Recent and upcoming talks and presentations (all times EST): 
December 10, 2024: “Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Civil War.” Smithsonian Associates, 6:45-8:15pm (on-line).
December 6, 2024: “The Lessons of the Hour: Frederick Douglass, Andrew Johnson, and the Work of Reconstruction.” Civil War Round Table Congress, 7:00-8:15pm (on-line).
September 25, 2024: “Hallie Q. Brown’s Homespun Heroines: The Example of Catherine A. Delany.” Third Annual Martin R. Delany Symposium, Heinz Museum, Pittsburgh.
June 9, 2024: “Frederick Douglass, Andrew Johnson, and the Failed Promise of Reconstruction.” Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College.
March 15, 2024: Chair and panelist, Roundtable on “Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Long Civil War.” C19 Conference, Pasadena.
November 28, 2023: “The Lessons of the Hour: Frederick Douglass, Andrew Johnson, and the Work of Reconstruction.” The Union League, Philadelphia.
October 26, 2023: “Authorial Intention and Textual Fluidity in Douglass’s Autobiographies.” Frederick Douglass Papers, Indianapolis.
August 18, 2023: “Martin R. Delany: Western Abolitionist of Pittsburgh.” Keynote; Second Annual Martin R. Delany Symposium, Heinz Museum, Pittsburgh.
July 21, 2023: “Teaching Frederick Douglass’s Narrative and “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?'” Frederick Douglass Institute for Leadership in the Humanities, University of Maryland.
April 21, 2023: “Lessons of the Hour: Frederick Douglass, Andrew Johnson, and the Work of Reconstruction.” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
February 23, 2023: “Frederick Douglass: Autobiographer.” Smithsonian Associates.
January 20, 2023: “Thirty Years with Frederick Douglass (and Harriet Beecher Stowe).” Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford, CT.
October 18, 2022: “Editing The Norton Anthology of American Literature.” Interview with William Domnarski. New Books Network, podcast.
October 11, 2022: Commentator (aka talking head), Becoming Frederick Douglass, dir. Stanley Nelson and Lynne Robinson, Firelight Media. Airing nationally on PBS stations.
October 3, 2022: Panelist, Roundtable on Becoming Frederick Douglass. PBS North Carolina (on-line).
September 24, 2022: “Impeachment: Frederick Douglass and Andrew Johnson after the Civil War.” Frederick Douglass Day, Easton, MD.
September 20, 2022: “Impeachment: Frederick Douglass and Andrew Johnson after the Civil War.” Hagler Institute for Advanced Study, Texas A&M.
August 27, 2022: “Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, Andrew Johnson.” Martin Delany Symposium. Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh.
May 21, 2022: “The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.” Gaithersburg Book Festival.
May 7, 8, 2022: “The Failed Promise.” C-Span.
March 17, 2022: “Impeachment: Frederick Douglass and Andrew Johnson after the Civil War.” University of Georgia.
March 9, 2022: Contributor and commentator, The First Presidential Impeachment, podcast, History Channel.
March 4-5, 2022: “Douglass and Johnson.” Symposium on the Reconstruction Era, Bill of Rights Institute, Denver.
March 2, 2022: “Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, & Reconstruction: Racism and 19th-Century Republicans.” BlackLight Nuance Series, Microsoft, on-line.
February 23, 2022: “Impeachment: Frederick Douglass and Andrew Johnson after the Civil War.” Frederick Douglass Institute, West Chester University.
February 20, 2022: “The Life and Legacy of Frederick Douglass.” Interview with Patrick M. Geoghegan, Newstalk 106-8 FM, Dublin, Ireland.
February 18, 2022: “Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and Andrew Johnson.” Interview with Arnold Stricker, KWRH radio, St. Louis.
February 16, 2022: “Reconstructions: Frederick Douglass and Albion Tourgée.” Frederick Douglass Papers Project, IUPUI, on-line.
January 24, 2022: “The Personal & Presidential Struggles of Andrew Johnson.” Conversation with Alan Lowe and Scott Brun, American POTUS Podcast.
December 27, 2021: Ramon Maclin, “Q&A with professor and author Dr. Robert S. Levine,” on-line.
December 9, 2021: “The Failed Promise.” Arts & Humanities Dean’s Colloquium Series on Race, Equity and Justice, University of Maryland, on-line.
December 7, 2021: “Andrew Johnson, Frederick Douglass, and Reconstruction’s Failed Promise.” Smithsonian Associates, on-line.
November 16, 2021: “Teaching Douglass’s Narrative and ‘What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?'” Humanities Texas, on-line.
November 9, 2021: The Failed Promise. Conversation with Evan Axelbank on “Axelbank Reports History and Today.” Podcast.
October 19, 2021: “Impeachment: Frederick Douglass and Andrew Johnson after the Civil War.” Center for the Humanities, University of Wisconsin-Madison, on-line.
October 6, 2021: “Frederick Douglass in His Time and Ours.” Guest Lecture Series, King Edward’s School, Birmingham, England, on-line.
September 23, 2021: “Speaking of Books: The Failed Promise.” McKeldin Library, University of Maryland, on-line.
September 22, 2021: Conversation with Alain Guillot about The Failed Promise, “Life, Leadership, and Money Matters,” Montreal. Podcast.
September 21, 2021: “Adult On-line Classroom: The Failed Promise.” Howard Country Library System, MD.
September 13, 2021: Conversation with Tim Benson about The Failed Promise, Heartland Institute. Podcast.
September 9, 2021: “The Author’s Corner with Robert S. Levine,” Current.
August 31, 2021: Lecture on The Failed Promise. National Archives, Washington, DC.
August 24, 2021: The Failed Promise: In conversation with historian Richard Bell. Politics and Prose, Washington, DC.
August 22, 2021: Conversation with Hopeton Hay about The Failed Promise, KAZI-FM radio. Podcast.