Journal of narrative Theory dialogues: After Post-structuralism?
· 2015
Lecture
Eastern Michigan University,
Aspects of the American Network Novel
· 2015
Lecture
American University,
Imagining community without property
- Plenary talk
· 2015
Invited Talk
Cornell University Humanities Institute,
How American Novels Think Biopolically
- The Biopolitical Turn in Literature
· 2015
Invited Talk
Duke University,
Why Teaching Literature? (Panel sponsored by Division on Teaching Literature)
- MLA 2014
· January 9, 2014
Invited Talk
Chicogo, MLA Conference
Invited Talk
Do wasps just want to have fun?: Darwin on the problem of variation
- High Seminar
· 2014
Invited Talk
Stockholm University,
Property Cannot Be Defended: The Ground of American Fiction
· 2014
Lecture
Wake Forest University,
The Biopolitical Jane Eyre
- Brigham Young University
· 2014
Invited Talk
Brigham Young University
Invited Talk
Faculty Symposium: Early American Aspects of the Novel
- Brigham Young University
· 2014
Invited Talk
American Studies seminar,
Brigham Young University
Invited Talk
Early American Aspects of the Novel (Session Sponsored by Division on 20th-Century Literature)
- MLA
· January 2014
Invited Talk
Chicogo, MLA Conference
Invited Talk
How the novel creates (not just reflects) reality"
- Thinking Aloud
· 2014
Interview
BYU Radio,
Nancy Armstrong on Gender, Novels, and the Afterlife of a Landmark Book
- Humanities Institute Interviews
· 2014
Interview
Brigham Young University,
YouTube
Property Cannot Be Defended: The Ground of American Fiction
- American Studies seminar
· 2014
Lecture
Uppsala University,
Response: Evidence and Argument
- NAVSA annual meeting
· October 2013
Invited Talk
Pasadena
Invited Talk
Keynote lecture: The Networked Novel and What it Did to Domestic Fiction
· June 2013
Invited Talk
Jane Austen Society Meeting,
UNC Chapel Hill
Invited Talk
Keynote Lecture: When Sympathy Fails: The Affective Turn in Contemporary Fiction
- Swiss Professors of English Language and Literature--annual conference
· April 2013
Invited Talk
Invited Talk
The Conversion Effect
- Society for Early Americanists annual conference
· March 2013
Invited Talk
Savannah, GA
Invited Talk; Armstrong and Len Tennenhouse
The Affective Turn In Contemporary Fiction
· 2013
Lecture
University of Sidney,
Master class: literature and the emotions
- Doctoral Students in Swiss Universities
· 2013
Lecture
University of Lausanne
Invited Lectures
Master Class on Armstrong's published work
- University of Sidney
· 2013
Lecture
University of Sidney
Forum: on how to establish a Center for the Study of the Novel
- Faculty seminar
· 2013
Invited Talk
University of Sidney,
Invited Talk
Public lecture: The Affective Turn of Contemporary Fiction
- University of Sidney
· 2013
Invited Talk
University of Sidney
Invited Talk
Keynote lecture: Darwin on the Liberty and Limits of Biological Life
- Victorian Studies Society of Australia
· 2013
Invited Talk
Macquarie University,
Macquarie University, Australia
Invited Talk
Novel Worlds
- The State of Things
· April 2012
Broadcast Appearance
NPR,
with Frank Stasio
Plenary lecture: Darwin's Uncodable Difference
- Systems of Life Conference
· 2012
Invited Talk
Huntington Library,
Pasadena
Invited Talk; N. Armstrong
Endowed Lecture: The Victorian Archive and Its Secret
- Brown University
· 2012
Invited Talk
Brown University
Keynote lecture: The Victorian Archive and Its Secret
· 2012
Invited Talk
The Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Association,
Tocqueville, Foucault, Hawthorne: The Paradox of American Individualism
- Center for the Study of the Novel
· 2012
Invited Talk
Stanford University,
Center for the Novel, Stanford University
Invited Talk; N. Armstrong
University Lecture: What is Contemporary Fiction?
· February 2011
Lecture
Cornell University,
University Lecture, Cornell University
Invited Lectures
Plenary Lecture: What Can We Do with Bare Life?
