“Las nuevas guerras: retos de seguridad y gobernanza en México y Centroamérica,” William J Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University, September 14, 2023.

"Conversatorio En la vorágine de la violencia" Institute for Integrated Transitions, Grupo de Apoyo para la Construcción de Paz en México, September 7, 2023.

“Nuevas tendencias y dinámicas de los feminicidios en México,” presentation at the Mexican Senate, Report Presentation National Forum on Femicide, August 2, 2023. For a recorded session click this link.

“Pious Bandits and Virtuous Vigilantes: Disentangling the Religious Ideologies of Illicit Armed Actors in Postrevolutionary Mexico, Latin American Studies Association Conference, May 25, 2023.

“The Christian Right in Mexico: Memory Politics, Martyrdom, and the Cristero War”, New School for Social Research, Conference “Fascism versus Democracy?” April 17, 2023.

“At War Against the Infidels: Religion, Violence, and Politics in Post-Revolutionary Mexico,” European Social Science History Conference, April 15, 2023.

“Contentious Secularism: The Politics of Religious Violence in Mid-Twentieth Century Mexico,” John Hopkins University, Latin America in a Globalizing World Seminar, February 16, 2023.

“Religious Violence and the Battle for Martyrdom in Mexico, 1930s–50s,” American Historical Association Conference, January 6, 2023.

“At War Against the Infidels: Religion, Violence, and Politics in Post-Revolutionary Mexico,” University of Notre Dame, Latin American History Working Group, November 15, 2022.

“En el nombre de Cristo: religión, política y violencia en el México posrevolucionario,” XVI Reunión Internacional de Historiadores de México, University of Texas Austin, November 1, 2022.

In the Name of Christ: Violence, Politics and Religion in Postrevolutionary Mexico, Forschungskolloquium Neuere Geschichte, Heidelberg University, July 14, 2022.

In the Name of Christ: Violence, Religion, and Politics in Postrevolutionary Mexico, Forschungskolloquium zur Lateinamerikanischen Geschichte, Universität zu Köln, June 29, 2022

"In the Name of Christ: Violence, Politics, and Religion in Postrevolutionary Mexico" Center for Latin American Studies (ZILAS) at Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, June 21, 2022

At War Against the Infidels: Religion, Violence, and Politics in Post-Revolutionary Mexico (1930-1960), German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)/ Institute for Latin American Studies, June 8 2022

What is religious about religious violence, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), May 19, 2022

In the Name of Christ: Violence, Religion, and Politics in Post-Revolutionary Mexico, Lecture, Center for Latin American Research and Documentation, University of Amsterdam, May 13, 2022

Violence in Mexico: Modernity, Inequality, and the City, a dialogue with Diane Davis and Alke Jenss, Bergstraesser-Instituts (ABI), May 4, 2022

¿Paraíso perdido? El 'excepcionalismo' nicaragüense, seguridad ciudadana y violencia política, ZI Lateinamerika-Institut der Freien Universität Berlin, May 11, 2022

Lynching in Post-Revolutionary Mexico, Latin American History Seminar, Oxford University, March 3, 2022

• For a recorded session click this link.

En el nombre de Cristo: religión, política y violencia en el México posrevolucionario, Conferencia magistral, Simposio de Historia y Antropología, Universidad de Sonora, April 20, 2022

Martyrs, Fanatics, and Pious Militants: Religious Violence and the Secular State in 1930s Mexico, PAIS Research Seminar, Warwick University, March 2, 2022

"Mártires, Fanáticos y militantes confesionales: Violencia religiosa y Estado secular en los años 30 en México," Seminario Sociedades Reservadas y Grupos Secretos Católicos, IIS-UNAM, November 22, 2021.

"Book Talk. In The Vortex of Violence," University of Riverside, Department of Etnic Studies, November 17, 2021.

"In the Name of Christ: Towards a History of Religious Violence in Twentieth-Century Mexico," Humanities and Social Sciences Colloquium (HUMSS), Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies, November 8, 2021.

"Criminales Monstruosos: linchamientos y nota roja en el México posrevolucionario," Mesa Peligrosidad y peligrosos Siglo XX, III Coloquio Las Otras Historias, Universidad de Guadalajara, November 4, 2021

Violence, Modernity, and Political Distrust in Post-Revolutionary Mexico, Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies (FRIAS) Lunch Lecture Series, November 4, 2021.

