Since assuming the King Faisal Chair:
“Sufism for non-Sufis?” Islamic Circles, London, England, 29 December, 2012.
“Islam in Black America,” Cambridge Islamic College, Cambridge, England, 30 December, 2012.
“Islam, the West and the Challenge of Muslim Minorities,” Islamic Circles, London, England, 1 January, 2013.
” Welcome Address: King Abd al-Aziz University,” to open the symposium on Endowed Academic Chairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the podium with the Minister of Higher Education, 4 January, 2013. (In Arabic)
“My Body, This Fire, This Paper: The Future of Violence in Islam,” War and Peace as Liberal Arts, Gaede Institute for Liberal Arts, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, 21-23 February, 2013.
“Black Church and Black Mosque: An Interfaith Conversation on Faith and Race Honoring C. Eric Lincoln,” with William Turner and Lawrence Mamiya, Duke University, 3 March, 2013.
“Al-Qâ’idah: An Internal Critique,” International Conference on Terrorist Rehabilitation and Community Resistance, Singapore, 26-27 March, 2013.
Address to the Harvard University Muslim Alumni Association Banquet, Cambridge, MA, 13 April, 2013.