2026

Author Meets the Critics panel on The Loyalty Trap, Eastern Sociological Society meetings, Washington D.C., March 5-8.

“The Loyalty Trap and Liberal Arts for Life,” Grinnell College, April 2026

*Now planning talks for Spring 2026.

2025

“Loyalty Traps and Democratic Backsliding Under the First Trump Administration” B & P Lecture Series, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, January 20, 2025

“The Loyalty Trap; Federal Civil Servants under Trump,” Public Ethics Talk series, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University, 2:00 CET, January, 21, 2025

“Loyalty Traps under the First Trump Administration”:

  • Sabanci University, Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul, Turkey, February 19th, 2025

  • Bogazaci University, Department of Sociology, Istanbul, Turkey, February 20th, 2025

  • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Political Science (virtual) March 25, 2025

  • Frontiers in Transnational Research colloquium, Bielefeld University, Department of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, April 16th, 2025

  • Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science, Munich, Germany, 12:15, April 28, 2025

  • Catholic University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany, (virtual) May 14, 2025

“Speaking of Solidarity Webinar: The Loyalty Trap” American Sociological Association’s Altruism, Morality and Social Solidarity (AMSS) Section (Virtual: Register here), May 13, 2025, 2 pm EST)

The Loyalty Trap and Liberal Arts for Life, Hamilton College Library, September 4, 2025

“Loyalty Traps and Democratic Backsliding Under the First Trump Administration”, Department of Sociology Colloquium Series, Perdue University, September 12, 2025

  • Department of Sociology, Oregon State University, October 17th at 12pm PT/3pm ET (virtual)

  • Department of Sociology, Emory University, October 20, 2025

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands, November 14, 2025

“Muddling Through: Senior Civil Servants’ Bounded Efforts to Maintain Moral Responsibilities under Emergent Autocratic Leadership“ Netherlands Institute of Governance Conference, Utrecht, November 13, 2025