- At Invited Workshops, Symposiums, Conferences
- 2023 “Charisma and Compassion 2.0.” Symposium on Ven. Cheng Yen's Philosophy and Leadership. September 3-4. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 2020 “Endearing Cadavers: Buddhism and Corpse Donation in Contemporary Taiwan.” Graduate Student Workshop, “Religion, Pain and Selfhood: Anthropologists and the Study of Buddhism in Conversation.” October 3. Stanford University, Stanford, California.
- 2015 “Transpacific Bodhisattvas: Interacting Bipolar, Diasporic Circulations, and a New ‘Asian” Spirituality through Buddhist Charity.” Conference, “Transpacific ReOrientations: Religion, Spirituality and the Invisible Connections between Asia and the Americas.” January 23–24, 2015, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
- 2014 “Scientific and Sacramental: Footprints of Tzu Chi’s Medical Charity in Taiwan.” Workshop, “Modern Chinese Buddhism.” May 14–16, Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany
- 2014 “Dying to Give: Cadaver Donations as Dāna and Upeksha.” Discussing Dāna: A OneDay Symposium, “Buddhist Charity.” May 3, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
- 2013 “The End(s) of Compassion? Buddhist ‘Church’ Charity, the State, and the Regime of Civil Morality in Taiwan.” SAR Advanced Seminar, “Faith-Based Charity and the Security State: Containing People and Finance in Risk Societies.” December 8–12, School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- 2013 “Breaking Dead: Corpse Donation at a Buddhist Medical School in Taiwan.” Workshop, “The Social Lives of Dead Bodies in Modern China Workshop.” June 14–16, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
- 2012 “Inter-Asia Connections: Buddhism and its Trust Networks between Taiwan, Malaysia, and the United States.” Conference, “Multiculturalism in Monsoon Asia.” June 16–17, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
- 2012 “Beyond Taiwan: Proselytizing Taiwan Buddhism in Malaysia.” The First World Congress of Taiwan Studies. April 26–28, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
- 2010 “Scientific and Sacramental: Medical Charities in the Buddhist Tzu Chi (Ciji) Foundation.” International Workshop, “Medical Charities in Asia and the Middle East.” November 30–December 3, Penang, Malaysia
- 2010 “From Diasporic to Ecumenical: The Buddhist Tzu Chi (Ciji) Movement in Malaysia.” Workshop, “Proselytizing and the Limits of Religious Pluralism.” September 16–17, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- 2010 “Local Religion-based Social Capital and Transnational Charity Initiatives: A Case Study of the Buddhist Tzu Chi (Ciji) Movement in Malacca, Malaysia.” Conference, “Religion and the Charitable Society.” July 1–3, University of Westminster, London, the United Kingdom
- 2010 “Religious Network, Volunteering, and Civic Engagement: A Case Study of a Buddhist Welfare Organization in Malacca, Malaysia.” International Workshop, “Volunteering and Civic Engagement in Chinese Cities.” June 10–11, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- 2009 “The Geopolitics of Charisma and Compassion.” The 2nd France-Taiwan Frontiers of Science Conference, Taiwan’s National Science Council. June 19–25, Paris and Saint Malo, France
- 2009 “Provider and Facilitator: Religion and Social Capital among the Chinese in Malacca, Malaysia.” Dialogic Conference, “Civic Engagement and Social Capital.” May 8–10, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- 2009 “Comparing Ethnic-Multiculturalism between Buddhism and Christianity in Taiwan.” Workshop, “Multiculturalism in Taiwan.” January 8–9, National Sun Yet-Sen University, Kao-hsiung, Taiwan
- 2008 “Indigenously Global: A Brief History of a Buddhist Charitable Organization in Taiwan.” Workshop, “Indigenous Charities.” November 6–7, Department of History, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- 2008 “Gods on Deeds: Engaged Religions among the Chinese in Malacca, Malaysia.” Conference, “Chinese Religions and Globalisation, 1800–Present.” University of Cambridge, Department of East Asian Studies, July 3–6, Cambridge, United Kingdom (Unable to present in person)
- 2008 “Engaged Religions and Multiculturalism among Chinese in Malacca, Malaysia.” Conference, “Engaged Religions and the Public Good in Chinese Societies.” June 1–2, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- 2010 Book launch, Charisma and Compassion: Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement. 2010 Conference of the Taiwan Association of Religious Studies. May 21, Hong Shi College, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- 2007 “What Travel? Taiwanese Buddhism in Malaysia.” International conference, “Religion and Social Integration in Chinese Societies: Exploring Sociological Approaches to the Study of Religion in the Chinese World.” June 28–30, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- 2005 “What’s in a Body? The Embodiment of Charisma, the Collective, and the State by the Compassion Relief Movement of Taiwan.” International conference, “Religion, Modernity, and the State in China and Taiwan,” October 28–30, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
