Scholarship list
Presentation
Date presented 03/24/2026
The Marjorie Perloff Annual Poetry and Lecture Series, 03/24/2026, Catholic University, Washington, D.C.
An introduction to the criticism and poetry of Rosanna Warren. Part of the Marjorie Perloff Annual Poetry and Lecture Series at Catholic University
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Reading from A Moment's Surrender, with discussion
Date presented 03/18/2026
Brandeis University Library Book Talk, 03/17/2026–03/17/2026, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Library Book Talk Series, 03/18/2026, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
A reading and talk about my recently published novel, A Moment's Surrender, at the Brandeis University Library, March 18, 2026.
Presentation
Democracy in All the King's Men
Date presented 12/14/2025
Library Book Talk Series, 12/14/2025, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
A discussion about how Robert Penn Warren's novel All the King's Men treats the problems of democracy and autocracy.
Presentation
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Date presented 09/12/2025
Temple Adath Israel, 09/13/2025, Lexington KY
An invited lecture about Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address at Temple Adath Israel, September 13 2025.
Presentation
Date presented 09/11/2025
Congregation Ohavay Zion, 09/12/2025, Lexington, KY
An invited lecture at Congregation Ohavay Zion, September 12, 2025
Presentation
Lincoln and the Dred Scott Decision
Date presented 07/04/2014
Lincoln and the Dred Scott Decision, 07/04/2014, University of Augsburg (Augsburg, Germany)
Presentation
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Date presented 12/05/2013
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, 12/05/2013, University of Notre Dame (Notre Dam, IN)
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Negative Capability, Fallennness, and Reconciliation in Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Date presented 11/06/2013
Negative Capability, Fallennness, and Reconciliation in Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, 11/06/2013, Mahindra Center, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
Presentation
Date presented 07/24/2013
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 07/24/2013, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library (Springfield IL)
Presentation
Date presented 07/02/2013
The Gettysburg Address, 07/02/2013, University of Augsburg (Augsburg, Germany)