Lecture Circuit

Invited Testimony & Commentary

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2008:

Sept. 26

Social Science Research Council, Workshop for International Working Group on "Think Tanks and the Crisis of Public Knowledge," Remarks on "New World Organization and the New Think Tanks."

Aug. 28

American Political Science Association, Panel on "Democratization and Democracy Promotion Revisited," Paper on Transactorship in U.S. Foreign Policy: "From Privatization in Russia to War in Iraq."

June 19

Conference on "The Ends of Development: Market, Morality, Religion, and Political Theology?" An International EIDOS (European Inter-University Development Opportunities Study-group) conference, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Paper on "Branding Conviction: Ideology and the New Breed of Influencers."

June 18

Wageningen University, Amsterdam. Paper on "Shadow Ellite: The New Agents of Power and Influence." Read about it.

May 25

Commencement address, Bethel College: "Serious Fun." Read about it here and here.

Jan. 24

Conference on Anthropology of Elites, Methodological and Theoretical Challenges; Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Paper on "From Privatization in Russia to War in Iraq: The Role of Global Elites in U.S. Foreign Policy."

2007:

Dec. 8

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Conference on "International Development Assistance in the Post-Soviet Space." Discussant.

Nov. 29

American Anthropological Association, Session on "The Insecure American." Paper on "Compounding Insecurity: What the Neocon Core Reveals about America Today."

Nov. 28

American Anthropological Association, Session on "Private Interests and Public Policy: Research on the Frontiers of Privatization and Outsourcing." Discussant.

June 14

Talk on "How an Anthropologist Studies Global Elites." Institute of Applied Social Sciences, Warsaw University, Poland.

June 6

Lecture on "Shadow Elite: The Privatization of Power." Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.

June 4

Public lecture on "Shadow Elite: The Privatization of Power," Co-sponsored by the Institute of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia, and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

June 1-2

Workshop on "Transnational Governmentality in South East Europe: Translating Neo-Liberalism on the Sovereign Frontier," Rabac, Croatia. Talk on "The World Made Fit for Flexians." Co-sponsored by the Institute of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia, and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

May 17

Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State.  Talk on "Problem of Corruption in Poland."

Mar. 23

Workshop on "Ethnographies of Foreign Policy," Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University. Talk on "Transactorship in U.S. Foreign Policy: From Privatization in Russia to War in Iraq."

Mar. 7

William and Mary College, International Relations and Global Studies Program, Lecture on "Shadow Elite: The Privatization of Power."

2006:

Nov. 18

American Anthropological Association, Session on "’Studying Through:’ Ethical Challenges in the Anthropology of Public Policy." Roundtable Discussant.

Sept. 29

The National Press Club, panel on "More than Just Iraq: New Thinking on Global Issues in 2007." Talk on "Privatizing U.S. Foreign Policy."

Sept. 20

European Association of Social Anthropologists 2006 Biennial Conference, Bristol, UK, Panel on "Policy Worlds." Paper on "Beyond Accountability: The Role of Flex Groups in Derailing Democracy." Read the Abstract.

July 19

New America Foundation, Washington, DC. Talk on "Shadow Elite: The Privatization of Power."

July 3

Civil G-8 Conference, Moscow, Forum on “Forming Global Social and Economic Policies for Sustainable Development.”  Talk on "Holding Governments and International Organizations Accountable." Read about it.

May 26

Workshop at MIT on “What’s Wrong with America,” Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman, organizers.  Paper on “Conflating State and Private Power:  What the Neocon Core Reveals About America Today.” 

May 18

Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State.  Talk on “Corruption in Poland.” 

May 2

Workshop on “Links between Corruption and Conflict in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.” Centra Technology, Inc., Arlington, VA., Respondent.

Apr. 30

Keynote Speaker: Conference on "Multi-Level Governance: Emerging Transnational Governmentality in South East Europe: Intermediaries and Translation in Interstitial Spaces." Institute of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia.

