Public engagements
Here is a selection of talks and interviews I have given beyond the academy, as well as blog contributions and commentaries on public affairs.
Written commentaries
“Gaza: Should Israel be using violence to ‘defend itself’?”, Rethinking Security, 31 October 2023, https://rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2023/10/31/gaza-should-israel-be-using-violence-to-defend-itself/.
“Seven reasons not to wear a red poppy”, Peace News, 1 October 2023, https://peacenews.info/node/10733/seven-reasons-not-wear-red-poppy.
“Viewpoint: Is Military Aid Really the Best Way to Help Ukraine?” (co-authored with Ned Dobos and Molly Wallace), Political Violence at a Glance, 3 May 2023, https://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2023/05/03/is-military-aid-really-the-best-way-to-help-ukraine/.
“What if Ukrainians hadn’t fought back?”, Rethinking Security, 13 February 2023, https://rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2023/02/13/what-if-ukrainians-hadnt-fought-back/.
"Ukraine: nonviolent resistance is a brave and often effective response to aggression", The Conversation, 4 March 2022, https://theconversation.com/ukraine-nonviolent-resistance-is-a-brave-and-often-effective-response-to-aggression-178361.
"Stop calling coronavirus pandemic a ‘war’ ", The Conversation, 7 April 2020, https://theconversation.com/stop-calling-coronavirus-pandemic-a-war-135486.
"Think the world’s in a mess? Here are four things you can do about it", The Conversation, 16 November 2016, https://theconversation.com/think-the-worlds-in-a-mess-here-are-four-things-you-can-do-about-it-68789.
"It's Only Shorthand for a Cluster of Ideas and Practices", JesusRadicals, 20 July 2012, http://www.jesusradicals.com/blog/its-only-shorthand-for-a-cluster-of-ideas-and-practices.
"Musings on the News" (occasional blog), Socratic Hive, https://socratichive.wordpress.com/musings-on-the-news/.
Video presentations and discussions
"Christian Anarchism", Kontemplatio interview, September 2023: “Christian Anarchism”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOQ6-upv-Vo.
“Was Jesus an Anarchist? Lew Tolstoi, Anarcho-Pacifism, Nonviolence”, Varna Peace Institute interview, December 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UJOs6IvcD0&t=1829s.
"Christian Anarchism: Off-Script with Dr. Alexandre Christoyannopoulos", Kingdom Outpost interview, September 2021, https://kingdomoutpost.org/video-christian-anarchism-off-script-with-dr-alexandre-christoyannopoulos/.
"Tolstoy's Political Thought", Anarchism Research Group episode 7, January 2021, http://youtu.be/6ZpBUD8DxfM.
"Leo Tolstoy's political thought", Peace Colloquy 2020, September 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0xoG65SbkY.
"Tolstoy’s Christian Anarcho-Pacifism: An Exposition", European Christian Anarchist Conference, August 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZajY1-U1tU&feature=youtu.be.
"The Golden Rule on the Green Stick: Leo Tolstoy’s Postsecular Thought", Dialogue of Civilizations: World Public Forum conference, September 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRNfIxnB4pc.
Podcasts and audio interviews
“‘In Search of Monsters to Destroy’ Book Panel”, podcast for Hayek Program Podcast, 24 January 2024, https://www.mercatus.org/hayekprogram/hayek-program-podcast/search-monsters-destroy-book-panel.
“The Tolstoy Injection in the Catholic Worker Movement”, podcast for Dustbowl Diatribes (Season 3, Ep. 2), 3 June 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1dfK6Xt4Wk.
“Anarcho-pacifism and Nonviolence”, podcast for Little | Bigger | Anarchism, 31 January 2023, https://anchor.fm/little-bigger-anarchism/episodes/Anarcho-pacifism-and-Nonviolence-with-Alex-Christoyannopoulos---January-2023-e1tcva5.
“Anarchism”, podcast for Disaster: Reconstructed, 24 January 2023, https://disastersdecon.podbean.com/e/s8e2-anarchism/.
“Christian anarchism”, podcast for Theology in the Raw, 17 March 2022, https://theologyintheraw.com/podcast/955-christian-anarchism-dr-alexandre-christoyannopoulos/.
