Speaking & Teaching
Speaking & Teaching

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS (Selected):
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS (Selected):
Panelist (militia movement), Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 8, 1997
Keynote, “Making Rights Real,” Discrimination Law Association, London, United Kingdom, Oct. 8, 1998
Keynote, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C., March 2, 1999
Witness (written and oral testimony), U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (hearing about proposed Children’s Internet Protection Act), May 20, 1999
Speaker and panelist (prevention of hate crimes and response), Commission on Human Rights, County of Sonoma, Santa Rosa, Calif., Nov. 5, 1999
Witness, (presented paper, “Hate on the Internet and the American Legal System,” and oral testimony), Preparatory Committee, World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 17, 2000
Keynote, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C., March 14, 2000
Plenary speaker and panelist, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual conference, New Orleans, La., March 24, 2000
Panelist (media coverage of hate, hate on campus), Society of Professional Journalists annual meeting, Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2000
Speaker (conference on right-wing extremism), George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, September 2000
U.S. delegate, Stockholm International Forum (on right-wing extremism), Stockholm, Sweden, Jan. 29-30, 2001
Speaker, Documenta 11, Platform 1, Vienna, Austria, April 6, 2001
Keynote, Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute, Dallas, Texas, June 15, 2001
Panelist, Society of Professional Journalists state convention, Bellevue, Wash., Oct. 5, 2001
Panelist, Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment, Spokane, Wash., Oct. 27, 2001
Panelist (nativist extremism), National Immigration Forum, Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 2002
Plenary speaker (extremism in Alabama and Mississippi), Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association, Delta State University, Cleveland, Miss., Feb. 22, 2002
Keynote, North Idaho College Popcorn Forum, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, April 26, 2003, and panelist, April 27, 2003
Panelist, American Immigration Lawyers Association, San Francisco, Calif., June 22, 2003
Speaker (neo-Confederate movement), Washington State University, Pullman, Wash., Feb. 5, 2004
Keynote (neo-Confederate movement), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, Feb. 6, 2004
Speaker (environmental nativism), Sierra Club, Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 10, 2004
Plenary speaker, California Federation of Teachers annual convention, Universal City, Calif., March 21, 2004
Speaker (nativist hate groups), American Immigration Lawyers Association, New York, N.Y., June 7, 2004
Speaker (neo-Confederate movement), Northeastern University, Boston, Mass., March 31, 2005, and panelist (investigative techniques), April 1, 2005
Speaker, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Mass., April 12, 2005
Speaker, MENSA Annual Gathering, New Orleans, La., July 7, 2005
Keynote (violence in the animal rights movement), Friends of Animals national conference, New York, N.Y., July 9, 2005
Panelist, “Human Rights After Aryan Nations,” Pacific Northwest Political Science Association conference, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Oct. 14, 2005
Lecture (anti-LGBT hate), Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 27, 2005
Luncheon speaker (free speech versus hate speech), Canadian Human Rights Commission, Ottawa, Canada, Dec. 15, 2005
Keynote (the neo-Confederate movement), Diversity Week, The University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., April 6, 2006
Keynote, southern regional conference, National Council for International Visitors, Huntsville, Ala., June 23, 2006
Panelist, Canadian Human Rights Commission, Toronto, Canada, Sept. 11, 2006
Speaker, Not In Our Town national conference, Bloomington, Ill., Oct. 7, 2006
Speaker (anti-Semitism), Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, Dunwoody, Ga., Oct. 12, 2006
Speaker (anti-Semitism), Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Sarasota, Fla., Dec. 2, 2006
Keynote, “International Developments in Right-Wing Extremism,” Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Friedrich Ebert Foundation), Berlin, Germany, June 22, 2007
