Lectures

Egypt and the African Origin of Theater.  Invited Lecture.  LTHR 2110: “Foundations of World Theater.”  Prof. Frank Roberts.  The New School.  April 4, 2022.

Public Cultures and the Impossible. Invited panelist. Archives of the Impossible. Rice University. Houston, TX. March 3-6, 2022. (link)

The Quest for Divine Consciousness.  Invited Lecture.  Consciousness: The Science, Metaphysics, and Poetics.  Panel to accompany exhibition Conscious, Subconscious, (Collective) Unconscious. The Anderson, Virginia Commonwealth University. February 28, 2022.

Dogon Mythology and the Nommo: An African Vision of Extraterrestrial Human Origins.  Invited Lecture.  Beyond the Spinning: Shifting the Conversation around the UFO Phenomenon.  Esalen Institute Center for Theory and Research.  Big Sur, California.  December 12-17, 2021.

The Pyramid Texts and the Origin of the Black Superhuman.  Invited Lecture.  Black Superhumanism.  Esalen Institute Center for Theory & Research.  Big Sur, California.  December 5-10, 2021.

Astro-Black Mythology: Sun Ra and African American Religion.  Invited Lecture.  AAAS 2025: “African American Religion.”  Prof. Stephen Finley.  Louisiana State University.  September 30, 2020.

Responding to “The Pieces I Am.”  Panelist.  Honoring the Life of Toni Morrison: Her Work, Words, and Legacy.  Program organized by the University of Pittsburgh Center for Urban Education.  February 27, 2020. 

Presenter, “William Blake’s ‘Sweet Science’: An Ancient Egyptian Paradigm and Prospects for a New Romantic Criticism.”  Romantic Prospects: The 20th Annual North American Society for the Study of Romanticism Conference. Neuchatel, Switzerland.  August 15-19, 2012.

Presenter & Panel Organizer, “Dark Meanings Brought to Light: The Cosmic Poetry of Sun Ra.”  Conjuring the Black Arts: Traditions of African-American Esotericism.  Association for the Study of Esotericism Fourth International Conference: Esotericism, Religion, and Culture.  University of California-Davis.  July 19-22, 2012.

Presenter & Panel Organizer, “Those Mysteries, Our Mysteries: Ishmael Reed and the Construction of a Black Esoteric Tradition.”  Interdisciplinary Theoretical Paradigms, African-American Literature, and the Implications for Africana Studies.  Erskine Peters Conference: Africana Studies’ Impact on the Academy.  Department of Africana Studies.  University of Notre Dame.  South Bend, IN.  March 29, 2012.

Presenter, “Erasmus Darwin and Ancient Egypt: Reinventing Romantic Intellectual History.”  International Conference on Romanticism Annual Conference: Reinventing Romanticism.  Montreal, Canada.  November 3-5, 2011.

Ancient Egypt, Sacred Science, and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God.  Invited Lecture.  Bates College.  January 26, 2011.