"Non-violent resistance in Ukraine and Russia", podcast for Ideas Sleep Furiously interview, 8 March 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHMzarAId8g.
“No King But Christ”, podcast for Cantus Firmus, 2 March 2022, http://www.cantus-firmus.com/2022/03/podcast-no-king-but-christ-a-conversation-with-author-alexandre-christoyannopoulos-about-christian-anarchism/.
"Jesus the Anarchist", podcast for The Bad Roman Project, 24 February 2022, https://www.thebadroman.com/show-notes/episode-51.
"Christian Anarchism”, podcast for Ideas Sleep Furiously, 13 June 2021, https://anchor.fm/ideassleepfuriously/episodes/Christian-Anarchism--Dr-Alex-Christoyannopoulos-e12m9eb.
"Grounds for Peace: Leo Tolstoy’s Political Thought", podcast 308 for Project Zion, 24 September 2020, http://www.projectzionpodcast.org/308-grounds-for-peace-leo-tolstoys-political-thought-alexandre-christoyannopoulos/.
“A Faithful Response to the Sins of the Church and State – Christian Anarchism: Alexandre Christoyannopoulos”, A Thoughtful Faith Podcast: Conversations about the religious and spiritual life on the other side of fundamentalism, podcast 304, 27 August 2019, https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/304-a-faithful-response-to-the-sins-of-church-and-state-christian-anarchism-alexandre-christoyannopouloss/.
"Livre-enquête. Anarchie et religion", a 45-min live radio interview (in French) for LibrAdio.org, aired on 7 April 2018.
Radio interview with William Crawley, on BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday Sequence programme, aired on 29 May 2011.
"Tolstoy's Anarchism", an hour-long radio interview with C. S. Soong, on KPFA (Pacifica) Radio's Against the Grain programme, aired on 8 September 2008. [Click here for the link to the relevant KPFA page, and here to listen to the podcast.]
Written interviews
“Christian Anarchism for Absolute Beginners”, interview for Dissident Voice, 4 June 2021, https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/06/christian-anarchism-for-absolute-beginners/, reprinted by AnarchistNews, 4 June 2021, https://anarchistnews.org/content/christian-anarchism-absolute-beginners [Also available here: https://www.larsschall.com/2021/06/03/christian-anarchism-for-absolute-beginners/].
German translation: “Christlicher Anarchismus für absolute Anfänger”, LarsSchall blog, 10 June 2021, https://www.larsschall.com/2021/06/10/christlicher-anarchismus-fuer-absolute-anfaenger/.
“Για την ιστορία του Αναρχοχριστιανισμού”, interview for The Press Project, 12 January 2020, https://thepressproject.gr/gia-tin-istoria-tou-anarchochristianismou/.
"Christian and Anarchist!", Fotini Mastroinni blog, 1 November 2017, https://mastroianniweb.wordpress.com/2017/11/01/christian-and-anarchist/.
Simultaneous Greek translation published as "Και Χριστιανός και Αναρχικός!", https://mastroyanni.blogspot.com/2017/11/blog-post.html.
"«Gesù è stato il primo anarchico» Da Tolstoj a Occupy: Alexandre Christoyannopoulos racconta i legami tra Cristianesimo e anarchia", Linkiesta, 12 October 2014, http://www.linkiesta.it/dio-anarchico.
"Una discusión sobre anarquismo cristiano: Entrevista a Alexandre Christoyannopoulos", Erosión: Revista de Pensamiento Anarquista número 3, December 2013, pp. 111-120. Interview, Spanish translation and annotations by Pedro García Guirao, http://grupodeestudiosgomezrojas.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/erosion-3-web.pdf.
"Should Christians be Anarchists?", New Left Project, 8 June 2012, http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/should_christians_be_anarchists.
"Exclusive Interview with Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, author of 'Christian Anarchism'", interview for The Firebrand: A Magazine of Liberatory Politics, 11 July 2011.
"Was Jesus an Anarchist?", interview for Will and Testament, William Crawley's BBC blog, 17 May 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ni/2011/05/was_jesus_an_anarchist.html.
"An Introduction to Christian Anarchism", interview for The Mormon Worker, issue 10, 28 April 2011, http://themormonworker.net/past-issues/mw-issue-10/an-introduction-to-christian-anarchism/.