"The Tale of Kings in the Land of the Soviets: The Ferdowsi Millennium of 1934," Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar, Harvard University, February 2026
"The Great Persian Poet in the Land of the Soviets: The Ferdowsi Millennium in the Soviet Union in 1934," Princeton Islamic Studies Colloquium, Princeton University, November 2025
“‘Lenin Pasha Galloped on His Steed’: Revolution, Nation, and Folklore in Soviet Armenia, 1936-1938,” Princeton University, November 2025
“Lightning-Sword and Blazing Steed under the Hammer and Sickle: The Rebirth of David of Sassoun in Soviet Armenia,” Columbia University, October 2025
“Epic Indigenization: Literature and Nation on the Soviet-Finnish Borders under Stalinism,” University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, October 2025
“The Great Persian Poet in the Land of the Soviets: The Millennium of Ferdowsi in the Soviet Union,” Columbia University, March 2025
“Sovietizing a Proto-Renaissance: The Immortalization of a Medieval Georgian Epic Poem and Its Mysterious Author,” Columbia University, December 2024
“Sovietizing a Proto-Renaissance: The Immortalization of a Medieval Georgian Epic Poem and Its Mysterious Author,” Princeton University, November 2024
“The Rebirth of David of Sassoun in Soviet Armenia,” Princeton University, April 2023
“Epic Import: The Kalevala and Soviet Karelia,” Princeton University, February 2023
“Schism that Traverses Borders: The Molokan Odyssey from the Caucasus to Lower California,” Princeton University, April 2019