- Maurice N. Amutabi. "The Shifting Images of African-Americans in the Oral Narratives of Rural Kenya." Paper presented at the 4th Annual Student Conference on African Studies: 'Reconsidering Africa and the Diaspora: Practices and Perspectives'. Center for African Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 3March 2001.
- Maurice N. Amutabi. "How Men Ruined the Show: the Illustration of Women Ingenuity in Development: The Case of Ebunangwe, Kenya." Paper presented at the Graduate Students Symposium on Gender and Women's History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. March 22-24, 2001.
- Maurice N. Amutabi. "The Role of Traditional Music in the Writing of Cultural History: The Case of Abaluyia of Western Kenya." Paper presented at the conference on "Pathways to Africa: A conference on Sources and Methods in African Scholarship". University of Texas at Austin, Texas. 30th March -1st April 2001.
- Maurice N. Amutabi. "Urban Culture, Globalization and Islam in Kenya: The case of Isiolo Town." Paper presented at conference on "Islam in Africa". Binghamton University, Institute of Global Cultural Studies (IGCS), New York. 18 – 22April 2001.
- Maurice N. Amutabi. "The African Virtual University (AVU) and the Paradox of the World Bank in Kenya." Paper presented at the Conference on "Technology and Development in Africa." Center for African Studies and College of Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. April 25 -28, 2001.
- Maurice N. Amutabi. "Northern NGOs as Vehicles of Globalization in the South: The Case of Kenya." Paper Presented at the conference on "Border Subjects: Global (Dis) Connections." Illinois State University, Normal-Bloomington, Illinois. April 25 -27, 2001.
- Maurice N. Amutabi. "Beasts of War: Livestock and Bandit Economies of the Ilemi Triangle of Eastern Africa: Global Connections." Paper presented at the Association of Third World Studies (ATWS) conference, 19th Annual Meeting, Theme: "Globalization and the Third World." Savannah, Georgia. October 11-13, 2001.
- Maurice N. Amutabi. African Plunderers in the Congo and the Paradox of African Solutions for The DRC: The case of Uganda and Rwanda (with Winston Akala and Joy Williams-Black) Paper presented at the conference on "Reclaiming the Congo and its Potential for Africa: Strategic Plans for the Reconstruction of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): The Role of Congolese Intellectuals and friends of DRC", University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, October 11 -132001.
