2026:
March 2: “Talk of Iowa” Interview, Iowa Public Radio
May 20: Online talk, “Reanimating Frankenstein: Reading Mary Shelley in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” via Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Birmingham, UK
July 20-24: Presenting “Going Mobile: Studying Abroad With Lord Byron” at the International Association of Byron Societies (IABS) Conference, Keele University, UK
July 29-31: Presenting “On You It Rests: Teaching Mary Shelley in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” at the British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS) Conference, University of Birmingham, UK
September (TBA): Lecture: “On You It Rests: Teaching Mary Shelley in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” Paideia Texts and Issues Lecture Series, Luther College
October (TBA): Hosting “Talk of Iowa” Book Club on Frankenstein
2025:
Thursday, April 3, 9:45 am: Reading for Creature: A Novel of Mary Shelley and Frankenstein (Luther College Book Shop, Decorah, IA)
Thursday, April 10, 7 pm: Reading for Creature: A Novel of Mary Shelley and Frankenstein (Pulpit Rock Brewery Events Space; cosponsored by Dragonfly Books), Decorah, IA
Tuesday, April 15, 6 pm: Reading for Creature: A Novel of Mary Shelley and Frankenstein (Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD)
Wednesday, June 4, 6:30 pm: Reading for Creature: A Novel of Mary Shelley and Frankenstein (Auburn Oil Company Bookstore, Auburn, AL)
Saturday, June 7, 11 am – 1 pm: Reading for Creature: A Novel of Mary Shelley and Frankenstein (Columbus Bound Bookshop, Columbus, GA)
June 27-28: Presenting “Fallen London:” Anna Barbauld at the End of the World” at the “Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voicing Dissent” Conference, University of York, UK
July 10-12: Presenting “‘Some Stay, Which Cannot Be Undermined:’ Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, and the Corset,” at the Global Jane Austen Conference at the University of Southampton, UK
September 13: Luther College Writers Festival, Decorah, IA
October 16, 7 pm: Reading for Creature: A Novel of Mary Shelley and Frankenstein (Magers & Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, MN). Register for the event here – it’s free!
2024:
Monday, November 11, 7 pm: “Sympathies for Sale: Frankenstein, AI, and Us” (Olin 102)