Overview:

More than 180 professional papers and lectures presented (1984-2009) at international/national conferences and symposia, on university campuses, and to the general public, including at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Skirball Cultural Center and Museum in Los Angeles:

2009a    Archaeology and the Media; Duke University, Durham, NC; 23-24 April 2009

2009b    The Last Lecture; The George Washington University, Washington DC; 21 April 2009

2009c     Jerusalem Besieged: 4,000 Years of Conflict in the City of Peace; Hadassah Scholar Series; JCC of Washington, Washington DC; 22 March 2009

2009d    Jerusalem Besieged: 4000 Years of Conflict in the City of Peace; Congregation Beth Shalom, Sioux City, IA; 20 March 2009

2009e     The Battles of Armageddon: From Har Megiddo to Armageddon; The annual Goldstein Lecture, Morningside College, Sioux City, IA; 19 March 2009

2009f     Raiders of the Faux Ark: From Noah’s Ark to the Ark of the Covenant and Beyond; AIA lecture, San Joaquin Valley Local Society; CSU Fresno, Fresno, CA; 2 March 2009

2009g     Excavating Armageddon: New Discoveries and Old Debates at Megiddo, Israel; AIA lecture, North Coast Local Society; Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA; 1 March 2009

2009h    Raiders of the Faux Ark: From Noah’s Ark to the Ark of the Covenant and Beyond; AIA lecture, Stanford Local Society (Matson Lecture); Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; 27 February 2009

2009i      Excavating Armageddon: New Discoveries and Old Debates at Megiddo, Israel; AIA lecture, San Francisco Local Society (La Follette Lecture); University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; 26 February 2009

2009j     Minoans and Canaanites at Tel Kabri and other ruminations on Aegean Interactions with the Eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age; UPenn Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World Lunch Seminar; Philadelphia, PA; 30 January 2009

2009k    Session Organizer: Taking Back Our Field: Archaeology and the Media; AIA annual meetings, Philadelphia, PA; 11 January 2009.

2009l      Taking Back the Field: Raiders of the Faux Ark; AIA annual meetings, Philadelphia, PA; 11 January 2009.

2009m   Results of the 2005-2008 Seasons at Tel Kabri, Israel (with A. Yasur-Landau); AIA annual meetings, Philadelphia, PA; 10 January 2009.

2008a    An Overview of Aegean-Near Eastern Relations in the Second Millennium BC; Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium BC Metropolitan Museum of Art symposium, New York, NY; 18-19 December 2008.

2008b    Raiders of the Faux Ark: From Noah's Ark to the Ark of the Covenant and Beyond; Harvard University (Peabody Museum), Boston, MA; 23 November 2008

2008c     Session Organizer: Archaeology and the Media: How to Put the Record Straight; ASOR annual meetings, Boston, MA; 22 November 2008

2008d    From Noah’s Ark to the Ark of the Covenant and Beyond: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible; College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD; 6 October 2008

2008e     Excavating Armageddon: Life on a Dig in Israel; Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 16 Sept 2008

2008f     From Noah’s Ark to the Ark of the Covenant and Beyond: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible; BAS of Northern Virginia, Alexandria, VA; 13 April 2008

2008g     Raiders of the Faux Ark: From Noah’s Ark to the Ark of the Covenant and Beyond; Finger Lakes Chapter of the New York State Archaeological Association, Ithaca, NY; 31 March 2008

2008h    Late Bronze Age Graduate Seminar; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; 31 March 2008

2008i      Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible: From Noah’s Ark to the Ark of the Covenant and Beyond; five week Saul Bendit course; Congregation Beth El, Bethesda, MD; March-April 2008

2008j     From Noah’s Ark to the Ark of the Covenant and Beyond: Junk Science, Amateur Enthusiasts, and Uninformed Documentary Filmmakers; American Friends of the Israel Exploration Society, JCC of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD; 12 March 2008

