Conferences and Symposia
- "Constrained Democracy and Liberalism" Liberalism – Historical and Contemporary Variations Helsinki, Finland, October 24-25, 2019
- “Populism, Democratic Legitimacy, and Legal Revolution” American Political Science Association 2019 Annual Meeting Washington D.C., August 29-Sept. 1, 2019
- “Constraining Political Extremism and Legal Revolution” European Political Science Association 2019 Annual Meeting Belfast, Ireland June 20-22, 2019
- “Thought and Freedom in an Age of Third Screens and 5G.” Prague Annual Colloquium on “Philosophy and Social Science.” Prague, Czech Republic. May 29-June 2, 2019
- “Constraining Political Extremism and Legal Revolution” Yale-NUS Social Science Speaker Series. Singapore. April 12, 2019
- “Two Concepts of Liberty” DKU Debate Club Faculty Lecture. Kunshan, China. February 14, 2019
- “Albert Camus: Therapy through the Absurd” DKU Comparative Philosophy and Cross-Cultural Pedagogy Workshop. Kunshan, China. January 11, 2019
- “Constraining Political Extremism and Legal Revolution” The Future of the Humanities (DKU Humanities Centre Launch Event). Kunshan, China. September 14-15, 2018
- “Constraining Political Extremism and Legal Revolution.” America Political Science Association 2018 Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
August 30-September 2, 2018. - “Constraining Political Extremism and Legal Revolution.” Prague Annual Colloquium on “Philosophy and Social Science.” Prague, Czech Republic. May 16-20, 2018
- “On the Realist Opposition of ‘Politics’ and ‘Morality’." Association for Political Theory 2017 Annual Meeting. Ann Arbor, MI. October 12-14, 2017
- “On the Realist Opposition of ‘Politics’ and ‘Morality’.” Prague Annual Colloquium on “Philosophy and Social Science.” Prague, Czech Republic. May 17-21, 2017
- “The "Artificial" Nature of Autonomy.” Yale-NUS Symposium on Steven Smith’s Modernity and its Discontents. Singapore. April 11, 2017
- “The Establishment Clause, Secularism, and Liberal Constitutionalism” Yale-NUS Panel on Trump’s Jan. 27 ‘Executive Order on Immigration’. Singapore February 3, 2017
- “On the Realist Opposition of ‘Politics’ and ‘Morality’” America Political Science Association 2016 Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
September 1-4, 2016. - “Choosing to Burn the Trojan Horse: Theorizing “Militant Democracy.” Griffith University – National University of Singapore Workshop. Queensland, Australia - February 26-27, 2016
- “Carl Schmitt, Realism, and the Disciplinary Autonomy of Politics.” Prague Annual Colloquium on “Philosophy and Social Science.” Prague, Czech Republic - May 18-22, 2016
- "Choosing to Burn the Trojan Horse: Theorizing Militant Democracy." American Political Science Association 2015 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA - September 3-6, 2015
- "Not Just “What States Make of It”: Rethinking Anarchy with the History of Political Thought." Intellectual History and IR Theory: Partners, Antagonists, Strangers? NUS Annual Political Theory Symposium, Singapore - March 19-20, 2015
- "Frightening Men in Need of Security: Carl Schmitt and Political Realism" Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Workshop "What is Realism?” Singapore - January 9-10, 2015
- “The Miserable Condition: Mass Democracy, Indirect Powers, and Decay of the State” Columbia University Political Theory Work in Progress Seminar. New York, NY - April 19, 2013
- “Thoughtlessness & Resentment: The Problem of Adolf Eichmann” Northeast Political Science Association Annual Conference. Boston, MA - November 16-17, 2012
- “Carl Schmitt’s Concept of Political Theology” Columbia University Political Theory Work in Progress Seminar. New York, NY - March 30, 2012
- “Thoughtlessness & Resentment: The Problem of Adolf Eichmann” Columbia University Political Theory Work in Progress Seminar. New York, NY - November 18, 2011
- “Demystifying Schmitt: Representation in Schmitt’s Political Theory” Columbia University Mini-APSA. New York, NY - April 30, 2010
- “A Pessimism of Strength? Tragedy and Political Virtue.” Luiss Guido Carli Graduate Student Workshop. Rome, Italy - June 26, 2008
- “Hans Morgenthau’s Philosophical Anthropology” Critical and Cultural Politics Group. Aberystwyth, Wales - January 25, 2007
- “The Nietzschean Origins of Hans Morgenthau’s Ontology” University of Southampton Annual Graduate Conference on Nietzsche. Southampton, England - March 18, 2006
Invited Talks
- “Constraining Political Extremism and Legal Revolution” Centre for Ethics, Politics, and Society Seminar Series. Universidade do Minho, Braga, June 25, 2019
- “Choosing to Burn the Trojan Horse: Theorizing “Militant Democracy.” Griffith University – National University of Singapore Workshop. Queensland, Australia. Feb 26-27, 2016
- "Schmitt's Political Theology and The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy" Colloquium on Interpretations of Democracy. Columbia University, New York, NY. March 25, 2014
- "Morgenthau mal compris: An Introduction” University of Wales, Aberystwyth Visiting Scholar Presentation. Aberystwyth, Wales. Jan. 10, 2007
Media Appearances
- China Global Television Network (CGTN) Panel “Shangri La 2017” Airdate: 05 June 2017 19:00 https://youtu.be/Ac2Svq4_g4g
- Channel NewsAsia Insight “Lessons of War” Airdate: 16 Feb 2017 20:00 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/tv/tvshows/insight/lessons-of-war/3525060.html