Public Talks
2012 (Upcoming)
"Film Screening: Agora." Austin
Philosophy Forum, Austin Community College, Austin, TX. April
4, 2012.
"The Three Arab Revolutions: 1916 A.D. to Present." Muslim Histories and Culture Summer Institute
(UTeach-Liberal Arts, University
of Texas at Austin). March 24, 2012.
"A Brief Overview of Arab History: 610 A.D. to 1348." Muslim Histories and Culture Summer Institute
(UTeach-Liberal Arts, University
of Texas at Austin). March 24, 2012.
"The First Modernity: 1550 B.C.-“415 A.D." Twelfth Revolution: Politics and History Student Club,
Austin Community College, Austin, TX. March 7,
2012.
2011
"Film Screening: Battle of Algiers." Austin Philosophy Forum, Austin Community College, Austin, TX.
November 2, 2011. (upcoming)
"Arab History: 1830 A.D. to 1947 A.D." Twelfth Revolution: Politics and History Student Club,
Austin Community College, Austin, TX. October 19, 2011. (upcoming)
"Revolution." Austin Philosophy Forum, Austin Community College, Austin, TX. October 5, 2011.
(upcoming)
"The Second Modernity: 632 A.D. to 1347 A.D." Twelfth Revolution: Politics and History Student Club,
Austin Community College, Austin, TX.
September 7, 2011. (upcoming)
"The Geogrpahy of Justice in the Middle East
and North Africa" Twelfth Revolution: Politics and History
Club, Austin Community College, Austin, TX. August 2, 2011.
"A Brief Overview of Middle East and North Africa" Twelfth Revolution: Politics and History Club,
Austin Community College, Austin, TX. July 26, 2011.
"The Three Arab Revolutions: 1916 A.D. to Present." Muslim Histories and Culture Summer
Institute (UTeach-Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Austin). June 4, 2011.
"A Brief Overview of Arab History: 610 A.D. to
1348." Muslim Histories and Culture Summer Institute
(UTeach-Liberal Arts, The University of Texas
at Austin). June 4, 2011.
"WWII: 1940-1942." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club, Austin Community College,
Austin, TX, April 12, 2011.
"Rousseau and Wollstonecraft on the Education of Women." Austin Philosophy Forum, Austin
Community College, Austin, TX, April 7, 2011.
"WWII: 1937-1941." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club, Austin Community College,
Austin, TX, March 22, 2011.
"The Egyptian Revolution." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club, Austin Community
College, Austin, TX, February 15, 2011.
"The Arab." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club, Austin Community College, Austin, TX,
January 25, 2011.
2010
"Iraq and the Unites States Since 1968." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club, Austin
Community College, Austin, TX, December 7,
2010.
"Iran and the United States since Reza Shah." Department of History, Huston-Tillotson University,
Austin, TX, December 2, 2010.
"The Tea Party Movement." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club, Austin Community
College, Austin, TX, November 17, 2010.
"War with Iran?" Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club, Austin Community College,
Austin, TX, November 16, 2010.
"Social Contract Theory." Austin Philosophy Forum, Austin Community College, Austin, TX,
October 7, 2010.
"The Many Contradictions of the Palestine-Israel Conflict." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History
Student Club, Austin Community College,
Austin, TX, September 21, 2010.
"Haiti: A Brief Overview, 1790-Present." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club,
Austin Community College, Austin, TX, April
28, 2010.
"The Israel-Palestine Conflict." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club, Austin Community
College, Austin, TX, April 14, 2010.
2009
"Insurance Reform and Not Healthcare Reform." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club,
Austin Community College, Austin, TX, October
2, 2009.
"Modernity?" Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club, Austin Community College,
Austin, TX, October 1, 2009.
"We Watch You: Totalitarianism in the U.S." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club,
Austin Community College, Austin, TX,
September 10, 2009.
"20th-Century Iran." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club, Austin Community College,
Austin, TX, May 7, 2009.
"Searching for Solutions to the Israel-Palestine Situation." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student
Club, Austin Community College, Austin, TX,
March 6, 2009.
Panel Member, "Privilege and Identity." Ethics Resource Center, Austin Community College,
Austin, TX, February 26, 2009.
"The Conquest of Palestine." Austin Mustard Seed (a community of diverse, politically-engaged, Austin
leaders), Austin, TX, February 22, 2009.
"The Incredible, Shrinking Palestine." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club, Austin
Community College, Austin, TX, February 19,
2009.
"The Crusades: 1095 A.D. to 1291 A.D." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club,
Austin Community College, Austin Community
College, Austin, TX, February 5, 2009.
"The Arab Empire From 661 A.D. to 1095 A.D." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club,
Austin Community College, Austin Community
College, Austin, TX, January 22, 2009.
"The Conquest of Palestine." Austin Coalition for Gaza, Gateway Community Center, Austin TX,
January 10, 2009.
2008
"The Rise of Islam." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club, Austin Community College,
Austin, TX, December 2, 2008.
"The Origin and Birth of the East-West Paradigm." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club,
Austin Community College, Austin, TX, November
18, 2008.
"Political Identity." Ethics Resource Center,
Austin Community College, Austin, TX, October 23, 2008.
"Age of the Technological Cave: Mass Media and Politics." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student
Club, Austin Community College, Austin, TX,
October 21, 2008.
"The Presidency Explained." Twelfth Revolution Politics and History Student Club, Austin Community
College, Austin, TX, October 7, 2008.
2007
Panel member, "World Government: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." Twelfth Revolution Politics and
History Student Club, Austin Community
College, Austin, TX, November 2, 2007.
"A Brief History of the Middle East." Series of lectures for Mo-Ranch Elderhostel, Hunt, TX,
October 14, 2007.
• "The Ancient Middle East"
• "The Rise of the Arab Empire"
• "The Medieval Middle East"
• "The Modern Middle East"
• "The Contemporary Middle East"
2006
"Seven Political Moments in History." Series of lectures for ARH A302 Ancient through Medieval Art,
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX,
June 6-November 3, 2006.
• "Industrialization and the Rise of Modern Ideologies." November 3, 2006.
• "Social Contract, Part 2: The French Revolution." October 20, 2006.
• "Social Contract, Part 1: The English Civil War." October 13, 2006.
• "The Birth of Modern Politics in Medieval Italy, Part 2: Florence." September 15, 2006.
• "The Birth of Modern Politics in Medieval Italy, Part 1: Venice." September 8, 2006.
• "The Politics and Culture of the Aztec Empire." June 30, 2006.
• "The Politics of 18th Dynasty Egypt." June
9, 2006.
"Politics and Meaning in the Age of Instrumentality." Brown Bag lecture, ENTITY, Austin Community
College, Austin, TX, October 6, 2006.
"Legacy of the Middle East." Katherine Anne Porter School, Austin, TX, September 12, 2006.