2008k    Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible: From Noah’s Ark to the Ark of the Covenant and Beyond; five week Smithsonian course; Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; Jan-Feb 2008

2008l      The Untold Story of Life on a Dig: A Look Inside the 2006 Excavations at Megiddo in Israel; Long Island AIA Society; 27 January 2008

2007a    Excavating the Exodus; ARCE/DC Society, Washington DC; 7 December 2007

2007b    Excavating Armageddon: New Discoveries and Old Debates at Megiddo, Israel; Queen’s College, Long Island, NY; 29 November 2007

2007c     From Noah’s Ark to the Ark of the Covenant and Beyond: A Call to Arms against “Junk Science,” Amateur Enthusiasts, and Irresponsible Documentary Filmmakers; BAS Bible and Archaeology Fest, San Diego, CA; 16 November 2007

2007d    From Noah’s Ark to the Ark of the Covenant and Beyond: A Call to Arms against “Junk Science,” Amateur Enthusiasts, and Uninformed Documentary Filmmakers; ASOR annual meetings, San Diego, CA; 15 November 2007

2007e     From Noah’s Ark to the Ark of the Covenant and Beyond; National Capital Area Skeptics Association, Washington, DC; 10 November 2007

2007f     Late Bronze Age Trade and Chronology; University of Pennsylvania Graduate Seminar; Philadelphia, PA; 28 September 2007

2007g     From Noah’s Ark to the Ark of the Covenant and Beyond; Temple Kehilah, Bethesda, MD; 23 September 2007

2007h    Panel Discussion of From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible; National Geographic Live!;  19 September 2007

2007i      Digging at Megiddo and Kabri: GWU Excavations in Israel.  GWU Heritage Luncheon, Washington DC;

                9 May 2007

2007j     The Discovery of King Tut’s Tomb. GWU Alumni Association, Philadelphia Chapter; 22 April 2007

2007k    The Discovery of King Tut’s Tomb. North Chevy Chase Elementary School, Chevy Chase, MD; 23 March 2007

2007l      The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel: Where Did They Go and Where are They Now?  Temple Beth El, Bethesda, MD; 18 March 2007

2007m   Bronze Age Interactions between the Aegean and the Near East: A Reassessment.  Presented at “Putting Aegean States in Context: Interaction in the Eastern Mediterranean and Southeastern Europe during the Bronze Age;” School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM; 11-15 March 2007

2007n    Canaanites and Minoans in the Middle Bronze Age Palace at Tel Kabri, Israel.  University of Illinois at Urbana/Champagne, Urbana, IL (National AIA Kantor Lecturer); 8 March 2007

2007o    Canaanites and Minoans in the Middle Bronze Age Palace at Tel Kabri, Israel.  University of Chicago, Oriental Institute, Chicago, IL (National AIA Kantor Lecturer); 7 March 2007

2006a    Megiddo and Armageddon.  Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 19 November 2006

2006b    Session Co-Chair (w/ I. Finkelstein) for “The Transition from the Late Bronze Age to the Iron Age at Megiddo & the North.”  ASOR Annual Meetings, Washington DC; 17 November 2006

2006c     Canaanites and Minoans in the Middle Bronze Age Palace at Tel Kabri, Israel: The Results of the 2005 and 2006 Seasons (with A. Yasur-Landau).  ASOR Annual Meetings, Washington DC; 16 November 2006

2006d    The Discovery of King Tut’s Tomb. GWU Alumni Association, Chicago Chapter; 30 September 2006

2006e     Minoans in Israel: A Bronze Age Mystery.  Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 24 May 2006

2006f     Poetry in Motion: Canaanite Rulership and Minoan Narrative at Kabri (co-written/co-presented with Assaf Yasur-Landau, Tel Aviv University).  EPOS Conference: “Reconsidering Greek Epic and Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology,” UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 20-23 April 2006

2006g     The Discovery of King Tut’s Tomb. GWU Alumni Association, Ft. Lauderdale Chapter; 17 March 2006

2006h    “A Trout in the Milk”: A Brief Reassessment of Mycenaean-Hittite Relations in Light of Recent Discoveries and Hypotheses.  Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium, NY; 10 March 2006

2006i      A Questionable Correspondence: The Case of the Missing Ahhiyawa Letters.  Conference and workshop on the Mycenaeans and Anatolians in the Late Bronze Age: The Ahhijawa Question; Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; 5 January 2006.

