Speaking Engagements and Special Presentations
UPCOMING
Live Episode of Weird Studies with Phil Ford at Shannon Taggart's 12th annual Symposium at Lily Dale. New York. 25 Jul.
PREVIOUS
2026
Panel presenter at Weird Academia symposium. Indiana University, Bloomington. 27-29 Jan.
Panel presenter at 2026 MLA Convention "Gothic Now: Podcasting and Other Public Humanities." University of Toronto. 9 Jan.
2025
Annual Winter Solstice event with Pierre-Yves Martel and Phil Ford. Weirdosphere online learning platform, 21 Dec.
Details and registration at https://weirdosphere.mn.co/.
Speaker at "Back to Haunt Us: From the Supernatural to the Paranormal" symposium. Verdurin, London, 8 Nov.
Speaker at "Can Beauty Save the World?" symposium. Thomson House at McGill University, Montreal, 24-25 Oct.
Respondent to Patrick Curry at Reenchanting the World Conference. Toronto Metropolitan University, 16-18 Oct.
Presenter at the book launch of Gianni Rodari's The Grammer of Fantasy. Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal, 1 Oct.
"What Is 'Idiology'?" Weirdosphere online learning platform, 23 May.
2024
In-person panel event with Patrick Bringley for New York Encounter. Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City, 16-18 Feb.
Presenter at Brno University of Technology Fine Arts Seminar. 6 Mar.
"'Tis the Season to be Ghostly" with Phil Ford and Pierre-Yves Martel. Weirdosphere online learning platform, 19 Dec.
2023
"Reclaiming Art." In-person presentation at Galloway School, Atlanta, 19-20 Jan.
"Towards a Philosophy of Magic: Late Modernity and the Reckoning with Mystery." Online talk. Viktor Wynd Museum, 31 Jan.
In-person presentation at Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI). St Andrews, Scotland, 2-7 July
Live Episode of Weird Studies with Phil Ford at Shannon Taggart's 12th annual Symposium at Lily Dale. New York. 25 Jul.
PREVIOUS
2026
Panel presenter at Weird Academia symposium. Indiana University, Bloomington. 27-29 Jan.
Panel presenter at 2026 MLA Convention "Gothic Now: Podcasting and Other Public Humanities." University of Toronto. 9 Jan.
2025
Annual Winter Solstice event with Pierre-Yves Martel and Phil Ford. Weirdosphere online learning platform, 21 Dec.
Details and registration at https://weirdosphere.mn.co/.
Speaker at "Back to Haunt Us: From the Supernatural to the Paranormal" symposium. Verdurin, London, 8 Nov.
Speaker at "Can Beauty Save the World?" symposium. Thomson House at McGill University, Montreal, 24-25 Oct.
Respondent to Patrick Curry at Reenchanting the World Conference. Toronto Metropolitan University, 16-18 Oct.
Presenter at the book launch of Gianni Rodari's The Grammer of Fantasy. Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal, 1 Oct.
"What Is 'Idiology'?" Weirdosphere online learning platform, 23 May.
2024
In-person panel event with Patrick Bringley for New York Encounter. Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City, 16-18 Feb.
Presenter at Brno University of Technology Fine Arts Seminar. 6 Mar.
"'Tis the Season to be Ghostly" with Phil Ford and Pierre-Yves Martel. Weirdosphere online learning platform, 19 Dec.
2023
"Reclaiming Art." In-person presentation at Galloway School, Atlanta, 19-20 Jan.
"Towards a Philosophy of Magic: Late Modernity and the Reckoning with Mystery." Online talk. Viktor Wynd Museum, 31 Jan.
In-person presentation at Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI). St Andrews, Scotland, 2-7 July