Speaking Events
Inquiries: davidsvine [at] proton [dot] me
All book royalties donated to the Chagossians and nonprofit organizations serving other victims of war.
Times are local for in-person events or as indicated for online events.
Selected Past Events (video/slides in links)
"Pōhakuloa, Hawai'i, and the Cost of War," Philosophy Department, University of Hawai`i–Hilo
Prutehi Guåhan/Our Commonwealth 670, Guam Museum
Our Commonwealth 670, Caravan of Food, Saipan, CNMI
"The Human and Financial Costs of the Post-October 7 Wars, Two Years Later," Costs of War Project, Brown University
Middlebury College, War and Forced Displacement: A Global Reckoning
63rd Annual International Affairs Symposium Debate with Brent Sadler (Heritage Foundation), Lewis & Clark College
Teach-in Network/Roots Action, War Profiteers & Dismantling the War Machine
Rothko Chapel Annual MLK Birthday Observance, Sick of War, Houston TX
Colorado College with the Costs of War Project
A New Cold War in East Asia? Hankyoreh-Busan International Symposium, South Korea
Confederation of Lawyers of the Asia Pacific Conference 2024, Tokyo, Japan
Military Bases and US Empire, Malaya US Movement against Killings and Dictatorship and For Democracy in the Philippines (slides)
Chagos Islands Conference, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Abolishing State Violence book event interviewing author Ray Acheson
"Garrisoning the Globe: US Military Bases Overseas," Move the Money Task Force NYC (slides)
Codepink Capitol Calling Party: Closing US Military Bases Abroad (slides)
Scholarship to Change the World: New Books in Public Anthropology
Video from "20 Years Since 9/11: What Do We Do Now?"
The Cold War Truth Commission: A Day of Education, Testimonials, and Action
California State University Fresno (slides here)
Taps for America's Empire of Bases? Reducing the U.S. Global Bootprint, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
University of Houston, "Cultures of U.S. Empire," with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Nikhil Pal Singh (slides here)
University of California Press Series in Public Anthropology Virtual Cafe Book Event (slides here)
Keynote Address, Air Force Culture and Language Center
Virtual Symposium, Maxwell Air Force Base
Politics and Prose online book launch (slides are here)
Boston University Pardee Center, "Creating Refugees" Report
American Education Research Association
COVID-19 Global Solidarity Manifesto Launch Events
Committee for the Republic Empire Salon
Common Action Forum Octagon, Madrid, Spain
Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
"Resistance to Public Writing," AAA Annual Meeting
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, American University
Bennington College
Dent the Future Conference
Wesleyan University
Independent and Peaceful Australia Network National Conference
Australia National University, Canberra
Base Nation book launch on C-SPAN TV
"Pōhakuloa, Hawai'i, and the Cost of War," Philosophy Department, University of Hawai`i–Hilo
Prutehi Guåhan/Our Commonwealth 670, Guam Museum
Our Commonwealth 670, Caravan of Food, Saipan, CNMI
"The Human and Financial Costs of the Post-October 7 Wars, Two Years Later," Costs of War Project, Brown University
Middlebury College, War and Forced Displacement: A Global Reckoning
63rd Annual International Affairs Symposium Debate with Brent Sadler (Heritage Foundation), Lewis & Clark College
Teach-in Network/Roots Action, War Profiteers & Dismantling the War Machine
Rothko Chapel Annual MLK Birthday Observance, Sick of War, Houston TX
Colorado College with the Costs of War Project
A New Cold War in East Asia? Hankyoreh-Busan International Symposium, South Korea
Confederation of Lawyers of the Asia Pacific Conference 2024, Tokyo, Japan
Military Bases and US Empire, Malaya US Movement against Killings and Dictatorship and For Democracy in the Philippines (slides)
Chagos Islands Conference, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Abolishing State Violence book event interviewing author Ray Acheson
"Garrisoning the Globe: US Military Bases Overseas," Move the Money Task Force NYC (slides)
Codepink Capitol Calling Party: Closing US Military Bases Abroad (slides)
Scholarship to Change the World: New Books in Public Anthropology
Video from "20 Years Since 9/11: What Do We Do Now?"
The Cold War Truth Commission: A Day of Education, Testimonials, and Action
California State University Fresno (slides here)
Taps for America's Empire of Bases? Reducing the U.S. Global Bootprint, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
University of Houston, "Cultures of U.S. Empire," with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Nikhil Pal Singh (slides here)
University of California Press Series in Public Anthropology Virtual Cafe Book Event (slides here)
Keynote Address, Air Force Culture and Language Center
Virtual Symposium, Maxwell Air Force Base
Politics and Prose online book launch (slides are here)
Boston University Pardee Center, "Creating Refugees" Report
American Education Research Association
COVID-19 Global Solidarity Manifesto Launch Events
Committee for the Republic Empire Salon
Common Action Forum Octagon, Madrid, Spain
Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
"Resistance to Public Writing," AAA Annual Meeting
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, American University
Bennington College
Dent the Future Conference
Wesleyan University
Independent and Peaceful Australia Network National Conference
Australia National University, Canberra
Base Nation book launch on C-SPAN TV
