2018
Mad Activism and the Limits of Social Recognition
Diversity and Mental Illness Workshop, St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford
Recognition and the Distinction between Failed and Controversial Identities
Conference for the Society of Applied Philosophy, Utrecht
Madness and the Limits of Recognition
Mental Health and Justice Symposium, University of Pretoria
2017
Passivity Phenomena and Unity of Self: The Role of Context and Activism
19th Conference of the International Network in Philosophy and Psychiatry, Madrid
Debate: This House Believes the Concept of Culture has Outlived its Usefulness for Psychiatry
with C W van Staden, N Poole, A Sanati, and R Bingham
World Psychiatric Association Congress, Cape Town
2016
In Defence of Madness: The Problem of Disability
Clare College, University of Cambridge
Mad Activism and Disability
London Conference in Critical Thought, Birkbeck College
Is Axel Honneth's Theory of Recognition Sectarian? Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London
Understanding Others without Abandoning the World: Empathy & the Challenge of Psychotic Phenomena
Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London
2014
Celebrating Madness: Mad Pride, Identity, and Recognition
Culture and Mental Health Symposium, University of Pretoria
Critical Perspectives on Second-Order Empathy: Psychopathology, Phenomenology and Ethics
28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Paris
Spirits, Intentionality & the Regulation of Aberrant Agency
16th Conference of the International Network of Philosophy and Psychiatry, Varna
2012
Psychiatry and the Challenge of Culture: Exploring the Concept of Cultural Congruence & its Practical Application Workshop
with Professor Derek Bolton
Safety in Numbers and Crazy Cultures: Constructing Coherent Discourses as a Condition of Empowerment in Psychiatric Contexts
Symposium with King's College London Philosophy of Psychiatry Group
15th Conference of the International Network of Philosophy and Psychiatry, Dunedin
2011
On the Borderline: Experience, Evidence, and Ethics
Symposium with King's College London Philosophy of Psychiatry Group
14th Conference of the International Network of Philosophy and Psychiatry, Gothenburg
2010
Now You See it, Now You Don't: The DSM Advice on Culture & the Identification of 'Psychopathology'
An Observer's View of Oneself: Secondary Insight as a Negotiating Tool in Psychiatry
with Dr Rachel Bingham
13th Conference of the International Network of Philosophy and Psychiatry, Manchester
Media and Public Engagement
2019
REF21: organised a series of impact-workshops bringing together service-users, experts by experience, mental health professionals, third-sector organisations, and academics to discuss mental health activism and clinical practice (at Birkbeck College and Royal College of Psychiatry).
2018
Invitation to give expert evidence for the Mental Health Act Review, Department of Health, U.K..
The Struggle for Recognition. Interview on FORward Radio, WFMP-LP Louisville, Kentucky 106.5fm.
Mind in Camden Hearing Voices Project
Panelist for a Documentary Screening: Crazywise
Interview with Dr. Sophie Stammers on the Imperfect Cognitions Blog
2019
Science Museum, London
Workshop on Health Activism
Freud Museum, London
Antipsychiatry: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow?
The Relationship Between Anti-Psychiatry and Mental Health Activism
London South Bank University
Lived Experiences of Distress Group Annual Lecture
Madness and Society: Pathways to Reconciliation
University of East Anglia
Exploring the Medical Humanities
Madness and the Limits of Recognition
2018
All Souls College, University of Oxford
Critical Theory Seminar
Madness and the Limits of Recognition
Department of Philosophy, University of Sydney
Conference on the Philosophy of Culture
Unshared Beliefs: Culture, Delusion,
and the Problem of Recognition
Mad in America Continuing Education
Invitation to convene a seminar on Mad Studies webinar series
Mad Activism and Mental Health Practice
The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Panel on Psychoanalysis and Political Resistance
2017
Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London
2016
University College London Festival of Culture
You Must Read this Book!
Presented: 'What is Mental Disorder?' by Derek Bolton
Dep. of Medical Anthropology, University College London
Medical Anthropology Seminar
Mad Activism and the Demand for Recognition