Upcoming

  • On the Choice of Original Ethical Event
    Association for Philosophy and Literature
    Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
    August 20–22, 2025
  • Socialism as Fictional Experimentalism
    ECPR Standing Group in Political Theory
    Online
    April 9, 2025
  • Three Political Aesthetics
    Midwest Political Science Association
    Chicago
    April 3–6, 2025
  • La Bruyère’s Theophrastus: Inventing Moral Satire
    Renaissance Studies Association
    Boston
    March 20–22, 2025
  • Late Fascist Aesthetics: Rethinking the Forum
    Center for European Studies
    Harvard University
    March 12, 2025
  • David Hume and the Character Sketch
    American Philosophical Association
    Online
    February 2025
  • The Character Sketch as Political Knowledge
    American Historical Association
    New York
    January 4, 2025

Past

  • Representing Ordinary Vices: Theophrastus in Early Modern Europe
    Séminaire Locke
    Sorbonne Université, Paris
    December 17, 2024
  • Late Fascist Aesthetics: Rethinking the Forum
    New Perspectives on Art and Society
    Harvard Center for European Studies
    December 3, 2024
  • Hermeneutical Injustice and Strategic Thinking in the New Sex Wars
    (with Micol Bez)
    Workshop on Language, Knowledge, and Deep Disagreement
    Tilbury University
    December 3, 2024
  • The Character Sketch as Philosophy: Reading Theophrastus in Early Modern Europe
    Early Modern Workshop
    Harvard University
    November 19, 2024
  • Representing Ordinary Vices: Theophrastus in Early Modern Europe
    Vice Theory: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
    University of New Brunswick
    October 18–19, 2024
  • Can Literature Make You Less Racist?
    American Political Science Association
    Philadelphia
    September 5–8, 2024
  • Trouble in Marxist Aesthetics, Post-doc Development Workshop in the History of Political Thought
    Queen Mary University of London
    June 11, 2024
  • David Hume and Theophrastus
    Annual Conference of the Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies
    University of South Florida
    April 19–21, 2024
  • The Use of Character Types within Hermeneutical Justice,
    Annual Southwest Graduate Philosophy Conference
    Arizona State University
    April 12–13, 2024
  • The Choice of Original Ethical Event
    Great Lakes Philosophy Conference: Blame and Forgiveness
    Online
    April 12–14, 2024
  • Manuscript Workshop: Ethical Icons: Sketching Character in Early Modern Europe.
    Britain & Ireland Association for Political Thought Conference
    University of Cambridge
    January 4–6, 2024
  • Discussant for panel on “Politics and Literature.”
    Association for Political Theory
    New York
    October 12–14, 2023
  • Socialism as Fictional Experimentalism
    Association for Political Theory Conference
    New York
    October 12–14, 2023
  • Discussant for Manon Garcia, The Joy of Consent: A Philosophy of Good Sex
    Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
    Harvard University
    October 3, 2023
  • An Attempt to Map Literary Theory
    Harvard Society of Fellows
    June 6, 2023
  • Why Sociology Needs Critical Theory: Vivek Chibber and the Cultural Turn
    Philosophy and Social Science, Vila Lanna
    Prague
    May 10–14, 2023
  • Poetry and Persuasion: Contextualizing Skinner’s Style
    The Future of Intellectual History: A Celebration of Quentin Skinner's London Years
    Queen Mary University of London
    May 10, 2023
  • Liberal Aesthetics and the Ethical Turn
    Éthique et littérature aujourd’hui
    Université de Strasbourg
    March 23–24, 2023
  • The Character Sketch: A Philosophical Puzzle
    Harvard Society of Fellows
    March 3, 2023