2024, a Senior Research Seminar at the University of Cambridge, UK;

2023, a paper for a panel organised by Dr. Daniel N. Silva and Dr. Daniela Palma featuring Prof. Charles Briggs as discussant, at the 18th International Pragmatics Conference in Brussels, Belgium;

2023, invited paper for N.I.C.E. International conference on Bio-inspiration & Biobased approaches in Nice, France

2023, a paper at the Kurdish Studies Conference, at the London School of Economics, UK;

2023, a paper at the conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK, SOAS, UK;

2022, a tribute to the oeuvre of Prof. Don Brenneis organised by Dr. Ilana Gershon, at the Conference of the American Anthropological Association in Seattle, US;

2022, a Research Seminar at the Royal Anthropological Institute, London, UK;

2022, discussant for Ethnos Special Issue launch on ‘Governing Opacity’ (with Prof. Joel Robbins), organised by Dr. Natalia Buitron and Dr. Hans Steinmuller, the University of Cambridge, UK.

2021, a seminar at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, UK;

2019, a seminar for Multimedia Anthropology Postgraduate Lab, University College London, UK;

2019, a seminar organised by Prof. Cécile Leguy at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 (LACITO-UMR 7107 du CNRS), France;

2019, a tribute to Prof. David Parkin’s Anthropology of Language, at the Royal Anthropological Institute, London;

2018, a paper for a panel organised by Prof. David Parkin and myself, featuring Prof. Adam Kendon as discussant for the conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK, University of Oxford, UK;

2018, as a seminar in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews, UK;

2017, a public seminar in the Department of Music in the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK;

2016, a paper for a panel at the Conference of the American Anthropological Association featuring Prof. Judith Irvine as discussant in Minneapolis, US;

2016, as discussant for a panel organised by Prof. Jon Holtzman and Prof. Richard Werbner at the conference of the American Anthropological Association in Minneapolis, US;

2015, a research seminar in anthropological theory, in the Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics, UK;

2015, a paper for a panel organized by Prof. Charles Briggs, Prof. David Parkin and Dr. Paja Faudree, at the conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists at Sussex University, UK;

2014, a debate with Prof. Payam Akhavan, Prof. Antonius Robben, Prof. Kimberly Theidon, and Prof. Alex Hinton at an international conference on ‘Truth telling and truth seeking in contexts of Impunity’ at University College London, UK;

2012, as a paper for a panel organized by Dr. Estelle Amy de la Breteque and myself for a conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists in Nanterre, France;

2010, a paper for a conference organised by Prof. C. Allison at the Centre for Kurdish studies at the University of Exeter, UK;

2010, an invited paper for an Executive Session organized by Prof. Sally Engle Merry at the conference of the conference of the  American Anthropological Association in New Orleans, US;

2010, discussant for a panel of the Linguistic Anthropology Section organised by Dr. Heath Cabbot, at the conference of the American Anthropological Association in New Orleans, US;

2009, an invited paper for a conference organized by Prof. Alex Hinton at the Centre for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University, US;

2008, as an invited paper for a panel organised by Prof. Alex Hinton at the Conference of the American Anthropological Association in San Francisco, US;

2008, a seminar at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, the University of Cambridge, UK;

2008, an invited paper for a conference on ‘Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual’ – Ritualdynamik (SFB619) organised by Prof. Axel Michaels, at Heidelberg University, Germany;

2007, a masterclass organised by Prof. Antonius Robben, Department of Anthropology at Utrecht University, the Netherlands;


2007, a seminar for Hull Theory Network organised by Dr. Mark Johnson at the University of Hull, UK;

2007, a seminar for the Discourse and Social Interaction Network, Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication organised by by Prof. Ben Rampton at King’s College London, UK;

2006, an invited paper for a high table discussion on ‘Language in Dangerous Places’, organised for the Linguistic Anthropology Section by Prof. Don Brenneis, at the Conference of the American Anthropological Association in San Jose, US;

2005, an invited paper for an Executive Panel in Linguistic Anthropology organised by Dr. Shonna Trinch featuring Prof. Charles Briggs as discussant , at the conference of the American Anthropological Association in Washington DC, US;

2003, an invited paper at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at Notre Dame University, Indiana, US;

2001, an invited paper at the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation in New York, US;

2000, a paper at the conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists in Krakow, Poland;

2000, an invited paper, International Society for Research on Aggression, Valencia, Spain;

2000, a paper for a symposium on ‘The interface between linguistics and social theory’ at the University of Bristol, UK;

1996, a paper for a panel on ‘Overcoming Cultural Differences in Crisis Interventions’, at the Second World Conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies in Jerusalem, Israel.