Thomas Lynch is a regular presenter at universities, colleges, and literary venues as well as conferences for hospice and palliative care, medical and nursing, clergy and funeral service professionals.  He has read and lectured throughout the United States, from Carnegie Hall and the Library of Congress, to Yale School of Divinity and The Presidents Council on Bioethics; likewise in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.  A partial list of sponsoring groups and organizations follows.  To arrange for Thomas Lynch to visit your program or present to your organization, contact him through this website or call his office at 248.684.6645.

Following is a partial list of organizations to which Thomas Lynch has made presentations.

  1. PBS/Bill Moyers Series “On Our Own Terms”
  2. Livonia Town Hall Series
  3. The Arvon Foundation UK (1999, 2002, 2005, 2007)
  4. Hospice & Palliative Care Manitoba
  5. Michigan Counselors Association (2000, 2005)
  6. Michigan Association of Suicidology Conference
  7. National Funeral Directors Association Leadership Conference (1998, 2001, 2006)
  8. National Funeral Directors Association Annual Convention (2000, 2007)
  9. Turner Geriatric Clinic, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  10. Arbor Hospice
  11. Last Acts Campaign Northeast Regional Workshop
  12. Last Acts Campaign National Leadership Conference
  13. Queens University Belfast
  14. Detroit Women Writers
  15. North Dakota Funeral Directors Association
  16. Montana Funeral Directors Association (1998, 2001)
  17. The University of Michigan
  18. Virginia Hospice Association
  19. North Memorial Health Care/Hospice Conference
  20. Appalachia Hospice Conference
  21. Irish American Heritage Center – Chicago
  22. North Point Congregation Israel -- Chicago
  23. North Carolina Funeral Directors Association
  24. Ontario Funeral Directors Association (2000, 2005)
  25. Michigan Library Association (2000, 2005, 2011)
  26. Lannan Foundation
  27. Library of Congress
  28. Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association (1998, 2000, 2003, 2005)
  29. Kansas Funeral Directors Association
  30. Minnesota Funeral Directors Association
  31. Florida Funeral Directors Association
  32. American Book Association
  33. Central Michigan University
  34. University of Maine
  35. New Hampshire University
  36. Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (2000, 2010)
  37. Kings College Center (Ontario) Conference on Death and Bereavement
  38. Michigan Funeral Directors Association
  39. Illinois Funeral Directors Association  (2000, 2006)
  40. Missouri Funeral Directors Association
  41. Mississippi Funeral Directors Association
  42. Ohio Funeral Directors Association (2001, 2008)
  43. Arkansas Funeral Directors Association
  44. Central Illinois Community Palliative Care Initiative
  45. Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association
  46. New Jersey Hospice and Palliative Care Association
  47. University of Maine at Farmington
  48. Beloit College
  49. Washington State Funeral Directors Association
  50. New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association (1998, 2001, 2007)
  51. Oregon Funeral Directors Association
  52. The Order of the Golden Rule (1998, 2000, 2003)
  53. National Book Foundation
  54. Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association
  55. Hillsdale College
  56. University of Glasgow
  57. Edinburgh University
  58. Edinburgh Book Festival (2000, 2005)
  59. Oakland University
  60. University of Wales
  61. Florida International University
  62. College of Charleston
  63. College of William and Mary
  64. Ohio State University
  65. Ohio University
  66. California Funeral Directors Association
  67. Irish Association of Funeral Directors (2001, 2005, 2009)
  68. Indiana Funeral Directors Association  (1998, 2007)
  69. Winona State University
  70. University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
  71. Pontiac Oakland Town Hall
  72. Kentucky Funeral Directors Association
  73. Chautauqua Institution  (1998, 2007)
  74. New York State Citizens Committee on Health Care Decisions
  75. School Craft College
  76. Duke University
  77. University of Arkansas
  78. Blue Metro Writers Conference, Montreal  (1998, 2006)
  79. Cuirt Festival, Galway
  80. Cranbrook Institute of Arts
  81. Poetry International Rotterdam
  82. University of Dundee, Scotland
  83. Cheltenham Festival, England
  84. Brunell University, England
  85. Poetry Society, London
  86. Trinity Preparatory Winter Park, FL
  87. Temple Emanu-El, New York, NY
  88. The Adelaide Festival, Australia
  89. The Wellington Festival, New Zealand
  90. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Poetry Center
  91. South Carolina Funeral Directors Association (2002, 2004, 2011)
  92. Hospice Care of New Mexico
  93. Hospice Care of Cleveland
  94. Project Compassion, Chapel Hill, NC
  95. University of Texas Medical Branch Institute of Medical Humanities
  96. University of Michigan School of Art and Design
  97. International Cemetery and Funeral Association (2002, 2007)
  98. The Blue Metro Festival of Literature, Montreal (2001, 2005)
  99. The International Festival of Writers of the Americas, Quebec
  100. The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 9-11 Anniversary Conference Keynote
  1. Hospice of the Piedmont, Charlottesville, VA
  2. The Miller Center for Public Policy, Charlottesville, VA
  3. Hospice of Minnesota
  4. Angela Hospice
  5. Alma College
  6. Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing (2004, 2006)
  7. Calvin Seminary Grand Rapids
  8. Exeter University UK
  9. Boston College
  10. Yale Divinity School
  11. Dublin Writers Festival (2000, 2006, 2008)
  12. Image Conference, Houston
  13. The Presidents Council on Bio-Ethics, Washington, D.C.
  14. Aquinas College, Grand Rapids
  15. Ohio Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (2001, 2008)
  16. Bennington College
  17. Carnegie Hall (“The Old Burying Ground” with The University of Michigan Symphony)
  18. Eastern Washington University
  19. Seattle Pacific University
  20. King College, Bristol, TN Buechner Institute
  21. University of Michigan Museum of Art
  22. All Saints Episcopal Church, East Lansing
  23. William Woods University
  24. St. Theresa's Church Westchester, NY
  25. Poetry Ireland (2009)
  26. Michael Hartnett Festival, Newcastle West, Limerick (2009, with Carol Ann Duffy)
  27. Erie-Niagara Funeral Directors Association
  28. The Christian Century Workshop Chicago 2009 (With Thomas Long)
  29. Traverse City Film Festival with Cathal Black
  30. Independent Funeral Directors of Virginia Annual Conference
  31. Select and Independent Funeral Directors International Conference (Dublin, 2008)
  32. House of Hope Presbyterian Church Festival of Faith and Writing, St. Paul 2009
  33. Bethel College, St. Paul
  34. The Metropolitan Jewish Hospice & Palliative Care Inaugural Conference, NYC 2009
  35. Michigan State University Poetry Center
  36. Brown University Sheridan Lecture (2010)
  37. Fairfield University
  38. Carlow College
  39. Chicago Humanities Festival
  40. Glucksman Ireland House NYU
  41. Hofstra University
  42. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
  43. Listowel Writers Week Ireland
  44. Notre Dame University
  45. Emory University
  46. Mount Ida CC Mortuary Program
  47. Spirit & Place Festival Indianapolis
  48. FIAT-IFTA International Conference Dublin
  49. Windsor Book Festival
  50. Valpraiso University Gross Lectures
  51. Pediatric Palliative Care Conference Dearborn
  52. McDonald Family Chair Lectures, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
  53. Columbia Theological Seminary
  54. King College Buechner Institute
  55. Bayview Association Lectures
  56. Curran Center Fordham University
  57. St. Margaret's Anglican Slater McGuire Lecture Winnipeg
  58. Columbia University NYC
  59. Rensselaer Polytechnic Troy, NY
  60. The George Eastman House, Rochester NY