· 2011
Lecture
Yale University,
Plenary Lecture, Symposium on René Girard, Yale University
Invited Lectures
Inside the Outside of Liberal Society
- Symposium on Governmentality
· 2011
Lecture
UC Santa Barbara,
with Warren Montag and Étienne Balibar
What is Contemporary Fiction?
- English Department
· 2011
Lecture
UCLA,
Keynote lecture: What is the Contemporary Novel?
- Institure for Advanced Research, conference on Novel and Narrative
· 2010
Lecture
University of Freiburg,
(Keynote Lecture) Freiburg Institute for Advanced Research, University of Freiburg, Germany
Invited Lectures ; 3-day symposium on "Realism in Contemporary Culture"
Endowed Lecture: Why a Good Man is Hard to Find in Victorian Literature
- Vanderbilt University
· 2010
Lecture
Vanderbilt University
Darwin's Paradox
- English Department
· 2010
Lecture
Yale University,
Plenary Lecture: Imagining Sovereignty in the Age of Democracy: Toqueville, Foucault, and Hawthorne
- Arizona Quarterly
· 2010
Lecture
University of Arizona,
Invited Lectures
A future without theory?
- Response to President Roth, Wesleyan University
· 2009
Lecture
Center for the Humanities,
Wesleyan University
Invited Lectures
A Gothic History of the British Novel
- Conference on Narrative Domains
· 2009
Lecture
Oxford University Press and the University of Reading,
Oxford University Press and the University of Reading
Invited Lectures
Endowed lecture: Darwin's Paradox
- Carnegie Mellon University
· 2009
Lecture
Endowed lecture, Carnegie Mellon University
Invited Lectures
Captivity and the Question of Sovereignty
- Annual Meeting of the Society of Early Americanists
· 2009
Lecture
Annual meeting of the Society of Early Americanists
Invited Lectures
A Gothic History of the British Novel
- Center for Social Theory
· 2009
Lecture
University of Kentucky,
How Novels Think
· March 2008
Broadcast Appearance
Swedish National Radio,
The role of novels in the contemporary world
Endowed lecture: Gender Must be Defended
- University of Minnesota
· 2008
Lecture
University of Minnesota
Invited Lectures ; Endowed public lecture and graduate student symposium.
The Literary Darwin
- Northeastern University
· 2008
Lecture
Graduate Program in English, Northeastern University
Invited Lectures
Plenary lecture: Evolution's Other Narrative
- Symposium on Making History
· 2008
Lecture
Rutgers University,
Rutgers University
Invited Lectures ; Keynote address at Conference on "Making History."
The Politics of Incorporation at the Dawn of Individualism
- Clark Library
· 2008
Lecture
UCLA,
Clark Library, UCLA
Invited Lectures
Endowed lecture: Why a Good Man is Hard to Find
- Notre Dame University
· 2008
Lecture
Notre Dame University
Invited Lectures ; Joseph Duffy memorial lecture
The Wilde Side of Dickens
- Johns Hopkins University
· 2008
Lecture
Johns Hopkins University
Invited Lectures ; ELH Colloquium series
Planetary Lecture: The Barbary Captivity Narrative and the Form of American Fiction
- Conference 20 years of "American Literary History"
· 2008
Lecture
University of Illinois,
University of Illinois
Invited Lectures ; Conference celebrating 20 years of the journal "American Literary History."
University Lecture: The Literary Darwin
- Victoria University
· 2008
Invited Talk
Endowed women's studies lecture: Gender Must be Defended
· 2008
Lecture
University of Maryland at Baltimore,
Baltimore
Darwin's Paradox
- Center for the Humanities, Wesleyan University
· 2008
Lecture
Center for the Humanities, Wesleyan University
Invited Lectures ; Endowed public lecture and symposium.