Please join Northwestern's Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program and Noria Research for this conversation with historians Paul Gillingham and Gema Kloppe-Santamaría about their respective new books on Mexico. Tuesday, May 18 at 12:00 p.m. CT

• For a recorded session click this link.

Presentation of In the Vortex of Violence. Seminar "Las otras historias" organized by the University of Guadalajara. Friday May 7th, 17:00 (Mex)

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Presentation of In the Vortex of Violence. Moderated by Ana Villarreal, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boston University. Boston University, Thursday, April 8, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Presentation of In the Vortex of Violence. Moderated by, Sandra Ley, División de Estudios Políticos, CIDE. Commented by Andrew Paxman, División de Historia (CIDE), Mariano Sanchez Talanquer, Harvard Academ, CITE, Friday, Mar 12, 2021, 11:00 AM (Central Time)

• For a recorded session click this link.

In The Name Of Christ Lynching And Religion In Post--Revolutionary Mexico, Catholic University of America History Department, Wednesday, March 17 5:15 - 6:45 PM (Easter Time)

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Martyrs, Fanatics, and Pious Militants: Religious Violence and the Secular State in 1930s Mexico, Latin American & Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico, Mar 26, 2021 02:00 PM in Mountain Time (US and Canada).

• For a recorded session click this link.

Marxe Global Insight: A Focus on Key Global Issues. Lynching in the Americas. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 12:30 - 2pm (Eastern Time).

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Ninth Annual US-Mexico Security Conference, The Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, Tuesday, January 28, 2021, 10am EST

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Presentation of In the Vortex of Violence in conversation with Cecilia Farfán Méndez (UCMEX/CESIG) and Mike Lettieri (USMEX/CESIG). Event in Spanish. Moderated by Vidal Romero (ITAM/CESIG), University of California San Diego- Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 1pm Mexico Time

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Presentation of In the Vortex of Violence in conversation with Nathaniel Morris (University College London) and Thomas Rath (UCL)- Institute of Historical Research (IHR), University of London, Tuesday, December 1, 5:30 GMT

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"In the Vortex of Violence," a conversation to understand the social and political roots of violence in Mexico (in Spanish) with Luis Herrán Ávila (University of New Mexico) and Elisa Speckman (Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas UNAM), UNAM Chicago, Chicago, November 11, 2020

• For a recorded session click this link

"In the Vortex of Violence: Lynching and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico," Charlas con Café, University of Arizona, Tucson, October 23.

"In the Vortex of Violence: Lynching and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico," Jornadas de las Ciencias Sociales, Tecnológico de Monterrey, October 14 (presentation in Spanish).

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"In the Vortex of Violence: Lynching and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico," New Research on Violence, Politics, and Culture in Latin America Series, Loyola University Chicago, October 5.

Presenter, “In the Vortex of Violence: Lynching and State Formation in Post-revolutionary Mexico,” Kellogg Lecture Series, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, September 23, 2020.

Presenter, “Feminicidio antes del feminicidio: precursores de la violencia en contra de las mujeres en México,” Conferencia magistral, Departamento de Estudios Generales, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Ciudad de México, February 28th, 2020.

Presenter, “In the Vortex of Violence: Lynching and State Formation in Post-revolutionary Mexico,” Development and Governance Seminar, The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, January 29th, 2020.

Presenter, “In the Vortex of Violence: Lynching and State Formation in Post-revolutionary Mexico,” Latin American History Workshop, George Washington University, January 15th, 2020.

Presenter, “Religion, Violence, and the Secular State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico,” American Historical Association, New York, January 5th, 2020.

Presenter, “Religion, Violence, and the Secular State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico,” Women Studying Violence Workshop at the University of Notre Dame, December 5-7, 2019.

Presenter, “Violence, (Un)Rule of Law and the Liberal International Order in Twentieth-Century Mexico: A Paradoxical Path?,” Latin America in the Liberal International Order Conference, Johns Hopkins University, November 14-15th, 2019.

Presenter, “Deadly Rumors: Lynching, Hearsay, and Hierarchies of Credibility in Mexico,” Latin American History Workshop, University of Chicago, November 7th, 2019.

