2004 Political Economy of Recurrent Debt, Princeton University
2004 Global Data Grid, Princeton University
2003 Historical Atlas of Globalization , Princeton .
2001 Inequality in American Higher Education, ASA Annual Meeting, Anaheim .
1999 Regular Session on Democratic Transitions, American Sociological Association Meeting, Chicago .
1997-98 “The Other Mirror: Latin America and Comparative History.”Pre-Symposium of three panels at LASA, Guadalajara , Mexico (with Fernando López-Alves). Second stage of conference held in Princeton , NJ .
1995 “Technocracy and the Politics of Expertise in Latin America .” CEDLA, Amsterdam (with Patricio Silva).
1995 “Toward a New Cuba : Legacy of Revolution.” Princeton University (with Mauricio Font).
1990 “ Mexico in the 1990s.” US-Mexico Center , UCSD.