The Literary Darwin
- Interdisciplinary 19th-century Circle
· 2008
Lecture
Northwestern University,
Invited Lectures
Plenary lecture: Gender Must be Defended
- conference on "Book Life"
· 2008
Lecture
University of Malmo,
University of Malmö, Sweden
Invited Lectures
What's the Word
- MLA Radio
· February 2007
Broadcast Appearance
NPR,
What the advent of photography did to the relationship between words and things
Gender Must Be Defended
- Conference on The Novel: Democracy's Form
· 2007
Lecture
Sussex University,
Sussex University
Charles Darwin, Novelist
- University of Connecticut
· 2007
Lecture
University of Connecticut
Charles Darwin, Novelist
- English Department, Duke University
· 2007
Lecture
Duke University
Gender Must be Defended
- UCLA
· 2007
Lecture
UCLA
The Gothic Austen
- Harvard University
· 2007
Lecture
Harvard University
On the Dark Side of Modern Individualism
· 2006
Other
American Comparative Literature Association,
Illustration
- Center for the Study of the Novel
· 2006
Invited Talk
Stanford University,
Stanford University
Publishing in Anglo-American Journals
- Conference on Publishing in English Studies
· 2006
Invited Talk
University of Freiburg,
The Dark Side of Modern Individualism
- University of New Hampshire
· 2006
Lecture
University of New Hampshire
Writing for Publication
- Annual Graduate Student Symposium
· 2006
Invited Talk
USC,
University of Southern California
The Problem of Masculinity in Victorian Fiction
- Englisches Seminar
· 2006
Lecture
Universitat Freiburg,
Universitat Freiburg
Conference on the Africana Novel
- Distinguished Interlocutor
· 2006
Invited Talk
University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh University
The Necessary Gothic
· 2006
Other
American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies,
Paper Read
Keynote lecture: Civilized Savagery:The Violence of Victorian Fiction
- Conference on Violence and Recuperation
· 2005
Invited Talk
McGill University,
McGill University
Keynote lecture
The Gothic Darwin
- Series on Evolution
· 2005
Lecture
Temple University,
Temple
The Dark Side of Modern Individualism
- English Department, Duke University
· 2005
Lecture
Duke University
The Politics of Incorporation at the Dawn of Individualism
· 2005
Other
Clark Library, UCLA,
UCLA
Publishing Literary Scholarship
- Annual Graduate Student Symposium, USC
· 2005
Other
University of Southern California
The Future of a Forum on Fiction
- Conference on Humanities Journals: Past and Future
· 2005
Invited Talk
University of Virginia,
University of Virginia
Feminism, Fiction, and the Utopian Promise of Dracula
- Harvard University
· 2004
Lecture
English Department,
Harvard University
Feminism, Fiction, and the Utopian Promise of Dracula
- University of South Dakota
· 2004
Lecture
University of South Dakota
What's New In American Feminism
- Faculty Seminar with Ellen Rooney
· 2003
Invited Talk
University of Coimbra (Portugal),
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Image and Empire
- Visual Studies Conference
· 2003
Lecture
Michigan State University,
Feminism, Fiction, and the Utopian Promise of Dracula
· 2003
Lecture
University of North Carolina-Greensboro,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Feminism, Fiction, and the Utopian Promise of Dracula
- Futures of Utopia Conference
· 2003
Lecture
Duke University
Plenary: Feminism, Fiction, and the Utopian Promise of Dracula
· 2003
Lecture
North America Victorian Studies Associatioon,
Novels and the Middle Class
- Odyssey
· December 17, 2002
Broadcast Appearance
NPR ,
Chicago
with Judith Smith and Sanjay Joshi
Who are the Victorians and why do they appeal to us?
- Odyssey
· October 19, 2002
Broadcast Appearance
NPR ,
Chicago
Endowed Lecture: Why a Good Man is Hard to Find...