Speaker (extremism in Alabama), Over the Mountain Democrats, Homewood, Ala., July 17, 2007
Keynote and panelist (media and extremism), “Michigan Response to Hate: Building United Communities,” Michigan Alliance Against Hate Crimes and the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, Lansing, Mich., Sept. 6, 2007
Speaker (extremism in the U.S.), United Kingdom Consulate, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 13, 2007
Panelist (hate on the Internet), Helsinki Commission, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2008
Panelist (conspiracy theories), National Conference for Media Reform, Minneapolis, Minn., June 7, 2008
Panelist, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Washington, D.C., June 23, 2008
Speaker, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Sept. 4, 2008
Keynote and faculty luncheon talk, University of Texas, Austin, Oct. 7, 2008
Speaker, Jewish Federation of Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla., Nov. 9, 2008
Speaker, University Honors Program, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Nov. 20, 2008
Discussant (with Chris Hedges), “Home Grown Hatred: Anger and Alienation in American,” Hammer Forum, Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, Feb. 4, 2009
Speaker, “New Horizons,” University of Alabama, Birmingham, Oct. 6, 2009
Witness, Hate Crimes Task Force of the Suffolk County Legislature, Smithtown, N.Y., Oct. 21, 2009
Panelist, “The Diverse Suburb: History, Politics and Prospects,” Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y., Oct. 23, 2009
Panelist, “15 Years Later and the Lessons for Today” (following Bill Clinton keynote about Oklahoma City bombing anniversary), Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C., April 16, 2010
Panelist (anti-Latino media), National Hispanic Media Coalition, Washington, D.C., May 26, 2010
Speaker, Naval Operations Strategic Study Group, Naval War College, Newport, R.I., Oct. 7, 2010
Keynote, “VHC First Wednesday Program,” Kellogg Hubbard Library, Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 23, 2010
Keynote, Miami-Dade County Human Relations Commission, Miami, Fla., Jan. 26, 2011
Keynote, “Combating Fear and Intimidation,” 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Riders’ Incident in Montgomery, National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture, Alabama State University, Montgomery, Ala., April 21, 2011
Keynote, “Visiting Scholars Lectures,” James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., Sept. 27, 2011
Speaker, Hate Crimes Summit, United States Attorney, Southern District of Alabama, Mobile, Ala., Feb. 6, 2012
Plenary panelist, “Anatomy of Hate: Free Speech Implications,” National Religious Broadcasters annual conference, Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2012
Keynote (anti-American Indian hate), “Native Pathways Speakers Series,” Humboldt College, Arcata, Calif., April 18, 2012
Panelist (international extremist links), Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Washington, D.C., April 27, 2012
Speaker, “A Special Relationship of Hate? 50 Years of the Anglo-American Far-Right,” University of Northampton, Northampton, United Kingdom, Sept. 14, 2012
Instructor, Continuing Legal Education class, Philadelphia Bar Association, Philadelphia, Penn., Sept. 27, 2012
Keynote and class lectures at Texas A&M, College Station, Texas, Oct. 15-17, 2012
Speaker, University Honors Program, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Oct. 19, 2012
Speaker, Law and Society Program, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, Nov. 1, 2012
Speaker, Justice Club, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 1, 2012
Keynote and class lectures, Linfield College, McMinnville, Ore., Feb. 27, 2013
Keynote and class lecture (American nativism), University of Nebraska, Kearney, March 12, 2013
Panelist (best practices), “Countering Violent Extremism,” U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C., March 19, 2013
Panelist, “Can We the People Tolerate Islamic Law? Anti-Sharia Legislation and the U.S. Constitution,” University of Arkansas Law School, Fayetteville, Ark., April 12, 2013
Lecture (Islamophobia), DuPaul University, Chicago, Ill., May 30, 2013
Speaker (Jack Levin retirement event), American Sociological Association, New York, N.Y., Aug. 9, 2013
Keynote (hate groups and regional security threats), Association of County Commissions of Alabama, Orange Beach, Ala., Aug. 221, 2013
Panelist (extremism in the military), German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington, D.C., Oct. 29, 2013