2005a    Minoans and Canaanites at Tel Kabri, Israel.  American Friends of the Israel Exploration Society, JCC of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD; 14 December 2005

2005b    Jerusalem Besieged: 4000 Years of Conflict in the City of Peace.  ASOR Outreach Lecture (part of ASOR annual meetings), Philadelphia, PA; 19 November 2005

2005c     Jerusalem Besieged: 4000 Years of Conflict in the City of Peace.  Purchase College, Purchase, NY; 13 November 2005

2005d    Jerusalem Besieged: 4000 Years of Conflict in the City of Peace.  University of Judaism, Los Angles, CA; 7 November 2005

2005e     Jerusalem Besieged: 4000 Years of Conflict in the City of Peace.  Judaic Studies Dept, American University, Washington DC; 6 October 2005

2005f     Jerusalem Besieged: 4000 Years of Conflict in the City of Peace.  AIA lecture, Lincoln/Omaha Society, Lincoln, NB; 18 September 2005

2005g     The Battles of Armageddon.  Dept of Classics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NB; 16 September 2005

2005h    Excavating Armageddon: New Discoveries and Old Debates at Megiddo. Sigma Xi chapter, The George Washington University, Washington DC; 12 May 2005

2005i      Jerusalem Besieged: 4000 Years of Conflict in the City of Peace.  Sigma Xi chapter, National Institutes for Standards and Technology (annual banquet), Gaithersburg MD; 10 May 2005

2005j     Troy and the Trojan War.  Wesleyan University Classics Dept, Middletown CT; 18 April 2005

2005k    Jerusalem Besieged: From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel.  Gelman Library, Washington DC; 31 March, 2005

2005l      Jerusalem Besieged: 4000 Years of Conflict in the City of Peace.  Temple Beth El, Bethesda MD; 30 March, 6 April, and 13 April, 2005 (3 week course)

2005m   Troy and the Trojan War: Homer, History, and Hokum.  UT Austin Classics Dept, Austin TX; 25 March 2005

2005n    Jerusalem Besieged: 4000 Years of Conflict in the City of Peace.  UT Austin Center for Middle East Studies, Austin TX; 24 March 2005

2005o    Jerusalem Besieged: 4000 Years of Conflict in the City of Peace.  Virginia Festival of the Book 2005, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Charlottesville, VA; 17 March 2005

2005p    Excavating Megiddo: New Discoveries and Old Debates.  Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 15 March 2005

2005q    The Battles of Armageddon.  Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 15 March 2005

2005r     Excavating Megiddo: New Discoveries and Old Debates.  Phi Beta Kappa, Washington DC Society; 3 February 2005

2005s     Black Athena Revisited: Possible Interactions between Egypt and Greece during the Second Millennium BCE.  ARCE/DC Society, Washington DC; 21 January (evening) 2005

2005t     Jerusalem Besieged.  GWU Emeriti Society, GWU, Washington DC; 21 January (noon) 2005

2004a    Excavating Megiddo: New Discoveries and Old Debates.  American Friends of the Israel Exploration Society, JCC of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD; 15 December 2004

2004b    Jerusalem Besieged: From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel.  Virginia Military Institute, Lexington VA; 8 December 2004

2004c     Jerusalem Besieged: 4000 Years of Conflict in the City of Peace.  ASOR annual meetings, San Antonio, TX; 18-21 November 2004

2004d    Chair of Ancient Mediterranean Trade session.  ASOR annual meetings, San Antonio, TX; 18-21 November 2004