Apr. 11

Association for Social Anthropology 2006 Conference, Panel on “Cosmopolitanism and Development.” Paper on “Cosmopolitan Coziness:  Transactorship and the U.S.-Russia Aid Relationship.” Keele University, UK.

Feb. 24

World Bank, Friday Morning Group.  Talk on “Building Accountability into International Development Advising.” 

2005:

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Dec. 3

American Anthropological Association, Panel on “Evaluating U.S. Democracy Promotion: A Case for Engaged Ethnography?”  Discussant.

Dec. 2

American Anthropological Association, Session on “Anthropology of Policy: A Catalyst for Theoretical and Methodological Innovation.”  Paper on “How an Anthropology of Policy Can Illuminate New Forms of Governing and Power.”

Oct. 21

University of Toronto, Workshop on “International Aid to Ukraine: A Critical Assessment.”  Paper on “From Triumphalism to Disillusionment: The Effectiveness of Foreign Aid to Ukraine.” Listen to the presentation (mp3)

Oct. 15

Princeton University, Mini-conference on “Politics, Publics, Personhood: New Ethnographies at the Limits of Neoliberalism.”  Paper on “Beyond Accountability: The Role of Sovereign Cliques in Derailing Democracy.”

Feb. 10

Princeton University, Mini-conference on “Politics, Publics, Personhood: New Ethnographies at the Limits of Neoliberalism.”  Paper on “Beyond the Revolving Door: The Role of Flex Groups in Shaping the State-Private Relationship.” 

Jan. 7

American Economics Association/Allied Social Science Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Panel on “The Abuse of Power.” Paper on “Beyond the Revolving Door: Conflating State and Private in Eastern Europe and the United States.”

2004:

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Sept. 10

Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Conference on “Neo-liberalism After Three Decades: The End of an Epoch?”  Paper on “Fog at the Boundaries: The Changing State-Private Interface in Russia and America.”

July 10

Communitarian Summit, Washington, D.C., Panel On the Abuse of Power: Working Toward a Criminology of Economics.  Paper on “How Privatization in Russia Led to the War in Iraq.”

June 12

London Business School, Conference on Comparative Transitions.  Paper on “Transactorship in Transition: The Shifting World of Aid and Advice in the U.S.-Russia Relationship.”

Feb. 13

Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Symposium on “Crime, Law, and Justice in Post-Soviet Russia.” Paper on “Flex Organizations and the Clan-State: Perspectives on Crime and Corruption in the New Russia.”

Jan. 5

American Economics Association Annual Meeting, San Diego. Discussant/Paper on “How Really Existing Socialism Led to Really Existing Transition.”

2003:

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Nov. 20

American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago. Paper on "Studying Through Transnational Policy Processes: The Case of Western Aid to Eastern Europe."

Sept. 22

International Ford Foundation-Funded Workshop, Pultusk, Poland. Paper  on "Accountability in International Development Advising: When Individual Conscience Is Not Enough."

June 6

Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh.  Paper on "Rethinking Corruption and Governance: Private-Public Ambiguities in Post-Communist States."

May 1

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).  Talk/Discussion on "Corruption and Culture: Differing Perspectives Between the United States and the Former Soviet Union."

April 8

Foreign Service Institute.  Talk on "Critical Issues in Development: Governance, Corruption and the Role of Networks: Between  "Mafias" and Civil Societies in Post‑Communist Countries."

April 5

Oxford University (SAID Business School) conference on "Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World."  Paper on "Shadow Governance:  The   Strange Case of Western Aid to Eastern Europe."

March 6

National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).  Talk on "Who Do You Represent?  Accountability and Ambiguity in Governance."

March 3

George Mason University, Provost's Lecture Series.  Discussion on "Economic Globalization, Corruption, and Crime Conceptual Frameworks."

2002:

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Oct. 8

Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands: ISS 50th Anniversary Conference on Globalization, Conflict, and Poverty.  Talk on "Blurring the Boundaries of the State-Private Divide: Flex Organizations and the Decline of Accountability."

