Past Conferences

Africa in Portuguese, The Portuguese in Africa: An International Research Conference
April 18-19, 2008

The Advancement of Knowledge and Religious Identity: Institutions of Higher Learning in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Beyond
October 4-5, 2007

Race and Immigration in the New Ireland
October 14-17, 2007

Midwest Regional Workshops on Latin America
May 16, 2006

Democratic Governance in Latin America
October 7-8, 2005

The Sequencing of Regional Economic Integration: Issues in the Breadth and Depth of Economic Integration in the Americas
September 9-10, 2005

Regional Workshops on Latin America
May 19, 2005

Latin America in the Global Economy
April 19, 2005

Contemporary Catholicism, Religious Pluralism, and Democracy in Latin America: Challenges, Responses, and Impact
March 31-April 1, 2005

Archbishop Romero: Martyr and Prophet - A Bishop for the New Millennium
March 15-17, 2005

Reforming the State in Mexico: The Challenge after Fox and NAFTA
November 18-19, 2004

Panel: Reconsidering the Portuguese Road to Democracy: 30 Years After the Revolution of the Carnations
September 23, 2004

Changing Family Patterns in Chile: Social Disintegration and Social Policy
August 12-13, 2004

Regional Workshops on Latin America
May 12, 2004

Contemporary Challenges to Catholicism in Latin America
October 2-3, 2003

Conflict & Peace in Colombia: Consequences and Perspectives for the Future
September 22, 2003

Cuba's Democratic Transition Workshop
September 3-4, 2003

Informal Institutions and Politics in Latin America
April 24 - 25, 2003

The Crisis of Democratic Representation in the Andes
May 13-14, 2002

Understanding the Gold Standard: New Lessons from an Old Rule
May 3-4, 2002

Advances and Setbacks in the Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America
April 23 - 24, 2001

Democracy, Human Rights and Peace in Colombia
March 26 - 27, 2001

Institutions, Accountability and Democratic Governance in Latin America
May 8 - 9, 2000
Conference Report
by Daniel Brinks

Constitutional Design 2000
December 9 - 11, 1999
Conference Report
by Katharine M. Belmont

India and the Politics of Developing Countries: Essays in Honor of Myron Weiner
September 24 - 26, 1999
Conference Report
by Katharine M. Belmont

The Changing Status of Children in Latin America: Issues in Child Health and Children's Rights
September 26 - 29, 1997