2004e     Troy as a “Contested Periphery”: Archaeological Perspectives on Cross-Cultural and Cross-Disciplinary Interactions Concerning Bronze Age Anatolia.  Presented at “Hittites, Greeks and Their Neighbors in Ancient Anatolia: An International Conference;” Atlanta, GA; 17-19 September 2004

2004f     “The Story Behind the Stories: 1) Abraham and the Patriarchs; 2) Moses and the Exodus; 3) David and Solomon; 4) The Ark of the Covenant.”  Four lectures during weekend retreat for Temple Shalom at “The Woods,” West Virginia; 23-25 April 2004

2004g     The Battles of Armageddon.  GWU Emeriti Society, GWU, Washington DC; 16 April 2004

2004h    The Multivalent Nature of Imported Objects in the Ancient Mediterranean World.  Presented at the International Conference “Emporia: Mycenaeans and Minoans in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean;” Athens, Greece, 14 April 2004 (read for author by J.S. Phillips)

2004i      Excavating Megiddo: New Discoveries and Old Debates.  Graduate Seminar, Bryn Mawr College; Bryn Mawr, PA; 3 April 2004

2004j     Jerusalem Besieged: 4000 Years of Conflict in the City of Peace.  C. Densmore Curtis Invited Lecture, Bryn Mawr College; Bryn Mawr, PA; 2 April 2004

2004k    New Names, Old Faces: World Systems Theory and the Economy of the Late Bronze Age Aegean.  AIA annual meetings, San Francisco, CA; 3 January 2004

2004l      Co-organizer (with P. Nick Kardulias) — Colloquium: The Role of the World Systems Theory in the Study of Ancient Societies: The Eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia as Test Cases.  AIA annual meetings, San Francisco, CA; 3 January 2004

2003a    The Stories Behind the Stories in the Hebrew Bible.  Montgomery College, Rockville, MD; 11 December 2003

2003b    Chair of two sessions (Plenary; Trade in the Late Bronze Age).  ASOR annual meetings, Atlanta, GA; 19-22 November 2003

2003c     The Battles of Armageddon.  AIA lecture, Richmond, VA; 13 November 2003

2003d    The Battles of Armageddon.  The First Annual Kayser Lecture.  Colonials Weekend, GWU, Washington DC; 18 October 2003

2003e     Abraham and Archaeology.  St Columba’s Episcopal Church, Washington DC; 24 September 2003

2003f     Troy and the Early Bronze Age.  Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 16 July 2003

2003g     Early Cities and States in the Ancient Near East: Introduction and Overview.  Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 9 July 2003

2003h    The Battles of Armageddon; Fifth World Archaeological Congress, Washington DC; 25 June 2003

2003i      Jerusalem Besieged; Fifth World Archaeological Congress, Washington DC; 24 June 2003

2003j     The Ark of the Covenant.  In “From Abraham to the Exodus and Beyond: The Story Behind the Stories,” Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 16 May 2003

2003k    Greece in the Late Bronze Age: Contact, Conquest or Colonization? Washington Classical Society; Rosslyn, VA; 9 May 2003

2003l      David and Solomon.  In “From Abraham to the Exodus and Beyond: The Story Behind the Stories,” Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 9 May 2003

2003m   Egypt and the Exodus.  In “From Abraham to the Exodus and Beyond: The Story Behind the Stories,” Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 2 May 2003

2003n    Abraham and the Patriarchs.  In “From Abraham to the Exodus and Beyond: The Story Behind the Stories,” Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 25 April 2003

2003o    Co-ordinator for Smithsonian Four-week Seminar: “From Abraham to the Exodus and Beyond: The Story Behind the Stories,” Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 25 April – 16 May 2003

2003p    Jerusalem Besieged.  AIA lecture, Long Island, NY; 30 March 2003

2003q    Treasures of the Dead Sea Scrolls.  In “Mysteries of the Ancient World: Secrets from Past Civilizations,” Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 5 March 2003