Aug. 16

European Association for Social Anthropology (EASA) Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.  Talk on "Blurring the Boundaries of the State-Private Divide: Implications for Corruption."

June 14

World Bank, Friday Morning Group.  Talk on "The Situational State and Its Implications for Corruption."

May 14

Foreign Service Institute: "Critical Issues in Development: Governance, Corruption, and the Crucial Role of Networks: Distinguishing between Mafia and Civil Society in Post-Communist Societies."

May 13

Goshen College: " Foreign Aid and Foreign Policy: Building Strong Relationships  by Doing it Right."

Apr. 13

UC Berkeley Dept. of Anthropology Centennial Conference, Panel on Decades of Excellence: Distinguished Alumni.  Talk on "Transactorship and Flex Organizations: Exploring the Policy Dimensions of Anthropology."

Mar. 6

Foreign Service Institute: "U.S. Aid to East Central Europe."

Feb. 23

Ford Foundation's Meeting on Philanthropy, Civil Society, and Community Development.  Talk on "Blurring the Boundaries: Governance in a Globalizing  World" (with Dan Guttman).

Feb. 1

University of Maryland, Development Circle.  Talk on "Critical Issues in Development:  Corruption, Governance, and Civil Society."

Jan. 15

University of Chicago, Russian Studies Workshop.  "Serving Multiple Masters: Transactorship and the State-Private Interface."

2001:

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Dec. 1

University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award Committee, 2001 Grawemeyer Award Roundtable: Politics of Foreign Aid: An Anthropological Perspective. American Anthropological Association annual meeting.

Nov. 12

Training Workshop for Ph.D. students on Ethnographies of Aid B Narratives, Ethics and Power, Jyllinge, Denmark: "Ethnography Across Levels and Processes. "

Nov. 9

School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, Conference on Ten Years Since the Soviet Union: "Transactions in the U.S. Russia Relationship: Representational Fraud, Shifting Agency, and Russia's Decline."

Oct. 15

U.S. Department of State, the Secretary's Open Forum: Discussant on Russian Organized Crime: Implications for the United States and the International Community.

Sept. 19

Brookings Institution, Washington, DC: Talk on "Corruption as a Systemic Disease: An Anthropologist's View of U.S. Aid to Russia." Brookings Anti-Corruption Forum.

Sept. 1

American Political Science Association conference, San Francisco: Paper on "Transactorship and the Principal-Agent Model: Shifting Agency and Representational Fraud in U.S. Policy Toward Russia" (with S. Chandra).

July 6

Joint Meetings of the Law and Society Association and the Research Committee on Sociology of Law, Central European University, Budapest: Paper on "Transactorship in U.S.-Russian Relations: Representational Fraud and Personality-Based Law"(with S. Chandra).

Apr. 13

Conference on World Affairs, Boulder, Colorado.  Plenary:
"Turning Opportunities into Obstacles: Econolobbyists, Transactors, and Western Aid to Russia and Eastern Europe."

Apr. 9-13

Conference on World Affairs, Boulder, Colorado.
Panelist on: "Russia 2010: The Putin Legacy," "How to Oust a Dictator: The Student Resistance in Serbia," "Prescription for Development: Is Democracy the Best Medicine?"

Apr. 9

Colgate University: Center for Ethics and World Societies.  Panel on "Capitalism, Criminality, and Corruption in Russia: Local Reality and Global Responsibility." Online at CEWS

Apr. 3

University of Louisville, Department of Anthropology. "Political Anthropology."

Apr. 2

Grawemeyer Award lecture, University of Louisville. "Foreign Aid and Foreign Policy:  Building Strong Relationships by Doing it Right."

Feb. 13

National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC.  NIJ Forum:
"Replacing the Evil Empire with the Mafia State: Perspectives on Eastern European Crime and Corruption."

