"Towards an Expressionist Architecture," invited lecture, for series "Towards a Theory of Architecture," University of Hamburg, June 2008.

Speaker & contributing organizer for conference commemorating the German-American critic and urbanist Werner Hegemann and the trans-Atlantic urban dialogue he helped initiate; organized by Prof. Wolfgang Christ, Weimar, and the Werner Hegemann Institut. Villa Aurora, Los Angeles, CA, in Oct. 13 & 14, 2008.  

" Bauen : Expressionism and the Course of Modern Architecture," paper accepted for the College Art Association (CAA) panel "Radical Failure: Unrealized Exhibitions and Publications," for annual conference in Dallas, TX, Feb. 2008.

"Expressionism as Democratic Art: Adolf Behne's Criticism of Art For and By the People," paper at panel of "Art & Democracy," sponsored by Historians of German and Central European Art at the College Art Association (CAA) conference, Boston, 2006; panel being developed for special issue of Centropa (2008).

“Expressing a ‘Higher Passion to Build': The Impermanent Nature of Bruno Taut's Glashaus as Critique of Capitalism,” paper at Center for Arts and Society conference “(Im)Permanence,” CMU, 2005.

“Breaking the Box: Wright and the Prairie Style,” lecture in subscription series: “Frank Lloyd Wright and Beyond,” Carnegie Museum of Art, 2005.

“Ornament and Abstraction: Wright's Engagement with Modern Architecture,” lecture in subscription series: “Frank Lloyd Wright and Beyond, Carnegie Museum of Art, 2005.

“Lessons from the Destruction of German Cities in World War II,” contribution to Univ. Of Pittsburgh, History Dept. symposium celebrating Gregor Thum's Die fremde Stadt Breslau, 1945 (2004), 2005.

“Zwischen Amt und Kritik: Die Wirkungen von Walter Curt Behrendt auf die moderne Architektur,” (Between Office and Criticism: The Influence of Walter Curt Behrendt on Modern Architecture), solicited paper given at the symposium “Architektur und Assimilation. Die jüdischen Baumeister Berlins,” sponsored by Deutsche Forschungs Gesellschaft (DFG, German Research Council) at Freie Universität, Berlin, 2003.

“Modern Planning as Civilizing Agent: Ernst May's Kampala Extension Scheme,” paper at American Schools of Architecture conference “Recalibrating Centers & Margins,” Louisville, KY, 2003.

“The Culture of Criticism: Adolf Behne & the Development of a Modern German Architecture,” lecture at University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of History of Art & Architecture, Departmental Colloquia Series, 2002.

“Example-Counterexample: The Role of Visual Comparisons in Creating a Modern German Architecture,” paper at 13th Berkeley Symposium “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Visual Representation,” Berkeley, CA, 2002.

“Restoring Homeland Identity” guest lecture in "1920s & 1930s Multi-disciplinary Course," for Franco Scianameo, Dept. of Music, and Diane Shaw, Dept. of Architecture, CMU, 2002.

  “Vernacular Architecture in the Age of Mass Media: Publishing the Um 1800 Aesthetic around 1900,” paper at Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) Conference, Toronto, 2001.

“Aluminum: Just another Word in Otto Wagner's Material Vocabulary?,” paper at Aluminum Symposium, part of “Jewelry to Jets: Aluminum in Modern Culture,” exhibit at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 2000.

“Restructuring Architecture's History: Historicism in Karl Bötticher's Theory of Tectonics,” paper at Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) conference “(Re)Viewing the Tectonic,” Ann Arbor, MI, 2000.

“A View from the Academy:   Critique of the FrankLloyd Wright School of Architecture,” presentation at conference “When Past is Future: Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Legacy Continues...,” Pittsburgh, 1999.

“Contextualizing Wright's Pittsburgh Work: Fallingwater and the Point Park Projects,” two-part lecture series at Carnegie Museum of Art in association with exhibit “Merchant Prince and Master Builder,” Pittsburgh, PA, 1999.

“Architekturkritik in Deutschland 1900-1933: Die Ursprünge in den Schriften von Paul Schultze-Naumburg',” fellowship lecture for Studienstiftung des Abgeordnetenhauses von Berlin, hosted by Internationales Studienzentrum Berlin, 1998.

“Vernacular in the Literature of Modern Architecture: the Legacy of the ‘Kulturarbeiten',” paper at Univ. of Miami, School of Architecture conference “The Other Modern,” held at Villa Malaparte, Capri, Italy, 1998.

“German Modernist Planning Confronts Africa: Ernst May's Master-Plan for Kampala,” paper at Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) conference in Baltimore, MD, 1997.

“Schultze Naumburg's Heimat : A Nationalist Conflict of Tradition and Modernity,” paper at International Association forthe Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE) Conference “Development vs. Tradition,” Paris, France, 1992.

"Spatial Architectonics: Early 20th-century Modern Architecture," guest lecture for course "Modern Visual Culture," taught by Heather Passanti, School of Art, CMU, 2007.

“Fallingwater as Research & Teaching Resource,” lecture to Highlands Circle of CMU Alumni, Fallingwater, 2005.

“Style & Architecture,” guest lecture for course “Advanced Building Systems,” Volker Hartkopf, Dept. of Architecture, CMU, 2002.

“Frank Lloyd Wright & 20 th -century Architecture,” lecture for Academy of Life-Long Learning (ALL), CMU, Pittsburgh, 2000.  

“Rhythm and Architecture” guest lecture for course ”Rhythm”,for Annabelle Joseph, Dept. of Music, CMU, 1999.

“Current Trends: Architecture as a Response to Social and Cultural Factors,” lecture at Washington State University Dept. of Architecture, 1996.

“A Nationalist Fight for Neues Bauen : the Criticism of W.C. Behrendt,” guest lecture for seminar on “Literature of Architecture,” for Jean Louis Cohen, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1995.

“The Politics Behind Place: Heimat -styles -- the Dark Side of Regionalism,” guest lecture for seminar on “Modern Regionalisms,” for Daniel Solomon,   Dept. of Architecture, Univ. of California at Berkeley, 1993.