2003r     The Trojan War – Myth or Reality?  In “Mysteries of the Ancient World: Secrets from Past Civilizations,” Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 5 February 2003

2003s     Jerusalem Besieged: Ancient Conflicts, Modern Propaganda.  Temple B’nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD; 28 January 2003

2003t     Atlantis – Fact or Fiction?  In “Mysteries of the Ancient World: Secrets from Past Civilizations,” Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 22 January 2003

2003u    Co-ordinator for Smithsonian Six-week Seminar: “Mysteries of the Ancient World: Secrets from Past Civilizations.”  Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; 22 January – 12 March 2003

2003v    The Temple Mount Controversy: An Archaeologist’s Perspective.  BAS Weekend Seminar, Palm Beach FL; 18 January 2003

2003w    Jerusalem Besieged: From David to the Romans.  BAS Weekend Seminar, Palm Beach FL; 17 January 2003

2003x    Battles of Armageddon Reprised.  BAS Weekend Seminar, Palm Beach FL; 17 January 2003

2002a    Chaired three sessions (Plenary; Egypt and Canaan II; Trade in the Late Bronze Age).  ASOR annual meetings, Toronto, Canada; 22-25 November 2002

2002b    Iron Age Palace and Stables.  Co-authored and presented with Ann E. Killebrew, Penn State University.  ASOR annual meetings, Toronto, Canada; 23 November 2002

2002c     Contact, Conquest, or Colonization?  New Kingdom Egypt and Mycenaean Greece during the Late Bronze Age.  Joint meeting of the Calgary Society for Mediterranean Studies (CSMS) and the Calgary chapter of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities (SSEA); Calgary, Canada; 15 November 2002

2002d    The Battles of Armageddon.  Chacmool Conference; Calgary, Canada; 15 November 2002

2002e     The Battles of Armageddon.  George Washington University National Council for Arts and Sciences; Washington DC; 2 November 2002

2002f     Jerusalem Besieged: Ten Conflicts That Changed the World.  Temple Adat Reyim, Springfield, Va; 20 October 2002

2002g     Jerusalem Besieged: Ancient Conflicts, Modern Propaganda.  American Friends of the Israel Exploration Society, JCC Rockville, MD; 16 October 2002

2002h    The Temple Mount Controversy: An Archaeologist’s Perspective.  Saul Bendit Adult Institute Kickoff Lecture, Congregation Beth-El, Bethesda MD; 2 October 2002

2002i      Thutmose III Study Day, discussion leader and participant; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; 14 September 2002

2002j     On-board lecturer for Smithsonian Study Tour to Greece: “Gods and Heroes.”  Four lectures in twelve days.  Mainland Greece, Crete, Aegean Islands, and Rhodes; 28 June – 10 July 2002

2002k    The Battles of Armageddon.  Skirball Museum, Los Angeles; 19 May 2002

2002l      Jerusalem Besieged.  AIA lecture, Washington, DC Society; 6 May 2002

2002m   From Megiddo to Armageddon.  Foundation for Jewish Studies, Bible Heritage lecture (Annual Harvey H. Ammerman, MD Memorial lecture), Bethesda, MD; 23 April 2002
 

2002n    A Virtual Tour of Egypt.  Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC; 16 April 2002

2002o    The Story Behind the Stories in Biblical Archaeology: Exodus, Masada, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.  JCC Adult Ed, Rockville, MD; Wednesdays, 6-20 February 2002

2002p    Organized second-ever joint AIA/ASOR annual colloquium panel, on The Galilee and Early Christianity, Philadelphia, PA; 6 January 2002

2001a    Jerusalem Besieged.  Combined Sisterhood and Men's Club, Agudas Achim Congregation, Alexandria, VA; 9 December 2001

2001b    Jerusalem Besieged.  Archaeology and the Bible Fest IV, Denver, CO; 18 November 2001

2001c     Organized Late Bronze Age Trade session at ASOR annual meetings, Boulder, CO; 16 November 2001

