Invited keynotes: “How Can We Know?” for the Dorothy Schwartz Forum of the Maine Humanities Council, Portland, Maine, 10-21-17

“Why Did Nietzsche Change his Mind about Science (Twice)?” to the “Nietzsche and Science” conference of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society (UK), Emmanuel College, Cambridge Univ, Cambridge, Eng, 9/8/01

Invited: “What Would It Mean to Periodize Nietzsche?” to the inaugural meeting of the “Nietzsche in New York” group, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, 4/9/05

Refereed: “Nietzsche’s Musical Conception of Time” to the “Nietzsche on Time and History” conference of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society of the UK and Ireland, Peterhouse, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, 9/17/05

“Why Doesn’t Nietzsche Like Brahms?” to the “Nietzsche and the Arts” conference of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society (UK), Univ of Warwick, Coventry, England, 9/13/03

“How to be a Jewish Nietzschean and a Nietzschean Jew,” to the “Nietzsche and Religion” conference of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society (UK), Univ of Greenwich (England), 9/13/98; also to the U Maine (Orono) colloquium, 10/22/98

Others: “Disciples of Dionysus”, as part of the “Noisy, Wild, and Extremely Troublesome: Lectures in the Arts and Humanities” series, UMF, 11/7/18

“A Jewish Spin on 20th Century Philosophy: The Case of Emmanuel Levinas,” to the Maine Conference on Jewish Life, Colby College, Waterville ME, 6/14/15

“Why Does Nietzsche Like Bizet,” to the Maine Philosophical Institute, University of Maine Farmington, 4/26/15

“The Importance of the Humainities”, to the Maine Humanities Summit, Governor Hill Mansion, Augusta, Maine, 5/17/13

“’Wouldn’t It Be Nice’: Why You Need to Take the Beach Boys Seriously”, sponsored jointly by the Philosophy and Popular Culture program and UMF Faculty Forum, 11/20/08; also to Maine Philosophical Institute, 4/26/09

“Nietzsche as Thinker, Correspondent, and Philosopher,” to the Maine Philosophical Institute, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 5/6/95.

“Four Defining Moments in Jewish History,” 10/23 & 30, 11/13 & 20, 1994, Temple Beth El, Portland, ME.

“Jewish Mysticism,” University of Southern Maine Philosophy Colloquium, 12/13/00; also at Temple Beth El, Portland, ME, 12/5/93