"Patriotism in the Conventional City: An Approach to Shakespeare's Coriolanus,"Saint Anselm Philosophy Department Colloquium (October 29, 2002)

“Renaissance Humanism and the Education of Women,” Liberty Fund Conference (August 15-18, 2002)

Panel Chair and Discussant, “Contending Elites: Leaders, Parties, and the Military,” New England Political Science Association Conference (May 3-4, 2002)

“A Defense of Liberal Virtue: Sandel and Locke on Civility and Self-Reliance,” New England Political Science Association Conference (May 3-4, 2002)

“Free to Rule: Authority and Liberty in Shakespearean Perspective,” Liberty Fund Conference (November 1-4, 2001)

“The Realist in the Liberal World,” New England Political Science Association Conference (May 4-5, 2001)

“Nature and the City: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and His Rome,” Midwest Political Science Association Conference (April 19-21, 2001)

“Liberal Education and the University,” Liberty Fund Conference (July 10-16, 2000)
“Liberty, Responsibility, and the Good Life,” Liberty Fund Conference (June 26-July 2, 2000)

“Locke and the Jews,” New England Political Science Association Conference (May 5-6, 2000)

“Revolutionary Constitutionalism,” Liberty Fund Conference (July 8-26, 1999)
“Desire and Justice in Measure for Measure,” Midwest Political Science Association Conference (April 15-17, 1999)

“Judging Corruption in Locke’s Liberal Society,” American Political Science Association Conference (September 3-6, 1998)

“Natural Equality and the Question of ‘Membership’ in Locke’s Second Treatise,” Pacific Northwest Political Science Association Conference (November 8-9, 1997)

“Slavery, Consent, and Political Power in the Second Treatise,” New England Political Science Association Conference (May 2-3, 1997)

“Nature, Marriage, and Modern Politics in Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis,” New York State Political Science Association Conference (April 18-19, 1997)

“The Problem of Majority Rule in Locke’s Second Treatise,” New England Political Science Association Conference (May 1996)