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Recent/Upcoming Talks

February 5, 2026: Ethics Institute, Northeastern University, "When (and How) to Say 'No'"

This was a public talk on professional ethics in institutions under structural attack

February 6, 2026: Humanities Center, Northeastern University, "War and Masculinity"

Open to all students and faculty, this talk surveyed how I think masculinity influences just war theory and intergroup conflict.

February 13, 2026: Heidelberg University, "Military Political Neutrality During Democratic Crises"

I was a presenter at a workshop organized by Aurel Croissant on "Democratic Backsliding and Civil-Military Relations in the United States"

March 5, 2026: St. Louis, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Conference

I was a part of the opening plenary panel, "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" along with Edward Frantz and Cynthia Stark.

April 3-4, 2026: Temple University, "From Forever Wars to Wars Forever"

I was a keynote speaker at the conference on "Peace in the Age of Forever War" organized by my dear friend and collaborator, Lee-Ann Chae. 

April 24, 2026: "Academic Freedom in Peril," Tufts University

This was a talk organized by the Departments of Philosophy and Civic Studies. I discussed the current threats to academic freedom and how academics, students, and administrators should respond.

May 1, 2026: "What to Do with Masculinity?" Vassar College, Women, Feminist, and Queer Studies

This was a casual discussion with faculty and students of my thinking about how to reform the social construction of masculinity 

November 12-13, 2026: Oxford University, "Reimagining Military Service as Care Work"

This talk will be part of a workshop at the Blavatnik School on Normative Perspective on the Military and Civil-Military Relations.

January 27-28, 2027: McGill University, "Defending Academic Freedom"

 I will discuss the current threats to academic freedom and how academics, students, and administrators should respond.

January 27-28, 2027: McGill University, "Another Civ-Mil"

This talk will question the traditional framing of civil-military relations as a tension between liberal civil society and the authoritarian military. I will propose conceiving of it instead as part of the broader relationship between liberal civil society and care.

January 27-28, 2027: McGill University, "War and Masculinity"

 This talk will survey how I think masculinity influences just war theory and intergroup conflict.

February 24-27, 2027: APA Central, "Symposium on Robin Dembroff's book, Real Men on Top

I will be part of a panel in conversation with Robin Dembroff about her new, fascinating book.

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