Jan. 30

National Institute of Justice, Occasional Research Seminar.  Talk on:
"Corruption in Eastern Europe and Russia: The Role of Informal Groups."

2000:

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Dec. 8

Workshop on "The Social Organization of the State: A Theory-Building Workshop" organized by Janine Wedel and Phil Williams.  Presentations on:
 "The Clan State"
"Transactorship and the Principal-Agent Model: Shifting Agency and Representational Fraud in U.S. Policy Toward Russia" (with S. Chandra).

Oct. 31

en Years Freedom:  Transition and the Consolidation of Democracy
The Case of Central Europe (1990-2000), Budapest, Hungary.  Paper on  "Why Collision and Collusion: Econolobbyists, Transactors, and Western Aid to Central and Eastern Europe."

Oct. 21

United Nations University/WIDER conference on AWhy Some Countries Avoid Conflict While Others Fail."Helsinki, Finland.  Paper on "Clans, Cliques, and Captured States:  Rethinking "Transition" in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union."

Sept. 19

"U.S. Aid to Russia." The Harvard Club of  Washington, D.C. 

July 18

"Clans, Cliques, and Captured States: Transition and Organized Crime in Eastern Europe." Washington, D.C.: Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation.  

April 26

INMM/Carnegie Endowment Special Seminar on Russian Nuclear Security  Programs and Prospects. Talk on "Visions of Future Knowledge Proliferation Programs."

Apr. 10-14

Conference on World Affairs, Boulder, Colorado:
Panelist on:   
Seinfeld in Singapore: How Americans Look from Abroad; Women's Way of Business;
What Does the Future Hold for Russia?;
Lingering Russian Imperialism in Eastern Europe;
Global Dimensions of Corporate Power: A Threat to Democracy?

1999:

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Dec. 13

GASPP Seminar on Global Social Policy: International NGOs, Consulting Companies and Global Social Policy, Helsinki, Finland.  Paper on "U.S. Economic Aid to Russia: A Case Study in Subcontracting Governance."

Dec. 9

School of Advanced and International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Fouad Ajami seminar: "Transactors in the U.S.-Russia Relationship:  A Case Study in Subverting Foreign Policy Goals."

Nov. 18

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies conference, St. Louis, Panel on Political Economy of Post-Communist Transformation:
Global and Comparative Approaches.  Paper on "The Forces at Play in U.S. Aid to Russia: A Theory of Transactorship."

Nov. 16

The American-Russian Investment Forum, The Harriman Institute at Columbia University.  Paper on "Assistance to Legal Reform in Russia." 

Nov. 11

U.S.-Ukraine Working Group on Organized Crime conference, Kiev, Ukraine:  Talk on "Issues in Research Across Cultures."

Nov. 3

West Virginia University, Benedum Lecture: "Why Collision and Collusion? The Forces at Play in Western Aid to Eastern Europe."

Oct. 12

Zbigniew Brzezinski's SAIS seminar. Paper on "Transactors in the U.S.-Russia Relationship:  A Case Study in Subverting Foreign Policy Goals."

Sept. 29

Harvard University, Davis Center. Paper on "Rigging the U.S.-Russia Relationship: Harvard, Chubais, and the Transidentity Game."

Sept. 27

U.S. Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Workshop on Crime and Corruption in the Former Soviet Union.  Talk on "Crime and Corruption and Foreign Relations."

Aug. 4

Testimony before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives. "U.S. Aid to Kosovo: Lessons from Past Experience."

May 7

Columbia University, Harriman Institute. "How Can Russia Recover?" Sixth Annual 1999 Associated Press/Harriman Institute Conference.

May 4

Kennan Institute, Washington, D.C.  Talk on "Why Collision and Collusion? The Forces at Play in Western Aid to Eastern Europe." 

April 20

University of Maryland, Fulbright International Center.  Talk on "United States Assistance to Post-Communist Russia: Are Good Intentions Enough?"