2001d    The Multivalent Nature of Imported Objects in the Ancient Mediterranean World.  ASOR annual meetings, Boulder, CO; 16 November 2001

2001e     The Battles of Armageddon.  JCC Book Fair, JCC Rockville, MD; 4 November 2001

2001f     Har Megiddo: The Battles of Armageddon.  Temple Beth El, Bethesda, MD; Wednesdays, 17 October - 28 November 2001 (six lectures)

2001g     The Battles of Armageddon.  American Friends of the Israel Exploration Society, JCC Rockville, MD; 16 October 2001

2001h    Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Ports of Call in Homer’s Aegean (with D. Harris-Cline). Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC; Tuesdays, July 10-Aug. 14, 6 pm (six sessions)

2001i      The Battles of Armageddon.  George Washington University, Washington, DC; 13 April 2001

2001j     The Battles of Armageddon.  William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA; 21 February 2001

2001k    Megiddo as a Contested Periphery.  GWU Mediterranean Seminar lecture/presentation, Washington, DC; 13 February 2001

2001l      The Battles of Armageddon: The Archaeology of Megiddo and the Jezreel Valley.  Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC; 6 February 2001

2001m   The Battles of Armageddon.  BAS of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 14 January 2001

2001n    The Battles of Armageddon.  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; 7 January 2001

2001o    Organized first-ever joint AIA/ASOR annual meetings panel, on Nautical Archaeology, San Diego, CA; 6 January 2001

2000a    The Battles of Armageddon.  University of Cincinnati “Cities Seminar,” Cincinnati, OH; 14 December 2000

2000b    The Battles of Armageddon.  AIA lecture, Long Island, NY; 10 December 2000

2000c     The Battles of Armageddon.  BAS of Northern Virginia, Alexandria, VA; 3 December 2000

2000d    The Battles of Armageddon.  Archaeology and the Bible Fest III, Nashville, TN; 18 November 2000

2000e     The Battles of Armageddon.  ASOR annual meetings, Nashville, TN; 17 November 2000

2000f     Contested Peripheries in World Systems Theory.  SSHA annual meetings, Pittsburgh, PA; 26 October 2000

2000g     Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea.  AIA Kershaw Lecturer, Pittsburgh, PA; 17 October 2000

2000h    Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea.  AIA Kershaw Lecturer, Cleveland, OH; 18 October 2000

2000i      The Battles of Armageddon.  AIA Kershaw Lecturer, Wooster, OH; 19 October 2000

2000j     Canaan and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age.  ASOR Centennial Symposium, Washington DC; 16 April 2000

2000k    The Battles of Armageddon.  AIA Symposium, Westchester NY; 5 March 2000

2000l      The Battles of Armageddon.  University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; 8 February 2000

2000m   The Battles of Armageddon.  GWU, Washington, DC; 1 February 2000

1999a    Cypriot Wallbrackets at Tiryns: Irrationality, Gift Exchange, and Distance Value; A.I.A. annual meetings, Dallas, TX; December 1999

1999b    The Battles of Armageddon.  Emory University, Atlanta GA; 2 December 1999

1999c     Armageddon at the Edge: Megiddo and the Jezreel Valley as a "Contested Periphery” in World Systems Theory; A.S.O.R. annual meetings, Boston, MA; November 1999

1999d    The Battles of Armageddon.  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA; 8 November 1999

1999e     Egyptians at Armageddon: Egyptian Military Involvement at Megiddo and in the Jezreel Valley from 2000 BC to 2000 AD. ARCE/DC Society, Washington D.C.; 5 November 1999

1999f     The Battles of Armageddon.  Muskingum College, OH; 15 September 1999

1999g     Egyptians at Armageddon: Egyptian Military Involvement at Megiddo and in the Jezreel Valley from 2000 BC to 2000 AD.  A.R.C.E. annual meetings, Chicago, IL; April 1999

