Selected Professional Papers and Public Lectures

“Case Study: The Memorial of Moses at Mount Nebo, Jordan: Facing a Difficult Future.”
Presented at the 8th US/ICOMOS International Symposium: Heritage Interpretation, Charleston, South Carolina, May 5-8, 2005.

“The Politics of Cultural Property.” 
Public lecture presented at Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, as part of the Canada Research Chair in Global Studies and Political Science Lecture Series, October 2004.

“The Future of Historic Preservation.” 
Paper presented at the National Preservation Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, October 2004.

“Montpelier.”
Paper presented at the National Preservation Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, October 2004.

“The Importance of Restoring Sacred Spaces.”
Paper presented at the National Preservation Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, October 2004.

“How Can Newport Model the Future of Historic Preservation?”
The 2004 Noreen Drexel Stoner Lecture for the Newport County Preservation Society, Newport, Rhode Island, March 5, 2004

“Fresh Thinking: Exploring a New Paradigm for the Conservation and Regeneration of Traditional Urban Centers.” 
Paper presented at the first international conference on The Conservation and Regeneration of Traditional Urban Centers in the Middle East,

“Learning from Regional Experiences & Building Partnerships,” Amman, Jordan, January 19-25, 2002. 

“The Bayt al-Razzaz Palace: An Opportunity for a New Direction in Urban Conservation in Medieval Cairo.” 
This paper was originally prepared for delivery at the UNESCO/ICOMOS international congress, More Than Two Thousand Years in the History of Architecture: Safeguarding the Structures of Our Architectural Heritage, to be held in Bethlehem, (Palestine) January 22-25, 2001.  For security reasons, the conference was unable to be held at that time.  The conference was eventually held in Paris in 2001.  The author was unable to attend and give the paper at that time.  The paper was, however, published as part of the Scientific Committee papers published in absentia by UNESCO see http://www.unesco.org/archi2000/pdf/morton.pdf

“Sabbath at Stratford: Planning for 2007.”
Paper presented to the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, Stratford, Virginia (January, 2001).
“The American Way” Paper presented to the Institute of Historic Building Conservation Annual School, Strathclyde University, Scotland, U.K. (June, 2000).

“An Analysis of Preservation Training in America”
Paper presented at APT 30th Anniversary Conference, Learning from Landmarks, Williamsburg, Va. (November, 1998)

“Intellectual Archaeology”
Paper Presented at US/ICOMOS Session, National Historic Preservation Conference, Savannah Ga. (October, 1998).

“An Introduction to Questions of Interpretation in Historic Urban Settlements”
Paper presented at US/ICOMOS International Symposium, Washington D.C, (March, 1998).

“A Challenge to Charleston -Redux: A Call to Prophetic Leadership and Servanthood.” 
Paper presented to the Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, S.C., (November, 1997).

“Issues Confronting the Preservation of the Southeast Asian Heritage.” 
Paper presented to the Conference on Southeast Asian Heritage: Preservation Conservation and Management, March 7-8, 1997, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, (March, 1997).

“Managing the Impact of Changing Concepts of Significance on Cultural Resources.” 
A paper presented at the National Forum on Historic Preservation Practice, Goucher College, Md., (January, 1997).

“Sabbatical on the Nile: Glimpses of Ancient, Greco/Roman and Islamic Egypt.” 
A three-part lecture series sponsored by the Mary Washington College Department of Historic Preservation and Center for Historic Preservation, Fredericksburg, Virginia, (September, 1996)

“The Conservation of the Bayt al-Razzaz Palace, Cairo.” 
Paper presented to the American Research Center in Egypt, Cairo, (April, 1996).

“In Pursuit of Human Wholeness: A New Paradigm for Preservation.” 
Paper presented at the 48th National Preservation Conference, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Boston, Massachusetts and the 19th Annual Virginia Preservation Conference, Preservation Alliance of Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, (October, 1994, and March, 1995).

“The Challenge of Cultural Resource Management.” 
Lecture series presented at the Albright Training Center for the National Park Service Ranger Training Program, Grand Canyon, Arizona, (1994 - 1989)

“Virginia Lost and Found.”
Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Symposium on Architectural History, New Perspectives on Virginia Architecture, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, (November, 1992).