Keynote, “Rethinking Race: Black, White and Beyond,” University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, Feb. 4, 2014
Keynote and class lectures, Texas A&M, College Station, Texas, Oct. 6-8, 2014
Keynote, University Honors Program, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Oct. 20, 2014
Keynote and panelist (Bundy ranch standoff), “Michigan Response to Hate: 2014,” Michigan Alliance Against Hate Crimes and Michigan Department of Human Rights, East Lansing, Mich., Nov. 14, 2014
Keynote, Alaska Bar Association annual conference, Fairbanks, Ala., May 14, 2015; Instructor, Continuing Legal Education class, May 15, 2015
Keynote at student-community event and speaker at faculty-staff luncheon (best practices, dealing with hate on campus), St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Vt., Sept. 17, 2015
Keynote, University of Miami Law School, Coral Gables, Fla., Nov. 20, 2015
Keynote (men’s rights movement and misogyny) and panelist, New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence annual conference, Albuquerque, N.M., Dec. 3, 2015
Panelist, “The Use of Guns in Hate Crimes,” Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2016
Keynote and class lectures, Texas A&M, College Station, Texas, April 4-6, 2016
Speaker (Confederate battle flag), “Symbols of Hatred: Nationalism, Religion, Gender, & Ethnicity,” University Honors Program, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Sept. 29, 2016
Speaker, “Symbols of Hatred: Nationalism, Religion, Gender, & Ethnicity,” University Honors Program, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Dec. 5, 2016
Keynote, Tenth Annual Black History Celebration, Frank M. Johnson Jr. United States Courthouse, Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 23, 2017
Panelist, "Confronting Antisemitism and Intolerance: An International Exchange," United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C., June 29, 2017
Keynote, "Anti-Semitism and the Alt-Right Movement in the United States," Carol and Leonard Miller Center for Holocaust Studies, University of Vermont, Oct. 2, 2017
Inaugural keynote for Anti-Semitism Initiative, "Antisemitism and the Radical Right," Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County, N.Y., Nov. 5, 2017
Keynote, "The State of Hate in America," John Marshall Law School, Chicago, March 7, 2018
Speaker, Canadian International Documentary Festival ("Alt-Right: Age of Rage"), Toronto, Canada, April 28, 2018
Keynote, "News, 'Fake News' and Democracy in America," Vermont Humanities Council, Montpelier, Nov. 7, 2018
Panelist ("Alt-Right: Age of Rage"), Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, Feb. 18, 2019
Lead Keynote, "Two Americas: The Radical Right, Then and Now," Inaugural Conference, Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right, "A Century of Radical Right Extremism: New Approaches," Richmond, the American International University in London, May 15, 2019
Panelist, "U.S. Election: How Can We Challenge Right-Wing Extremism," OpenDemocracy Webinar, Oct. 15, 2020
Main Speaker, "Mainstreaming Nativist Extremism Seminar," Webinar, Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right, Aug. 3, 2021
Panelist and Master Class Instructor, "Plenary Session: Extremism, Regional Specifics: North and South America," "Master Class: Legal Forms of Countering Right Rights in Liberal Democracies," and "Roundtable: Bigotry, Hate and Genocide: Global, Regional and Local Challenges," Zoom conference presentation, Center for Extremism and Radicalism Studies, Moscow Economic Institute, Oct. 26, 2021
Panelist, "The Radical Right in Europe and the USA: Hijacking the Covid-19 Pandemic," Webinar, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Oct. 28, 2021
Panelist, "Capitol Siege One Year On," Webinar, Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right, Jan. 31, 2022
Keynote, "Taking on the Radical Right," Webinar, Global Ties Alabama, March 18, 2022
Plenary speaker, “Fireside Chat: The Rise of Anti-Semitism,” annual conference, Association of Jewish Aging Services, Beverly Hills, Calif., April 5, 2022
The following is a partial list of public speaking engagements, mostly in academic or government venues, that I’ve done for the Southern Poverty Law Center. It does not include talks in non-public settings.
The following is a partial list of public speaking engagements, mostly in academic or government venues, that I’ve done for the Southern Poverty Law Center. It does not include talks in non-public settings.