Reassessing Tekyeh Dowlat: Dispelling Myths and Illuminating Its Legacy – Invited lecture at Ta’ziyeh: Rethinking a Devotional Tradition Symposium, University of California, San Diego, March 10, 2025.
Creativity in Confinement: The Resilient Spirit of Iranian Theater Post-1979 Revolution: presented at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Atlanta, GA, August 3, 2024.