for German Contemporary Studies, Cornell University, February 23, 2003.
2002
“München leuchtet? Der Versuch einer Aussensicht,” Public Lecture at Symposium, Ein NS-Dokumentationszentrum für München, sponsored by the City of Munich Cultural Affairs Department, Munich, Germany, December 2, 2002.
“The Normalization of Memory: Saul Friedlander’s Reflections of Nazism, Twenty Years Later, Lessons and Legacies Annual Conference, University of Minnesota, November 1-4, 2002.
“Alternate Holocausts and the Mistrust of Memory,” History Department Colloquium, Cornell University, April 25, 2002.
“Memory and the City: Architecture, Monuments, and the Legacy of the Third Reich,” Public Lecture sponsored by History Department, Cornell University, April 24, 2002.
“The Case for Ruins: A Historical Perspective on the Future Memorial at the Site of the WTC,” Wesleyan University, April 11, 2002.
“Memory and the City,” Slide Lecture given in Graduate Seminar of Professor Volker Berghahn, Columbia University, February 4, 2002.
2001
“The World the Nazis Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of the Holocaust,” The Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., December 16-18, 2001.
“Memory and the City: Architecture, Monuments, and the Legacy of the Third Reich,” Public Lecture, sponsored by the Yale University Jewish Studies Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT, December 4, 2001.
“The World the Nazis Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism in Postwar German Popular Culture,” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., October 4-7, 2001.
“Vergangenheitsbewältigung in der Münchner Stadtlandschaft, Public Lecture sponsored by the Department of History and the Bridge of Understanding, at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, June 12, 2001.
“The World the Nazis Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism in Postwar Anglo-American Popular Culture,” American Historical Association Annual Convention, Boston, January 4-7, 2001.
2000
“Pius XII and the Holocaust,” Panel Discussion, sponsored by the Friends of Nyselius Library, Fairfield University, November 3, 2000.
1998
"A Mastered Past? Prussia in Postwar German Memory," Memory Work in Germany, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, December 5-6, 1998.
"Jewish Architecture, Memory, and Identity since the Holocaust," Perspectives on German-Jewish and American-Jewish Culture," Brandeis University, December 16-18.
"Recent Historical Debates on Nazism and the Holocaust," Public lecture, sponsored by the Friends of History, UCLA, May 18, 1998.
"Comment" on papers by Kathleen James, "Memory and the Cityscape: The German Debate on Postmodernism," and James Young, "Germany's Holocaust Memorial Question -- and Mine," The Dilemmas of Commemoration, sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA, March 19-20, 1998.
1997
"The Architects' Debate: Architectural Discourse and the Memory of Nazism in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1977-1997," German Studies Association Conference, Washington, D.C., September 25-28, 1997.
"The Rise of the Nazis," Facing History and Ourselves Institute, Claremont McKenna College, July 22, 1997.
"The Controversy that Isn't: The Debate over Daniel J. Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners in Comparative Perspective." Lecture sponsored byThe Center for Jewish Studies, The Hillel Jewish Students Association, The Jewish Staff and Faculty Association, The Jewish Graduate Students Association, and University of California, Los Angeles, May 19, 1997.