Conference Presentations (in Chronological Order):
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Japan Society for Afrasian Studies (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); International Studies Association (ISA), University of Havana, Havana, Cuba (2016); Africa’s Asian Options, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (2016); NYASA, Columbia University, NYC, New York (2016); African Studies Association (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); 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)
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Invited Lectures in USA (in Chronological Order):
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Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2023, 2024), Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey (2020); Georgetown University, Washington, DC (2018); University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (2017); Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010); Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (2016, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2008); University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (2016); Social Science Research Council, NYC, New York (2015; 2013); Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (2015, 2013); Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts (2015), UCLA, Los Angeles, California (2014); Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan (2009); Wells College, Aurora, New York (2006)
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Invited Lectures Outside USA (in Chronological Order):
Mexico City, Mexico (2024); Kyoto, Japan (2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2014); Abuja, Nigeria (2018-Keynote Address); Frankfurt, Germany (2018); Hong Kong, China (2017); Shanghai, China (2017); Zhejiang, China (2016); Nairobi, Kenya (2016); Lagos, Nigeria (2016); Tsukuba city, Japan (2016, 2010); Johannesburg, South Africa (2016, 2007); Cape Town, South Africa (2016, 2015-Keynote Address); London, UK (2013); Rabat, Morocco (2011); Uppsala, Sweden (2010)