April 1

George Mason University, Institute for Public Policy.  Talk on "Building Market Economies:  An Anthropological Analysis of the Pitfalls and Promises of Western Aid to Eastern Europe."

Apr. 5-9

Conference on World Affairs, Boulder, Colorado: Panelist on six panels: Whatever Happened to Post-Cold War Optimism; Russia: Rubble or Ruble?;  European Union under Leftward Stewardship; The Legacy of Communism: Do Old Habits Die Hard?; Democracy in Eastern Europe: Too Much Too Soon?; When Did Private Lives Become Public?

March 29

George Mason University, Institute for Conflict Resolution and Analysis. Talk on "Colliding Worlds: The Implementation of Western Aid to Eastern Europe and Russia."

March 18

Foreign Service Institute. Talk on "How Polish Society Really Works: An Anthropological Perspective."

March 9

Columbia University, Harriman Institute. Paper on "Collison and Collusion: The Strange Case of Western Aid to Eastern Europe 1989-1998."

Feb. 23

MIT, Ford Methodology Workshop.  Paper on "Anatomy of Policy: The Contribution of Anthropological Method to Policy Studies."

Feb. 4

Johns Hopkins University, Program on Social Change and Development. Paper on "Collision and Collusion: The Strange Case of Western Aid to Eastern Europe 1989-1998."

1998:

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Dec. 4

American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Philadelphia.  Organized panel (with Nancy Ries) on "Mafia in Postsocialist Societies: Actual Mobsters and Mythical Bandits." Paper on "Informal Relations and Institutional Change: How Eastern European Cliques and States Mutually Respond."

Nov. 19

American Friends of Wilton Park.  Talk on "Where is Russia Going?"

Nov. 19

Georgetown University: Center for Eurasian, Russian, and European Studies. Talk on "Collision and Collusion: The Strange Case of Western Aid to Eastern Europe."

Nov. 2

Yale School of Management. "The Russian Malaise and the Polish Success." Panelist with Nobel laureate James Tobin. 

Oct. 29

Stetson University.  Talk on "U.S. Aid to Russia: Where It All Went Wrong."

Sept. 27

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Florida:  Paper on "The Privatization of U.S.-Russia Relations: Harvard, the Chubais Clan, and U.S. Economic Aid."

Sept. 25

Johns Hopkins University, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies.  Conference on "Reaching Out to Eastern Europe in the 1990's:
Assessing American and German Cultural Policies.  Paper on "Reaching through the Opened Door:  A Comparison of American and European Approaches to Assisting Central and Eastern Europe."

Sept. 17

Testimony before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives.  "U.S. Aid to Russia: Where It All Went Wrong."

June

USIA Speaker's Tour in Germany and France:  Talks at Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Osteuropa-Institut of the University of Munich, Institute for Security Policy and Peace Research of the University of Hamburg, Osteuropa-Zentrum of the University of Kiel, University of Nurnberg, and Parliament's International Affairs Committee of the State of Hesse.

May 4

National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences workshop on "Science and Democracy," Prague. Paper on "Observations on Transition to a Market Economy:  Institutional Change in Post-Communist Europe." Online at DSC

Apr. 20

World Bank, social development group.  Paper on "Informal Relations and Institutional Change:  How Eastern European Cliques and States Mutually Respond."

Feb. 27

Council for European Studies conference, Baltimore.  Paper on "Toward the Millennium:  What Anthropology can Contribute to the Study of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union."

1997:

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Dec. 3

George Washington University Seminar on Central and Eastern Europe. Paper on "Clans, Cliques, and Unruly Coalitions?  How Informal Relations Shape Markets and Institutions in Eastern Europe." 

Nov. 20

American Anthropology Association annual meeting.  Organized panel on "Networking with a Vengeance:  Clans and Mafia in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union."  Paper on "Clans, Cliques, and Unruly Coalitions? How Informal Networks Shape Markets and Institutions in Eastern Europe." Read about it.