“Challenges for the APVA in its Third Century.” 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Hot Springs, Virginia, (May, 1992).

“Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Maintenance and Interpretation of Historic Resources.” 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Foundation for Historic Christ Church, Irvington, Virginia, (1992, May).

“Honoring the Past - Planning for the Future.” 
Paper presented to the Richmond County Tricentennial Commission, Rappahannock Community College, Warsaw, Virginia (April, 1992)

“Architectural Conservation at Mount Airy.” 
Study program presented at Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia for the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, (October, 1991).

“Forging New Values in Uncommon Times.” 
Paper presented at the plenary session: What do we value and why?, National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Preservation Conference, San Francisco, California, (October, 1991).

“Dealing With Historical Materials: An Overview.” 
Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Preservation Technology International, New Orleans, Louisiana, (September, 1991).

“Building Alliances for Preservation.” 
Paper presented at the Spring Preservation Workshops of the Preservation Alliance of Virginia, Leesburg, Virginia, (April, 1991).

“The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation: Do the Standards Necessitate Displacement?” 
Paper presented at the Virginia Commonwealth University Urban and Regional Planning Student Association Spring Planning Conference, Richmond, Virginia, (February, 1991).   

“The Dalai Lama and the Fight to Save Lumbini, the Birthplace of Buddha.”
Lecture presented at the Mary Washington College Center for Historic Preservation Fall 1990 Lecture Series, In Search of Ozymandias: Adventures in International Preservation, Fredericksburg, Virginia, (November, 1990).

“The On-going Debate about Preserving Montpelier.” 
Presented to the National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference, Documents of History, Montpelier, Virginia, (September 1990).

“The Kathmandu Valley of Nepal: Cultural Conservation Under Siege.” 
Paper presented at the Library of Congress American Folklife Center Conference, Cultural Conservation: Reconfiguring the Cultural Mission, Washington D.C., (May, 1990).

“The Effect of Hurricane Hugo on Charleston, South Carolina.”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Vernacular Architectural Forum, Lexington, Kentucky, (May, 1990).

“The Preservation of Historic Plaster Ceilings.” 
Paper presented at the National Trust for Historic Preservation Colloquium at Drayton Hall, Charleston, South Carolina, (April, 1990). 

“Debate on the preservation of James Madison's Montpelier.” 
Public debate with the Hon. Helen Marie Taylor, Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., (March, 1990).  

“Standards in Preservation.” 
Opening lecture for the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects lecture series, Ideal Policy in Preservation, Washington, D.C., (March, 1990).

“Where the Rubber Hits the Road: the Maintenance of Historic Buildings.” 
Paper presented at the first National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference on historic building maintenance, Woodlawn, Mount Vernon, Virginia, (January, 1990).

“Preserving Our Heritage.” 
Keynote address delivered to the National Trust for Historic Preservation Strategic Planning Forum for the National Heritage Education Center, Waterford, Virginia, (November, 1989).

“Preserving Montpelier.” 
Paper presented at the Madison Conference organized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Chantilly, Virginia, (June, 1989).

“Discovering a Lost Landscape: The New Hope Tavern in Bowling Green, Virginia.” 
Paper presented at the 1989 Town Hall Symposium organized by the Fredericksburg Area museum and Cultural Center and the Mary Washington College Center for Historic Preservation, Fredericksburg, Virginia, (February, 1989).

“Environmental Planning for Holy Places.” 
Paper presented at the Columbia University School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation annual alumni seminar, Historic Preservation and Quality of Life, New York, New York, (January, 1989).

“Marvelous Monuments: Nepal's Kathmandu Valley.” 
Lecture presented to the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program, National Museum of American History, Washington D.C., (August, 1988).

“Building on Yesterday a Vision for Tomorrow: Stratford in the Twenty-First Century.” 
Paper presented as the Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation Annual Guest Lecturer, Stratford, Virginia, (April, 1988).

“Integrity in Historic Preservation.” 
Keynote address presented at the annual meeting of Historic Farmville, Inc., Farmville, Virginia, (February, 1988).

“The Effectiveness of the Virginia Landmarks Register.” 
Paper presented as testimony to the Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor's Commission to Study Historic Preservation, Richmond, Virginia, (January, 1988).

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