UPCOMING PUBLIC LECTURES
Rome's Three Falls: Brookdale Community College, Center for Lifelong Learning: TWTh Aug. 11-13, 2026: 10am-12noon
Walking toward Virtue: A Journey with Dante: with Rabbi Brooks Susman: Brookdale Community College, Center for Lifelong Learning: Wed, Oct. 7, 2026, 10am-12noon
RECENT PUBLIC LECTURES
The Young and the Elderly in the Synodal Journey: Vatican City/Rome
Humility: The Secret History of a Lost Virtue
NJ Judicial College
St. Joan of Arc Parish, Marlton NJ
University of Calgary (webinar)
University of Galway History Research Seminar (webinar)
Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT
University of Illinois--Chicago
Humanities North Dakota: webinar
Princeton Public Library: webinar
Sarum College, UK: webinar
Seton Hall University
Montville Twp NJ Public Library
Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo MI
Fulbright New Zealand Alumni seminar: Wellington NZ: webinar
Humility vs. Clericalism: Juan de Avila and Pope Francis on Spiritual Formation and Reform
Annual Irish Theological Quarterly lecture, St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth, Ireland,
Humility and Learned Ignorance in the Middle Ages: International Society for the Study of Medieval Theology, Annual Winter Lecture 2024: webinar
OTHER TOPICS offered at universities, public libraries, community groups, centers for lifelong learning...
A History of the Papacy: 2000 Years in 2 Hours
Ancient Greece 101 Ancient Rome 101 Middle Ages 101 Reformations 101
Crusades 101 Medieval Black Death: Lessons for Today Making Saints
Picking Popes The Middle Ages in the Modern World: A Dangerous Combination?
Medieval England 101 The Library that Healed a City: Christchurch, New Zealand
History and Legend: Cleopatra Trojan War Inquisition Pope Joan King Arthur
Joan of Arc Socrates' Trial Alexander the Great
Why Francis of Assisi Still Matters
Pope Francis: A Retrospective
Reforming a Challenged Church: Six Lessons from Church History
Ageless Wisdom: Lifetime Lessons from the Bible
Pope Benedict XVI’s Resignation: Historical Reflections, Future Considerations
Papal Apologies: The Church Examines Her Conscience
With Rabbi Brooks Susman
Judaism and Christianity: Scripture, Art, History
Catholics and Jews: Changing the Conversation
Chanukah and Christmas: What do those traditions mean?
Passover and Easter: A Shared Heritage
Religion and Politics in America
Religion and Violence