2010

Biannual conference of the African Studies Association Germany (Verein fuer Afrikawissenschaften, VAD), Mainz (Germany)

2010

Urbanité et appartenances en Afrique de l’ouest: Bobo-Dioulasso dans son contexte régional. Centre Point Sud, Bamako, Mali

2008

Biannual conference of the African Studies Association Germany (Verein fuer Afrikawissenschaften, VAD), Freiburg (Germany) and Basel (Switzerland)

2006

Biannual conference of the African Studies Association Germany (Verein fuer Afrikawissenschaften, VAD), Frankfurt/Main

2005

Workshop "Vigilantes and militia: The problem of 'legal self-help groups' in Africa", Biannual Conference of the German Association of Anthropology (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Voelkerkunde, dgv), Halle

2003

Workshop " Mobilitaet und kulturelle Identitaet" (Mobility and cultural identity) , Biannual Conference of the German Association of Anthropology (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Voelkerkunde, dgv), Hamburg

2003

Workshop "Mining frontiers: social conflicts, property relations and cultural change in emerging boom regions", Max Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle

2002

Panel "Globalization, gold and blood diamonds: The supernatural and the macro-economic", African Studies Association, 45th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.