- Bryn Mawr College
· 2002
Lecture
Bryn Mawr College
Authenticity After Photography
- Student-Faculty Seminar
· 2002
Invited Talk
Liverpool John Moore's University,
Liverpool John Moores University
Structuralism's Unfinished Business
- Program in Cultural Studies. Liverpool John Moore's
· 2002
Lecture
Liverpool John Moores University
How Novels Think
- In Honor of Homer O. Brown
· 2002
Lecture
UC Irvine,
UC Irvine
The Object Dependency of Enlightenment Letters
· 2002
Lecture
MLA ,
The Rise of the Novel: A Comparative Assessment
- The Center for the Study of the Novel
· 2002
Lecture
Stanford University,
Stanford University
Plenary Lecture: Image and Empire: A Brief Genealogy of Visual Culture
- International Institute for Visual Theory and Cultural Studies
· 2002
Lecture
National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan,
National Chiao tung University, Taiwan
Plenary Lecture: Structuralism's Unfinished Business
- Conference on American Literature
· 2002
Lecture
University of Arizona,
Univerity of Arizona
The Polygenic Imagination
- Graduate Student/Faculty Seminar
· 2002
Invited Talk
Stanford University,
Stanford University
How Novels Think
· 2001
Invited Talk
Harvard University Humanities Center,
Monarchy In the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
- University of British Columbia
· 2001
Lecture
U British Columbia
When Novels Made Nations
- Glasgow University
· 2001
Lecture
Glasgow University
Malthusian Gothic
- International Gothic Association Meeting
· 2001
Invited Talk
University of British Columbia,
Plenary lecture: Structuralism's Unfinished Business
· 2001
Lecture
Dartmouth Institute in American Studies,
Why a Good Man is Hard to Find
- Canadian Victorian Studies Association
· 2001
Lecture
Simon Fraser University,
The Bad Subject
- Comparative Eighteenth-Century Literature Division Meeting
· 2001
Lecture
Modern Language Association,
Why a Good Man is Hard to Find in Victorian Fiction
- Pembroke Center conference
· 2001
Invited Talk
Brown University,
Pembroke Center Conference
Public Lecture: Monarchy in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
· 2001
Invited Talk
Liverpool John Moore's University,
Public Lecture: Why a Good Man is Hard to Find
· 2001
Lecture
Liverpool John Moore's University,
Liverpool John Moore's University
Fiction in the Age of Photography
- Night Waves
· January 25, 2000
Interview
BBC Radio 3,
For Disciplinarity
- Roundtable on Interdisciplinarity: The Competing Claims of Literature and History
· 2000
Invited Talk
American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies,
Plenary Lecture: Why a Good Man is Hard to Find in Victorian Fiction
- Conference on Nineteenth-Century Literature
· 2000
Lecture
UCLA,
Surviving the Photograph
- Roundtable Speaker
· 2000
Lecture
Princeton University,
Princeton University
Keynote Lecture: When Novels Made Nations
- Conference on The Romantic-Era Novel
· 1999
Lecture
University of Groningen,
Netherlands
Keynote Lecture: The Victorianism of Queen Victoria's Writing
- Annual Conference on Women Writers
· 1998
Lecture
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill
Plenary Lecture: The Discourse Thing
- Conference on Liberalism and Cultural Studies
· 1998
Lecture
Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University,
The Picturesque Imperative
· 1997
Lecture
North American Society for the Study of Romanticism,
Plenary lecture: Fiction in the Age of Photography
· 1997
Lecture
Victorian Studies Conference, CUNY,
CUNY
Keynote lecture: Captivity and Cultural Capital
- International Eighteenth-Century Conference
· 1997
Lecture
University of Groningen,
Netherlands
Monarchy in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
- Queen Victoria Symposium
· 1997
Invited Talk
Yale British Art Center,
History is in the Shot
· 1997
Lecture
MLA Conference,
Keynote lecture: Fiction in the Age of Photography
- International Narrative Conference
· 1997
Lecture
University of Florida,
Service to the Profession
External PhD Committee Member
- University of Lausanne
·
2020
Committee Service
External Examiner
- M. Phil
·
2016
Committee Service
University of Sydney,
Founder and executive board member.
- Society for Novel Studies, and International learned society
·
2011
Event/Organization Administration
Member: NEASC accrediation team, Harvard University
·
2009
Other
Service to the Profession
University Tenure, Promotion and Appointments
·
2007
- 2009
Committee Service
Brown University,
External PhD Committee Member
- University of Lausanne
·
2020
Committee Service
External Examiner
- M. Phil
·
2016
Committee Service
University of Sydney,
Founder and executive board member.
- Society for Novel Studies, and International learned society
·
2011
Event/Organization Administration
Member: NEASC accrediation team, Harvard University
·
2009
Other
Service to the Profession
University Tenure, Promotion and Appointments
·
2007
- 2009
Committee Service
Brown University,
Chair
- External Review Committee English Department
·
2007
Committee Service
Dartmouth University,
Member
- NEASC team to accredit
·
2006
Committee Service
Brandeis University,