Feb. 24

Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies and East European Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center.  Paper: "'Mafia,' 'Clans,' and 'Unruly Coalitions'? How Informal Networks Shape Markets and Institutions in Eastern Europe."

1996:

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Sept. 9-10

National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. 
APreventing Deadly Conflict: Towards an International Development Research Agenda." Presenter.

Apr. 18

International Studies Association, San Diego.  Paper: "Recipient Rivalries: Western Aid and Domestic Politics in Eastern Europe."

Apr. 17

United States Naval Academy. Foreign Affairs Conference on "A New Multilateralism: American Relations with Emerging Powers." Panelist.

Apr. 12 

Russian and East European Institute, Indiana University.  Paper:
"Uncovering the Workings of Foreign Aid: Anthropology and Investigative Reporting in Eastern Europe."

Apr. 11

Economic History Workshop, Indiana University.  Paper: "Between State and Private: 'Mafia, Household, and Informal Economic Relationships in Eastern Europe."

Apr. 4

Center for Family Research, George Washington University.  Paper: "Coping with Quicksand: Household, 'Mafia,' and Informal Economic Relationships in Eastern Europe."

1995:

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Sept. 7-8

National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. 
Invited conference on "Economic Transformation - Households and
Health:"  Participant and discussant.

Aug. 9

V World Congress for Central and East European Studies, Warsaw: Plenary  Session.  Commentator for four Polish post-Communist prime ministers. 

Aug. 8

V World Congress for Central and East European Studies, Warsaw:  Panel on "Foreign Aid as Politics and Ideology in Transitional Russia and East  Europe:" Panel organizer and paper on "The Politics and Social Implications of  Privatization Aid in East Europe."

Apr. 18

Woodrow Wilson Center conference on "Western Aid to Central and Eastern Europe:  What We Are Doing Right, What We Are Doing Wrong, How We Can Do It Better."  Initiator, Co-organizer, and Presenter.

Apr. 9

Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics conference, Washington,  DC: Panel on "Beyond the Rhetoric of 'Reformers' vs.Non-reformers': State, Markets, and 'Mafia' in Eastern Europe and Russia:" Organizer and paper on "The 'Mafia' and the State in Central and Eastern Europe."

Mar. 30

George Washington University:  Elliott School of International Affairs: "Remaking Eastern Europe through Western Aid?"

1994:

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Nov. 18

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies conference, Philadelphia, panel on "Foreign Aid as Politics and Ideology in Transitional Russia."  Panel organizer and paper on "The Politics and Social Implications of Privatization Aid in East Europe and Russia."

Sept. 1

American Political Science Association conference, New York: Roundtable on "Foreign Assistance, Foreign Policy, and Regime Adaptation."

July 15-16

Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics conference, Paris: Co-organizer and moderator (or panelist), panels on "Shock Therapy in 'Third World' and 'Second World' Contexts," "Emerging Relationships among East and West:  Lessons Being Learned and Future Directions for Policies and Programs," "The Complexities of Private and Public in Central and Eastern Europe:  False Dichotomies and the Role of the State."

June 25

European Association of Social Anthropologists, Oslo:  Panel on "Civil Society in Eastern Europe:"  Discussant.

June 23

Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.  Talk on "A Different Kind of Foreign Aid:  Donor Ideology and Recipient Responses." 

May 12

Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars joint conference, Washington, D.C.: "U.S. Assistance to Central and Eastern Europe:  A Critical Examination."

1993:

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Nov. 20

American Anthropological Association conference, Washington. "The Social Organizational and Cultural Implications of Aid to Transitional Eastern Europe."

Sept. 5

American Political Science Association conference, Washington: "Foreign Aid as Ideology and Culture: The Case of Transitional Eastern Europe."

Apr. 7-8

OECD restricted conference on "North American Institutions Involved in the Promotion of Entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe," Washington, D.C. Discussant.

