Conference Presentations (in Chronological Order):
International Studies Association (ISA), Columbus, Ohio (2026); Japan Association for Human Security Studies, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan (2025); ISA, Chicago, Illinois (2025-GSC Distinguished Scholar Panel); Doshisha University Graduate School of Global Studies Annual Conference, Kyoto, Japan (2024); Japan Society for Afrasian Studies (JSAS), Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan (2024); JSAS, Nagoya University, Aichi, Japan (2023); African Studies Association (ASA), Boston, Massachusetts (2019); New York African Studies Association (NYASA), York College, NYC, New York (2019); JSAS, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (2019); JSAS, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan (2018); JSAS, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan (2018); International Convention of Asian Scholars, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2018); Association for Asian Studies, Washington, DC (2018); ISA, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba (2016); Africa’s Asian Options, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (2016); NYASA, Columbia University, NYC, New York (2016); ASA, Indianapolis, Indiana (2014); ISA, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore (2015); NYASA, SUNY-Cortland, Cortland, New York (2015); Academy for Cultural Diplomacy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2014); ASA, Baltimore, Maryland (2013); New York Conference on Asian Studies, Binghamton, New York (2013); International Water Conference, Bloemfontein, South Africa (2013); NYASA, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York (Keynote Address-2010); ASA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2012); ISA, San Diego, California (2012); NYASA, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (2012); ASA, Washington, DC (2011); NYASA, SUNY-Oneonta, Oneonta, New York (2011); Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China (2010); Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India (2010); NYASA, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York (2010-Keynote Address); ASA, New Orleans (2009); ISA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2009); NYASA, Syracuse University, New York (2009); ISA, NYC, New York (2009); ASA, Chicago, Illinois (2008); International Association of Cultural Studies, University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica (2008); International Studies Association (ISA), San Francisco, California, (2008); International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway (2007); International Workshop of Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2007); ASA, San Francisco, California (2006).
Invited Lectures in USA (in Chronological Order):
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2024); Asia Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts(2024); Department of Political Science and Public Affairs, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey (2020); Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (2018); Department of African and Afro-American Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (2017); Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010); Institute for African Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (2016, 2010); Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (2013, 2008); East Asia Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (2011); Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (2016); Social Science Research Council, NYC, New York (2015, 2013); Maurice R. Greenberg Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (2015, 2013); Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts (2015); African Studies Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, California (2014); Department of Global Studies, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan (2009); Department of International Studies, Wells College, Aurora, New York (2006).
Invited Lectures Outside USA (in Chronological Order):
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (2026); International University of Japan, Niigata, Japan (2026, Special Lecture); Makerere University, Makerere, Uganda (2025 - Keynote Address); National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan (2025); El Colegio de México, Mexico City, Mexico (2024); Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan & Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan (2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2014); Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria (2018-Keynote Address); Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (2018); Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China (2017); East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (2017); China-US Civil Society Peace Forum, Zhejiang, Hunan, China (2016); Twaweza Communications, Nairobi, Kenya (2016); Lagos Business School, Lagos, Nigeria (2016); University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba city, Japan (2016, 2010); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (2016); Center for Advanced Studies of African Society, Cape Town, South Africa & Osaka University, Osaka, Japan (2007); Center for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa (2015-Keynote Address); Center for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town, South Africa (2016); University of Leeds, Leeds, UK (2013); Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco (2011); Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden (2010).