Public Appearances
April 28, 2017.
Writing History Seminar: Postmodern Historian: Living and Writing the Past. Columbia University.
April 20, 2017, noon.
Presentation of Adventures of a Postmodern Historian. George Mason University.
March 31, 2017.
Panelist: The International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Foundation, Los Angeles.
Dec. 4, 2016.
Panelist, Finding Babel. American Jewish University, Bel Air, CA.
Nov 3, 2016, 6:30 pm.
Presentation of Adventures of a Postmodern Historian. Pacific Palisades Public Library
Oct. 30, 2016, 2:30 pm.
Presentation of Adventures of a Postmodern Historian. Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden, Pasadena.
Oct 27, 2016, 7 pm.
Presentation of Adventures of a Postmodern Historian. Vroman’s Bookstore. Pasadena
Oct 20, 2016, 11:30 am.
Presentation of Adventures of a Postmodern Historian. Food For Thought Luncheon series. Presbyterian Church, Pacific Palisades
Sept. 15-16, 2016.
Keynote speaker: Conference on “National and International Images of History: China and Ireland, from Celluloid to New Media.” University College, Cork (Ireland).
Feb. 26-27, 2016.
Keynote speaker: “Reflections on the History Film and on Med Hondo as Historian.” Conference on “The Indocile Image: A Retrospective and a Symposium on the Cinema of Med Hondo.” Carlton University, Ottowa, Canada.
June 17, 2015.
Keynote speaker: “What’s a Nice Historian Like You Doing in a Place Like This.” International Association of Media Historians Annual Conference. University of Indiana, Bloomington.
May, 21,14, 2014.
Keynote speaker: “Creating Prosthetic History, Memory, Identity on the Motion Picture Screen,” Conference on Identity and Social Cohesion, West University, Timosoara (Romania).
May 15, 2014.
Speaker: “Inventing Historical Truth on the Motion Picture Screen,” Charles University, Prague.
May 12-14, 2014.
Speaker and workshop host: “What Does the Historian Filmaker Do (to History).” Re-presenting the Past: New Methods of Historical Interpretation in the Arts and the Media, a Research Center at Palacky University, Czech Republic
Oct. 13, 2013
Keynote Speaker, Film, History, and Public Memory: an International conference exploring the relationship between history and film in a global context. Derry / Londonderry, North Ireland
Sept. 3-5. 2013
Speaker and workshop director: “Inventado verdades historicas en la Pantalla de Cine.” Universidad de Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile.
August 28, 2013
Inaugural Lecture: “What does the filmmaker historian do (to history)? VI Jornadas Internacionales de Teoria y Filosofia de la History. Universidad Adolpho Ibanez, Vina de Mar, Chile
March 24, 2012
Chair: “Film and French Colonialism,” Society for French Historical Studies, Los Angeles
Nov. 1, 2011
Keynote speaker: “The Historical Film as a Field, a Mode of Thought, and a Pack of Tricks We Play Upon the Dead.”’ III Congreso Internacional Historia-Cine: Modelos de interpretación para el cine histórico,” Santiago de Compostela
Apr. 11, 2011, 12:30 p.m.
Reading from
Red Star, Crescent Moon: A Muslim - Jewish Love Story
Western Jewish Studies Association Conference
Courtyard by Marriot Hotels, Old Town, San Diego, CA
Mar. 15, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Reading from
Red Star, Crescent Moon: A Muslim - Jewish Love Story
Vroman's Bookstore, 685 East Colorado, Pasadena, CA
Jan. 22, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
Reading from
Red Star, Crescent Moon: A Muslim - Jewish Love Story
Los Angeles Public Library, Pacific Palisades Branch
Jan. 16, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
Presentation/discussion of
Red Star, Crescent Moon: A Muslim - Jewish Love Story
Ahavat Torah Salon, West Los Angeles
Oct. 14, 2010, 4:00 p.m.
Lecture: The Historical Film as a Field, as History, and as a
Pack of Tricks We Play Upon the Dead
Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, Scotland
Oct. 12, 2010, 4:00 p.m.
Lecture: The Historical Film as a Field, as History, and as a
Pack of Tricks We Play Upon the Dead
St. Andrews Univesity, St. Andrews, Scotland
Oct. 10, 2010, 9:00 a.m. ~ 5:00 p.m.
Honored Speaker: Symposium on History and Film
with Robert A. Roberstone
St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Scotland.
Sept. 23, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Reading from
Red Star, Crescent Moon: A Muslim - Jewish Love Story
Palisades Village Books, 1049 Swarthmore, Pacific Palisades, CA
Sept. 11, 2010, 4:00 ~ 6:00 p.m.
Launch Party for
Red Star, Crescent Moon: A Muslim - Jewish Love Story
Sharq Art, Pacific Palisades, California
Aug. 29, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Reading from
Red Star, Crescent Moon: A Muslim - Jewish Love Story
Café Kaza Maza, 4629 Parc Avenue, Montreal, Canada