2018    “The genetic evidence for prehistoric migrations“, Roots of Europe Summer Seminar, National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen (7 August)

2018    “Migration makes a comeback: Integrating ancient DNA and isotopic data in archaeology“, National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen (31 May)

2018    “Orígenes y herencia genética de los Taínos“, Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba (25 April)

2018    “The ancient DNA revolution in archaeology: Migration makes a comeback“, Pufendorf Institute, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden (19 February)

2017    “History in our genes: What DNA can reveal about our past“, Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen (11 September)

2017    “23andWho? Exploring the science and social uses of DNA ancestry testing“, Pint of Science Festival, Cambridge, UK (16 May, with Sarah Abel)

2017    “Tracing footsteps in the sand: Genetic perspectives on the population history of the Caribbean“, Vin & Videnskab, Natural History Museum of Denmark (4 April)

2016    “DNA as history: New Perspectives on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Atlantic Slavery“, invited paper presented at a seminar held at Aarhus University, Denmark

2015    “New perspectives on the History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Legacies“, keynote lecture presented at the joint SAA/EAA meeting in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

2015    “Genomes galore: Big data and recent advances in paleogenomics“, invited paper presented at “Archaeological Science Today” seminar held at Aarhus University, Denmark

2015    “Ancient Taino genome sheds light on the peopling of the Caribbean“, invited talk presented at the Center for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics, Stanford University, USA

2014    “New perspectives on the archaeology of slavery“, invited lecture at a seminar entitled “How Sugar Changed the World” held at the Department of Archaeology, University of Bristol, UK

2014    “Ancient DNA analysis reveals origins of 17th-century enslaved Africans“, invited talk at the Center for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics, Stanford University, USA

2013    “Is Oprah Zulu? DNA ancestry testing and the Science of Belonging“, invited talk at public Vin & Videnskab (Wine & Science) Event at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, Denmark

2013    “Recent advances in ancient DNA shed light on the population history of prehistoric Europe“, invited paper presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the EAA, Pilsen, Czech Republic

2012    “Bioarchaeological perspectives on African slavery in the Caribbean“, guest lecture presented at the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

2012    “Back to the Roots: Tracing the Origins of Enslaved Africans using ancient DNA“, guest lecture presented at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

2011    “Back to the Roots: Ancient DNA and the Transatlantic Slave Trade“, keynote lecture presented at the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark

2010    “Ancient DNA and the transatlantic slave trade“, paper presented at the Fourth International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology, Copenhagen, Denmark

2009    “DNA as a Tool in Anthropology and Archaeology“, guest lecture presented at the Department of Archaeology, University of Lund, Sweden

2008    “The Bioarchaeology of Slavery“, paper presented at the Third International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology, York, UK