Presenter, “Waging a War on Drugs on Both Sides of the Border: U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation and its Effects on Mexico’s Governance,” Latin American Studies Association Conference, Boston, May 24th, 2019. 

Presenter, “Deadly Rumors: Lynching, Hearsay, and Hierarchies of Credibility in Mexico” Workshop “Rumors, Falsified Documents, and other Interpretative Challenges in the Latin American Archive,” Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University May 17th 2019.

Presenter, “Representation, Refusal and Remembrance: Lynching and Extralegal Violence in Mexico and the United States (1890s-1930s),” Borderlands, Latino/a Studies 2019 mini-conference, Newberry Library, Chicago, April 27th, 2019. 

Presenter, “Tracing the Loyalty of Vigilantes: In the Name of Nation, Religion, and Community,” American Historical Association Conference, Chicago, January 5th, 2019.

Presenter, “The Lynching of Atrocious Criminals,” Seminario de Historia Social de la Transgresión, UNAM, Mexico City, November 23rd, 2018.

Presenter, “Representation, Refusal and Remembrance: Lynching and Extralegal Violence in Mexico and the United States (1890s-1930s),” Seminario Interno del Centro de Estudios Internacionales, Colegio de México, Mexico City, November 22nd, 2018. 

 Presenter, “The Lynching of the Wicked: Fat-Stealers, Bloodsuckers, and Witches in Post-Revolutionary Mexico,” Conference ‘Border Crossings: Gender, Sexuality, and Rights,” The University of Arizona, November 5th-7th 2018.

Presenter, “Regionalizing Mexico’s Cold War: the case of Puebla,” Conference The Global 1968 Symposium: Days of Past Present, Loyola University Chicago, October 26th, 2018.

Presenter, “México frente al espejo del 68: Violencia, política y memoria,” Conference 68: México a 50 años del movimiento, UNAM Chicago, October 1st, 2018.

Presenter, “Between Civilization and Barbarity: Lynching and State Formation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico,” Latin American Studies Association Conference, Barcelona, May 2018.

Presenter, “Between Civilization and Barbarity: Lynching and State Formation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico,” Conference “Criminal and Political Violence in Mexico and Central America,” Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD, San Diego, May 2018. 

Presenter, “Lynching and state formation in post-revolutionary Mexico: between civilizing and de-civilizing,” Conference ‘New Research by Women Studying Violence,’ Kellogg Institute for International Scholars, South Bend, April 2018.

Presenter, “The Inhumane Punishment of Atrocious Criminals:  The Makings of Lynching as Justice in Post-Revolutionary Mexico,” Human Rights Symposium, Northwestern University, April 2018.

“The Lynching of the Impious: Violence, Politics and Religion in Mexico (1930s-1950s), Seminar on Religion and Culture in the Americas, Newberry Library, Chicago, April 2018.

Presenter, “Lynching and the Politics of State Formation in Post-Revolutionary Puebla (1930-1950),” Working Groups Peace, Conflict, Crime & Violence Workshop, Kellogg Institute for International Scholars, South Bend, February 2018.

Presenter, “Justice, Crime and the Lynch Mob in Post-Revolutionary Mexico (1930–1960),” Work-in-Progress Session, Kellogg Institute for International Scholars, South Bend, January 2018.

Presenter, “Savage Yanquis and Enraged Mexicans: Extralegal Justice and Its Representations in Mexico and the U.S. (1890s-1930s),” American Historical Association, Denver, January 2017.

Presenter, “Crooked Officials, Vigilantes, and the Lynch Mob: Violence and the Politics of State Formation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico,” Tereza Long Institute of Latin American Studies, UT Austin, October 2016.

Presenter, “Citizen security in Latin America” and “Gender and Citizen Security,” Graduate Diploma on National Security, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Mexico City,  May and August 2016.

Presenter, “Fighting the ‘Infernal Serpent’: Violence, Politics, and the Exercise of Catholic Religion in Puebla (1940-1969),” Latin American Studies Association Conference, New York, May 2016.

Presenter, “Anticommunism and its Violence(s) during Puebla’s Long Cold War,” American Historical Association, Atlanta, January 2016.