June 29-30

World Future Society, Washington, D.C.  Supersessions on "Post- Communist Europe and Aid to Transitional Eastern Europe and Russia." Panelist.

Mar. 27-29

Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics conference, New School of Social Research:  Task Force on Post-Communist Europe (Co-Chair), and  panels on "Joint Ventures and Western Influence in Central and Eastern Europe" (Discussant), and "Connecting Theory, Policy, and Practice: A Roundtable on Socio-Economic Policy Guidelines" (Panelist).

Mar. 8

George Washington University:  Department of Anthropology and Elliott School of International Affairs:  "Aid and Development in Post-Communist Europe:  Unintended Consequences of Foreign Assistance."

1992:

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Oct.

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management conference, "Building New Democracies:  How Can U.S. Institutions Help?"

Sept.

The Wilson Center, Smithsonian Institution: "Western Governmental Assistance to Post-Communist Europe: Lessons Learned."

Sept.

Prague invited conference on "Ethnic Conflict Resolution in Eastern Europe  and the Former Soviet Union" sponsored by the Center for International Security Studies, University of Maryland.

June

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung invited conference on "Europeanization--An  Assessment of Cultural and Political Trends in Europe and the United  States:" "Ethnicity and Political Culture: A Comparison."

Dec.

George Washington University, Elliot School of International Affairs:  "U.S. Aid Policies to Post-Communist Europe: Unintended Consequences."

Dec.

American Anthropological Association conference, San Francisco:  "Transition in Poland:  Plans vs. Informal Markets."

July

Univ. of Maryland conference, "The Changing Business Environment in the Post-Communist World:" Paper on "Foreign Aid: What Should be Done"?

Apr.

Wichita Council on Foreign Relations: "Assistance to Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics."

Apr. 7

Testimony before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives.  "U.S. Assistance to Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union."

Mar.

U.S. State Dept., Foreign Service Institute: "The Poles and their World."

1990-91:

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Apr.

American University, Conference for Visiting East European Leaders: "U.S. Policy toward Eastern Europe."

Apr. 7-13

Conference on World Affairs, Boulder, Colorado: Panelist on eight panels: Technology and the Persian Gulf War; American Culture and Popular Technology; Intelligence and the New Central Europe; The New Central Europe; The New Germany; and The Warsaw Pact and NATO. Read about it.

Dec.

U.S. State Dept., Foreign Service Institute: "The Poles and their World."

Nov.

American University, Foreign Policy Semester: "State, Society and the Private Sphere in Post-Socialist Poland."

Nov.

Hampshire College, New Hampshire: "Eastern Europe Today."

Oct.

Institute of World Affairs, Salisbury, Connecticut:  "Society and Economic Revolution in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union."

Oct.

German Marshall Fund conference in Zaborow, Poland:  "The Organizational Foundations of Democracy and Pluralism in Poland."

Oct.

AAASS conference, Washington, D.C.: "Post-Communist Democracies in  the Making:  The Role of Intellectuals."

Apr.

Conference on World Affairs, Boulder, Colorado: Panelist on five panels: Ethnic Conflict in Yugoslavia; United Nations; German Reunification; Eastern Europe after Revolution; Breakdown of Bureaucracy in East Europe.

1987-89:

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Oct. 88

Warsaw University, Institute of Sociology:  "The Emergence of Voluntary Associations:  An East European Revolution?"

July 88

Social Science Research Council workshop on Soviet and East European Economies, Berkeley, California:  "The Social Organizational Mechanisms of East European Informal Economies."

Apr. 88

Economic Anthropology Association conference, Knoxville, Tennessee: "Informal Economies in Centrally Planned Societies."

Nov. 87

National Endowment for the Humanities-sponsored lecture series: "Poland and its Political Economy."

June 87

Harvard University, Russian Research Center:  "Poland's Informal Economy in Comparative Perspective."

Mar. 87

Emory University, Soviet and East European Studies Program: "Polish Society:  The Ties that Bind."

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