“Religious Freedom and Immigration History: the Flushing Remonstrance and Beyond,” a timeline for the exhibit ‘This Case of Conscience’: Spiritual Flushing and the Remonstrance” commemorating the 350th anniversary of the Flushing Remonstrance of 1657, Queens Museum of Art, April 6-June 29, 2008.
City of Gods: Religious Freedom, Immigration, and Pluralism in Flushing, Queens—New York City, 1945-2001
Biannual Multicultural Forum Lecture, Liberal Arts Department and Students for Diversity, Delaware Valley College, April 21, 2011.
Public/Private Urban Space and the Social Limits of Religious Pluralism
Columbia University Seminar on Religion in New York, April 16, 2010.
Religious Pluralism in Flushing, Queens
Harvard University Pluralism Project Reception, AAR, November 6, 2009, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Religious Freedom Laws Help Create Culture of Tolerance
Fenner, Louise. “Religious Freedom Laws Help Create Culture of Tolerance: Scholar R. Scott Hanson discusses religious diversity in America.” Bureau of International Information Programs. U.S. Department of State, 25 August 2008.
Historian Scott Hanson Discusses Religious Diversity in America
“Historian Scott Hanson Discusses Religious Diversity in America: Ask America webchat transcript, August 19.” Bureau of International Information Programs. U.S. Department of State, 19 August 2008.
One New York City Neighborhood Is a World of Religious Diversity
Loewenthal, Carrie. “One New York CIty Neighborhood Is a World of Religious Diversity.” Bureau of International Information Programs. U.S. Department of State, 1 August 2008.
U.S. Religious Freedom Owes Debt to Colonists’ Radical Document
Aita, Judy. “U.S. Religious Freedom Owes Debt to Colonists’ Radical Document: 1657 Flushing Remonstrance urged tolerance, foresaw modern religious rights.” Bureau of International Information Programs. U.S. Department of State, 1 August 2008.
Religious Freedom and Immigration History: the Flushing Remonstrance and Beyond
“Religious Freedom and Immigration History: the Flushing Remonstrance and Beyond,” a timeline for the exhibit ‘This Case of Conscience’: Spiritual Flushing and the Remonstrance” commemorating the 350th anniversary of the Flushing Remonstrance of 1657, Queens Museum of Art, April 6-June 29, 2008.
Commemorating the Flushing Remonstrance of 1657 350 Years Later: A History and Reflections on its Meaning Today
Keynote Address for opening reception of exhibit “‘This Case of Conscience’: Spiritual Flushing and the Remonstrance,” Queens Museum of Art, April 6, 2008.
Public/Private Urban Space and the Social Limits of Religious Pluralism
The American Academy of Religion, San Diego, CA, November 18, 2007.