1999h    The Battles of Armageddon.  DePauw University, Greencastle, IN; Feb 1999

1998a    Poseidon’s Horses: Reconsideration of Earthquakes and “Systems Collapse” at the End of the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean (Poster Session with Amos Nur); A.I.A. annual meetings, Washington DC; Dec 1998

1998b    Seven Years in the Life of an Adjunct/Part-Time Professor, Joint APA – AIA Forum: “Expedient and Expendable: Adjunct and Part‑Time Faculty;” A.I.A./A.P.A. annual meetings, Washington DC; Dec 1998

1998c     Cypriot Wallbrackets at Tiryns: Irrationality, Gift Exchange, and Distance Value; A.S.O.R. annual meetings, Orlando, FL; Nov 1998

1998d    Poseidon’s Horses: Reconsideration of Earthquakes and “Systems Collapse” at the End of the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean (with Amos Nur); A.S.O.R. annual meetings, Orlando, FL; Nov 1998

1998e     The Battles of Armageddon.  Annual T.T. Duke Lecture, University of Akron, Akron, OH; Oct 1998

1997a    The Cypriote Pottery Found at Megiddo; A.S.O.R. annual meetings, Napa Valley, CA; Nov 1997

1997b    Co-Organizer of, and Speaker at, the International Symposium: "The Aegean and the Orient during the Second Millennium," held at the University of Cincinnati 18-20 April 1997

1996a    Achilles in Anatolia; Ohio University, Athens OH; May 1997

1996b    The Mycenaean Pottery Found During the University of Chicago Excavations at Megiddo: an Appraisal and Reanalysis (Poster Session with Al Leonard, Jr.); A.I.A. annual meetings, New York; Dec 1996

1996c     Achilles in Anatolia: Myth, History, and the Aššuwa Rebellion (abbreviated version); Ohio Classical Conference, Oxford (OH); 18 Oct 1996

1996d    Achilles in Anatolia: Myth, History and the Aššuwa Rebellion; Symposium in Honor of Michael C. Astour @ Midwest Region Annual Meeting of ASOR/AOS/SBL, Chicago; Feb 1996

1995a    A Re-examination of the Mycenaean Greek Pottery from Megiddo (with Al Leonard, Jr.); A.S.O.R. annual meetings, Philadelphia; Nov 1995

1995b    Bernal, Egyptians, and the Late Bronze Age Aegean; A.H.A. annual meetings, Chicago; Jan 1995

1994a    Achilles in Anatolia: The Inscribed Mycenaean Sword at Hattušas and Its Possible Implications; A.I.A. annual meetings, Atlanta; Dec 1994

1994b    Achilles in Anatolia: Myth, History and Archaeology; University of Cincinnati; Oct 1994

1994d    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor: Minoans and Mycenaeans Abroad; 5th International Aegean Prehistory Conference, Heidelberg, Germany; April 1994

1993a    Canaanite Colonies in the Bronze Age Aegean: Fact or Fiction?; A.I.A. annual meetings, Washington D.C.; Dec 1993

1993b    Bernal, Egyptians, and the Late Bronze Age Aegean; World History Association, 2nd annual meetings, Honolulu, Hawaii; June 1993

1993c     Archaeology of the Dead Sea Scrolls; Archaeology Week, CSU Fresno; May 1993

1993d    Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Foreign Trade and the Bronze Age Aegean; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Feb 1993

1993e     Bernal, Egypt and Greece; Macalester College, St. Paul MN; Jan 1993

1992a    ‘My Brother, My Son’: Rulership and Trade Between the LBA Aegean, Egypt and the Near East; A.I.A. annual meetings, New Orleans; Dec 1992

1992b    Egyptian and Near Eastern Objects in the Late Bronze Age Aegean; A.S.O.R. annual meetings, San Francisco; Nov 1992

1992c     Multiculturalism in the Ancient World: The Influence of Egypt Upon Greece?; CSU Fresno; Oct 1992