Presenter, “Proxy-States and Lynch Mobs: Re-thinking the Directionality and Politics of Violence in Mexico and Beyond,” Seminar New Approaches to Violence in Latin American History, Columbia University, New York, May 2016.

Presenter, “Crime in non-war settings: the case of Mexico,” Meeting organized by the Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Center (NOREF) and the Conflict, Prevention and Peace Forum of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), December 1, 2015.

Presenter, "De-centering Lynching in Twentienth-Century Puebla: Intra-Community Violence and the Capillary State (1930s-1960s)," Latin American Studies Association Conference, San Juan Puerto Rico, May 30 2015. 

Presenter, "Citizen Security with a Human Face: Lessons Learned," Seminar The Contribution of the Human Security Approach to the Post-2015 Development Agenda, United Nations Human Trust Fund for Human Security and Minister of Foreign Affairs Chile, Santiago Chile, April 9th and 10th, 2015.

Presenter, "Lynching, Religion, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Puebla," New York Latin American History Workshop, Columbia University, NY, April 17th, 2015.

Presenter, “The Politics and Publics of Lynching in 1930s Puebla,” Conference Citizenship, Security and Human Rights in Mexico and Latin America, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD, San Diego, January 15, 2015.

Presenter, “Violencia subnacional y sus ramificaciones transnacionales,” IX Seminario de Reforma del Estado, Escuela de Gobierno y Políticas Públicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Lima (PUCP), October 30, 2014.

Presenter, “Unpacking the Crisis: Migration, Insecurity and Violence in Central America,” Webinar organized by the Working Group on Human Geography Data, Infinitum Humanitarian Systems, September 3, 2014. 

Presenter, “Crime and Support for Extralegal Violence in Latin America,” with Jose Miguel Cruz, Panel, American Political Science Association (APSA), 110th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 29, 2014.

Guest Lecturer, “Nuevas modalidades de violencia en contra de las mujeres: los casos de México y Centroamérica,” Seminar organized by University of the Balearic Islands, May 28, 2014.

Presenter, “Respuestas desde el campo humanitario a la violencia armada no convencional en México y Centroamérica,” Meeting organized by the Conflict, Prevention and Peace Forum of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), Antigua, Guatemala, April 4th, 2014.

Presenter, “Citizen (In)security in Latin America, A presentation of the United Nations Development Program Report 2013-2014,” Global Studies, The New School, February 18th, 2014.

Presenter, “Sostenibilidad y futuro de la tregua entre maras,” Meeting organized by the Conflict, Prevention and Peace Forum of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), Panama, December 5th 2013. 

Presenter, “The Publics of Lynching Violence in 1930s Mexico”, 2013 Latin American Studies Association Conference, Washington, DC, June 1, 2013. 

Presenter, “The Spread of Organized Crime in the Mexico-Central America Subregion,” Woodrow Wilson Center, Latin American Program, Washington, DC, April 2013.

Guest Lecturer, “Criminal Violence and the Securitization of the State in Latin America,” Course The Nation State and Its Discontents, Instructor Luis Herran, New School for Social Research, December 2012.

Presenter, “Lynching Violence in Twentieth Century Mexico,” 2012 Janey Annual Conference, New School for Social Research, March 2012.

Presenter, “Beyond Crime and Punishment: How to Interpret Lynching Violence in Contemporary Latin America,” Mexico and Central America Program Speaker Series, DRCLAS-Harvard University, February 2012.

Presenter, “A Lynching in 1968: Communism, Violence, and Religion in Mexico,” in American Historical Association Conference, Chicago, January 2012.

Presenter, “Theory and Violence in Contemporary Latin America: The Challenge of Criminal and ‘Pos-Political’ Violence, 2011 Janey Annual Conference, New School for Social Research, April 2011.

Presenter, “Traces of (Il)legibility: Lynching, Criminality, and Racialized Subjects in Mexico,” American Anthropological Association, November 2011. 

Guest Lecturer, Lynchings in Latin America, Course History of Lynchings and Collective Violence, Professor Michael Pfeifer, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, April 2011.

Presenter, “Re-thinking the figure of the criminal: violence and a-political enmity” in Conference “Fighting the Criminalization of Youth, Immigrants and Activists:  Analyzing the Case of Alex Sanchez,” organized by John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, April 2010.