Selected Lectures and Scholarly Papers
"Architecture in the Reign of King Henry III," invited paper, conference: Henry of Winchester: Henry III in History and Archaeology, Winchester, England, September 2004
"Cistercian Threads in the Fabric of Canterbury and Salisbury Cathedrals," invited paper, 11th International Medieval Congress, Leeds, England, July 2004
" 'Let them not indulge in shoes with pointed toes': Reform Ideology at Salisbury Cathedral,"Thirty-ninth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 2004
"Medieval Built Townscapes," Medieval Academy of America, New York City, April 2002; abstract on-line here and here
"Englische und deutsche Architektur der Parlerzeit," International Colloquium on the art of the Parlers, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Germany, July 200 cited in Christoph Brachmann, Kunstchronik, 55:3 (2002), 101-7, specifically 104
"Where is Gothic Architecture Now?," Thirty-sixth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 2001
"Medieval Secular Architecture--the Borderlands of Gothic Architecture," Medieval Association of the Pacific, Victoria B.C., February 2000 (abstract printed in Chronica: The Journal of the Medieval Association of the Pacific, 59 (spring 2000), 42-43)
Organizer, chair, and introductory presenter of session: "The Architectural Profession without 'Architects,' " Society of Architectural Historians, Miami, FL, June 2000, cited in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 59:3 (September 2000), 419
"The Problem of German Gothic Architecture," Sarum Seminar, Stanford, CA, May 2000
"Henry III's Windsor: Castle-Building and Residences," British Archaeological Association, Windsor-Egham, July 1998
"Medieval Architectural History" (session organizer and chair), Society of Architectural Historians, Los Angeles, April 1998
"Richard Krautheimer's Legacy Examined," (session co-organized and co-chaired with Prof. Carol Krinsky of New York University), College Art Association, New York City, February, 1997.
"The Altering of Sight: Alternative Site, Form vs. Function in Gothic Architecture," Thirtieth annual conference of Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, SUNY Binghamton: "Writing Cultures/Making Culture: Sites, Stages, and Scenarios of Medieval Studies," October, 1996.
"Social and Functional Uses of Medieval Architecture," The Sarum Seminar, Stanford, CA, September, 1996.
"Gothic Architecture in Theory and Practice: Intersections with Contemporary Thought," (session co-organizer and chair with Prof. S. Murray, Columbia University), Thirtieth- First International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 1996
"'Mason- Architects' at Exeter Cathedral," Society of Architectural Historians, St. Louis, April 1996
"Ground Zero: Undercrofts and Rufford Abbey," British Archaeological Association, Nottingham, July 1995
"Building Practices and the Transmission of Architectural Ideas and Motifs in the Middle Ages: What do we know about them? How do we think about them? How significant are they?" (co-organizer and chair of two sessions with Prof. L. Hoey, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), Thirtieth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 1995
"History of UCSC campus planning" Exchange Club of Mid- County- - Santa Cruz, May 1993
"Hussey's and Scott's Restorations at Chester Cathedral," British Archaeological Association, Chester, England, July 1992
"Masonry Cellars and Medieval Domestic Planning," Medieval Academy of America, Madison, Wisconsin, April 1989
"The Architecture of Cistercian Dormitories," paper, 22nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May, 1987
"Revolutionary Evolution? The Seams of History at Salisbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey," paper, 21st International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May, 1986
"Medieval 'Industrial' Architecture," paper, Society of Architectural Historians, Minneapolis, April, 1984
"Royal Patronage of Cistercian Abbeys in Thirteenth- century Britain," paper, Eighteenth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May, 1983