1992d    Multiculturalism in the Ancient World: The Influence of Egypt Upon Greece?; Macalester College, St. Paul MN; March 1992

1992e     Of Empires, Embassies and Embargoes: Trade in the Eighteenth Dynasty; American Research Center in Egypt, Orange County Branch; March 1992

1992f     Egyptians in the Bronze Age Aegean; American Research Center in Egypt, Orange County Branch; January 1992

1991a    Orientalia in the Late Bronze Age Aegean: Summary and Conclusions; A.I.A. annual meetings, Chicago; Dec 1991

1991b    Ancient Trade, Tribute and Plunder: The Late Bronze Age Shipwreck at Ulu Burun, Turkey; Fresno County Archaeological Society; 2 Dec 1991

1991c     Orientalia in the Late Bronze Age Aegean: Summary and Conclusions; A.S.O.R. annual meetings, Kansas City; Nov 1991 (read by title)

1991d    Orientalia in the Late Bronze Aegean; Institute for Aegean Prehistory, NY; Oct 1991

1991e     Orientalia in the Late Bronze Aegean; A.I.A. lectures, New York City and Scarsdale; Oct 1991

1991f     Orientalia in the Late Bronze Aegean; Texas A & M University; Sept 1991

1991g     Egypt and the Aegean in the 14th - 13th Centuries B.C.; Thalassa II Trade Symposium, University of Texas at Austin; Sept 1991

1991h    Egyptians and Aegyptiaca in the Late Bronze Age Aegean; A.R.C.E. annual meetings, Boston; April 1991

1991i      Orientalia in the Late Bronze Age Aegean; Stanford A.I.A. lecture, Stanford; April 1991

1991j     Mycenaeans, Minoans and Mesopotamians; A.O.S. annual meetings, Berkeley; March 1991

1990       The Faience Figurines of Amenhotep II at Tiryns and Mycenae; A.I.A. annual meetings, San Francisco; December 1990

1989a    Eastern Imports at Mainland Greek Sites: The Contributions of Wace and Blegen; Wace and Blegen Memorial Symposium, Athens; December 1989

1989b    Organizer and Chairman of Afternoon Colloquium (7 papers), A.S.O.R. annual meetings, Anaheim: Recent Research on the International Trade of the Late Bronze Age in the Mediterranean; November 1989

1989c     Mesopotamia and the Mycenaeans; A.S.O.R. annual meetings, Anaheim; November 1989

1989d    New Data Concerning an Amenhotep III Plaque from Mycenae; A.R.C.E. annual meetings, Philadelphia; April 1989

1989e     Hittites in the Mycenaean World, and Vice Versa; First Annual Joint Archaeological Congress, Baltimore; January 1989

1988       Hittites and Mycenaeans; Institute for Aegean Prehistory, New York; October 1988

1987a    An Unpublished Egyptian Plaque from Mycenae: The Key to a Proper Reconstruction; A.I.A. annual meetings, New York; December 1987

1987b    International Trade in the Amarna Period: Egyptian and Near Eastern Imports at LH III Mycenae; Tell el‑Amarna Centennial Symposium; February 1987

1987c     Amenhotep III and the Aegean: A Reassessment of Egypto‑Aegean Relations in the 14th Century BC; Tell el‑Amarna Centennial Symposium, Chicago; February 1987

1985       Mycenaean Pottery in Syro‑Palestine: Reflections of a Power Struggle?; A.S.O.R. annual meetings, Anaheim; November 1985

1984       Amenophis III and the Aegean; A.I.A. annual meetings, Toronto; December 1984

1985-89 Public Lecturer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Outreach Lecture Program; University Museum, University of Pennsylvania: Troy and the Trojan War; Thera: Lost Atlantis?; The Gold of Mycenae; Palaces of Minoan Crete; The Past Through a Lens: A Photographic Survey of the Ancient Mediterranean; Life on an Archaeological Excavation