Recent Presentations
“Reimagining Canada: Spatial Dislocation and the Canadian Identity.” 8th Congress of Polish Canadianists (Lodz, Poland, September 25-27, 2019).
“Thinking about Canada’s Image in the World.” Centro di Studi Canadesi - Società e Territori (UNIOR), Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" (May 8, 2019).
“The Trump Challenge to Canadian Americanité.” 8th Triennial International Conference of the Central European Association for Canadian Studies (Prague, Czech Republic, September 20-22, 2018).
“Brand Canada from Afar: Reflections of a Canadian Studies Ex-Pat Professor.” Congrès annuel de l’Association Française d’Études Canadiennes (Avignon, France, June 13-15, 2018).
“Where is the Relationship Going? The View from Canada.” Authors’ Workshop for Canada Among Nations 2018: Canada-US Relations: Sovereignty or Shared Institutions? (Johns Hopkins University, Washington, June 25-26, 2018).
“Canada’s Experiment with Multiculturalism.” Guest lecture to “Canada and Multiculturalism” (Prof. Don Sparling). Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (October 23, 2017).
“Reframing Canadian “Americanité” and Cross-Border Relations in the Age of Trump.” Keynote address to the conference “The Americas in Canada – Les Amériques du Canada.” Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (October 20, 2017).
“Cool Canada? Canada’s Back? Justin Trudeau and the Politics of National Brand Construction.” International Conference: The World Needs More Canada? Changes and Challenges in Contemporary Canadian Culture and Society (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, June 15-16, 2017).
“The ‘Trump Effect’ on Canada-US Relations.” The Canadian Studies Lecture Series. The Centre for Canadian Studies and the Linguaculture Research Centre for Interlingual and Intercultural Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania (April 27, 2017)
“Canada and Liberal Internationalism.” Guest lecture to the M.A. Program in American Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania (April 27, 2017).
“The Canadian Experiment with Multiculturalism: Is Canada a Model for Managing Diversity?” The Canadian Studies Lecture Series. The Centre for Canadian Studies and the Linguaculture Research Centre for Interlingual and Intercultural Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania (April 25, 2017).
“Bilingualism and Canada’s National Identity.” Guest lecture to the M.A. Program in American Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania (April 25, 2017).
“Studying Canada.” Guest lecture to the M.A. Program in American Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania (April 24, 2017).
“Sunny Ways or Storm Clouds? Canada-US Relations in the Age of Trump.” Guest lecture to “Introduction to Canadian Politics” (Prof. Jeffrey Ayres). St. Michael's College. Colchester, Vermont (December 6, 2016).
“Thinking about Canada’s Image in the World.” Centro di Studi Canadesi - Società e Territori (UNIOR), Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" (May 8, 2019).
“The Trump Challenge to Canadian Americanité.” 8th Triennial International Conference of the Central European Association for Canadian Studies (Prague, Czech Republic, September 20-22, 2018).
“Brand Canada from Afar: Reflections of a Canadian Studies Ex-Pat Professor.” Congrès annuel de l’Association Française d’Études Canadiennes (Avignon, France, June 13-15, 2018).
“Where is the Relationship Going? The View from Canada.” Authors’ Workshop for Canada Among Nations 2018: Canada-US Relations: Sovereignty or Shared Institutions? (Johns Hopkins University, Washington, June 25-26, 2018).
“Canada’s Experiment with Multiculturalism.” Guest lecture to “Canada and Multiculturalism” (Prof. Don Sparling). Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (October 23, 2017).
“Reframing Canadian “Americanité” and Cross-Border Relations in the Age of Trump.” Keynote address to the conference “The Americas in Canada – Les Amériques du Canada.” Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (October 20, 2017).
“Cool Canada? Canada’s Back? Justin Trudeau and the Politics of National Brand Construction.” International Conference: The World Needs More Canada? Changes and Challenges in Contemporary Canadian Culture and Society (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, June 15-16, 2017).
“The ‘Trump Effect’ on Canada-US Relations.” The Canadian Studies Lecture Series. The Centre for Canadian Studies and the Linguaculture Research Centre for Interlingual and Intercultural Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania (April 27, 2017)
“Canada and Liberal Internationalism.” Guest lecture to the M.A. Program in American Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania (April 27, 2017).
“The Canadian Experiment with Multiculturalism: Is Canada a Model for Managing Diversity?” The Canadian Studies Lecture Series. The Centre for Canadian Studies and the Linguaculture Research Centre for Interlingual and Intercultural Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania (April 25, 2017).
“Bilingualism and Canada’s National Identity.” Guest lecture to the M.A. Program in American Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania (April 25, 2017).
“Studying Canada.” Guest lecture to the M.A. Program in American Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania (April 24, 2017).
“Sunny Ways or Storm Clouds? Canada-US Relations in the Age of Trump.” Guest lecture to “Introduction to Canadian Politics” (Prof. Jeffrey Ayres). St. Michael's College. Colchester, Vermont (December 6, 2016).