"Beschaeftigungswachstum dank staerkerer Lohnspreizung?" at the conference "Modell USA. Soziale Gerechtigkeit durch mehr Beschaeftigung?" organized by the John F. Kennedy Institute of the Free University Berlin and held in the Amerika Haus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, November 19, 1998.

"Timing, Sequence and Path Dependence in the Study of History" at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, September 3 - 6, 1998.

"Political Change in Switzerland and Austria, 1968 - 1998" at the conference "The Fate of Consociationalism in Western Europe, 1968 - 1998" at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; May 29 - 31, 1998.

"Popular and Elite Cultures in a Central European Metropolis" at the conference on Vienna, at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; May 28, 1998.

"The Rise and Impact of the Xenophobic Right" at the 11th International Conference of Europeanists, Baltimore, Maryland; February 26 - 28, 1998.

"Money Talks? Germany in the New Europe" at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 31 - September 3, 1995.

"Post-Fascist German Feminism" at the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois, September 21 - 24, 1995.

"Collective Memory and Historical Analysis: A History of Ambiguities" at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Chicago, Illinois, January 5-8, 1995.

"Western Europe and the United States" at the conference on Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict organized by the World Affairs Council of the Monterey Bay Area, held at Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California, November 4-6, 1994.

"Cinema and the Construction of History" at the Ninth International Conference of Europeanists, The Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, March 31 - April 2, 1994.

"Transformations" at the conference "Postcommunism: Rethinking the Second World" sponsored by the Center for Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz, California, March 5-7, 1993.

"Germany: Old or New?" at the Eighth International Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, Illinois, March 27-29, 1992.

"Jews in Germany: Perspectives of German and Israeli Historians on Scholarly Controversies and the Research Agenda" at the conference "German-Jewish Reconciliation? Facing the Past and Looking to the Future" held at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Washington, D.C., December 15-17, 1991.

"The Politics and Economics of Neutrality" at the conference "Austria and the Two Europes: Choices for Politics and Economics" held at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, February 16, 17, 1990. I co-organized the conference (the Joseph A. Schumpeter Colloquium) and raised the necessary funds from sources in Vienna.

"Pluralism or Fragmentation: Coping with Social Change" at the conference "1949-1989: The Federal Republic as History" held at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, October 27-29, 1989.

"Political Scandals in Comparative Perspective: Systemic Breakdowns or Necessary Forms of Legitimation?" at the Sixth Conference of Europeanists, Washington, D.C., October 30-November 1, 1987.

"The Two Parties: Historical Commitments and Current Dilemmas" at the conference "Legacies and Visions: The West German SPD and the American Democratic Party" at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, October 22-25, 1987. I organized the entire conference with Lily Gardner Feldman.

"American Exceptionalism in Comparative Perspective" at the 83rd annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, September 3-6, 1987.

"Industrial Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany" at the Tenth Annual Conference of the German Studies Association held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 26-28, 1986.

"The Federal Republic of Germany at Crossroads? Analyses of Party Strategies and Political Directions in Light of the Bundestag Elections in January 1987" at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association held in Washington, D.C., August 27-31, 1986.

"The Crisis of the Nation State: Decomposition from Above and from Below?" at the Fifth Conference of Europeanists held in Washington, D.C., October 18-20, 1985.

"The Politics of Extra-Institutional Protest: Systemic Challenge or Necessary Regeneration?" at the 13th World Congress of the International Political Science Association held in Paris, France, July 15-21, 1985.

"The Federal Republic of Germany: Changes and Continuities in an Era of Uncertainty" at the 1985 Annual Convention of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 28-30, 1984.

"The GDR in International Relations" and "The GDR's Military and Society" at the Conference "GDR Politics and Society" held at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, May 18-20, 1984.

"Policy Implications of Perceptions and Misperceptions: Economic Policy and Defense Questions" at the Fifth Annual New England Workshop of German Affairs held at Tufts University, May 10-12, 1984 (sponsored by the Goethe Institute of Boston).

"Contemporary German Affairs" at the Annual Conference of the New England Political Science Association held at the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, April 13-14, 1984.

"Politics, the State and Violence" at the Conference "Austrian Social Democracy 1918-1934: The Socialist Experiment and its Collapse" held at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, February 10-12, 1984.

"Americanism and Anti-Americanism in Europe: Elite and Mass Responses" at the Fourth Conference of Europeanists held at the Shoreham-Americana in Washington, D.C., October 13-15, 1983.

"Technology and Politics" at the Fourth Annual New England Workshop on German Affairs held in Boston, June 3-4, 1983 (sponsored by the Goethe Institute of Boston).

"The Political Economy of West Germany: The German Model" at the Annual Meeting of The American Political Science Association held in Denver, Colorado, September 2-5, 1982.

"Trade Unions in Politics" at the 12th World Congress of the International Political Science Association held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 9-14, 1982.

"Politics and Economics in Germany: The Historical and Contemporary Perspective of 'Modell Deutschland'" at The Second Annual New England Workshop on German Affairs held in Boston, May 15-16, 1981 (sponsored by the Goethe Institute of Boston).

"Political Sociology: Organization and Authority" at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, held at the New York Statler, March 20-22, 1981.

"Industrial Order and Disorder" at the Second Conference of Europeanists, held at the Shoreham-Americana in Washington, D.C., October 23-25, 1980.

"The Integrative Capacities of European Societies: The 'Guest Worker' Issue," at the First Annual New England Workshop on German Affairs held at Ogunquit, Maine, June 6-7, 1980 (sponsored by the Goethe Institute of Boston).

"Trade Union Responses to the Contemporary Economic Crisis in Western Europe" at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association held at the Hilton in Washington, D.C., August 31-September 3, 1979.