Kommission für Volksdichtung/International Ballad Commission (Société Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore): Dublin (1984), Crete (1986), Freiburg (1989), Québec (1989), Bergen (1990); Los Angeles (1993), Faroe Islands (1994), Brittany (1995), Wales (1996), Slovenia (1997), Aberdeen (1999), Bucharest (2000), Budapest (2001), Leuven (2002), Austin (2003), Riga (2004), Faro (2011)

SIEF quadrennial meetings in: Budapest (2001), Marseille (2004), Derry/Londonderry (2008)

International Oral History Association: Istanbul (2000), Rome (2004)

American Folklore Society: Boston (1988), Philadelphia (1989), Jacksonville (1992), Eugene (1993), Milwaukee (1994), Lafayette (1995), Pittsburgh (1996), Austin (1997), Memphis (1999), Québec (2007), Louisville (2008), Boise (2009), Bloomington (2011), New Orleans (2012)

Folklore Studies Association of Canada annual meetings: Québec (1989), Sudbury (2002), Nova Scotia (2005), Québec (2007)

Canadian Society for Italian Studies: Vancouver (2008)

AIHA-American Italian Historical Association, San Francisco (1989), Annapolis (2004), Los Angeles (2005); New Haven (2008), Baton Rouge (2009), Tampa (2011)

The International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) – Ethnochoreology Study Group (23^rd Symposium), Monghidoro (Bologna), Italy, 2004 (The Silence of Dance -Visible and Invisible Dance; Crossing Identity Boundaries)