Conferences Organized
"Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture at 25: Theories for the New Millennium." A two-part conference co-organized with Lauren Goodlad. Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. University of Illinois. February 8, 2013 and September 6, 2013.
“Recollection, Retribution, Reconciliation: Postmemory and Justice in a Transnational Age.” Co-organized with Matti Bunzl, Colin Flint, and Brett Kaplan. Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies. University of Illinois. October 4-6, 2012.
"Annihilation, Archive, Autobiography: Networks of Testimony in German-Occupied Europe." Co-organized with Peter Fritzsche, Brett Kaplan, and Harriet Murav. Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies. University of Illinois. March 10-11, 2011.
“Bios: Life, Death, Politics.” Co-organized with Lauren Goodlad, Feisal Mohammed, Ellen Moodie, and Manuel Rota. Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies & Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. University of Illinois. April 30-May 1, 2010.
“Genocide, Memory, Justice: The Holocaust in Comparative Contexts.” Co-organized with Peter Fritzsche and Harriet Murav. Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies. University of Illinois. Nov. 4-6, 2009.
“Decolonizations: Subaltern Studies and Indigenous Critical Theory.” Co-organized with Jodi Byrd and D. Anthony Tyeeme Clark. Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory and the American Indian Studies Program. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. May 1-2, 2008.
“Poetry, Politics, and the Profession: A Tribute to Cary Nelson.” Co-organized with Peter Garrett. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. October 27-28, 2006
“States of Welfare.” Co-organized with Lauren Goodlad. Mellon State-of-the-Art Conference featuring Bruce Robbins. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. March 10-11, 2006.
“Rethinking Secularism in an Age of Belief.” Co-organized with Matti Bunzl. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. October 8, 2005.
“Fetishizing the Free Market: The Cultural Politics of Neoliberalism.” Co-organized with Karen Kelsky and Gary Xu. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. April 29-30, 2005.
“Understanding the Twenty First Century.” Co-organized with Matti Bunzl and Stephen Hartnett. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. November 15, 2003.