- 2005 “Female Charisma on a Global Stage: The Buddhist Compassion Relief Movement.” Conference, “Women and Tourism: Crossing Women’s Time and Space,” Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism, October 21, Seoul, South Korea
- 2005 “The ‘Three Bodies’ of A Buddhist Charismatic Movement in Taiwan.” Conference, “The Study of Chinese Buddhism.” June 10–12, Fo Guan Shan Xi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights, California
- 2004 “The Buddhist Compassion Relief Movement in Taiwan and Its Mission of Education.” Conference, “The Development and Practice of Engaged Buddhism.” November 12–14, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
- 2004 “Engaged Buddhism, Culture, and Globalization: A Case Study of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Foundation.” Conference, “Religious Doctrine, Practice, and Culture: Interdisciplinary Integration.” April 16–17, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2003 “Transcendence and Transformation of Self in a Taiwanese Buddhist Charismatic Movement.” Conference, “Feminism: Consciousness, Identity, and Practice.” September 27–28, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- 2002 “Charisma in Motion: The Compassion Relief in Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, and the United States.” Conference, “Cities in Motion.” November 15–16, University of California, Berkeley, California. (Co-authored and co-presented with Robert P. Weller.)
- 2001 “Globalization and Transnationalism: A Case Study of the Internationalization of the Tzu-Chi Foundation of Taiwan.” Conference, “Non-Profit Organization and Social Transformation under Globalization.” September 11–12, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- At Panels in Call-for-Paper Meetings
- 2024 “Island of Donations.” Annual Meeting for the Association for Asian Studies, March 14- 17, Seattle, Washington.
- 2015 “Productive Tears: Ethnography of and through Tears in a Taiwanese Buddhist Movement.” Annual meeting for the Association for Asian Studies, March 26–29, Chicago, Illinois
- 2012 “The Ends of Compassion? Religion, Ethnicity and the State in Post Catastrophe Reconstruction Charity in Taiwan.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 14–18, San Francisco, California
- 2011 “Facilitators and Providers: Religion and Social Capital among the Chinese in Malacca, Malaysia.” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, March 31–April 3, Honolulu, Hawai’i. (Unable to present in person.)
- 2010 “Buddhism and Its Trust Network between Taiwan, Malaysia, and the United States.” Social Science Research Council / National University Singapore / Hong Kong University (SSRC-NUS-HKU) Conference, “Inter-Asia Connections II: Singapore, National University of Singapore.” December 8–10, Singapore
- 2010 “Cultural Perspectives on Religion and NGO-ness: Notes from Taiwan and Malaysia.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 17–21, New Orleans, Louisiana
- 2009 “Gods on Deeds: Engaged Religions among the Chinese in Malacca, Malaysia.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, December 2–6, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 2008 “Writing Against Transnationalism: Preliminary Notes on Vietnamese Female Marriage Migrants in Taiwan and Southern Vietnam.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. November 19–23, San Francisco, California
- 2006 “Civil Buddhism and Transnational Religious Civil Society: The Compassion Relief Movement in Chinese Societies.” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, April 6–9, San Francisco, California
- 2005 “Taiwanese ‘Grassroots Globalization’: The Cultural Politics of a Global Buddhist Nongovernmental Organization from Taiwan.” The 4th International Convention for Asian Scholars (ICAS4), August 20–24, Shanghai, China
- 2005 “Buddhism Unbound: The Global Arena of the Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi (Ciji) Women.” Women's Worlds 2005 (WW05): 9th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, June 19–24, Seoul, South Korea
- 2005 “The ‘Three Bodies’ of A Buddhist Charismatic Movement in Taiwan.” 2005 biennial meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology, April 7–10, San Diego, California
- 2004 “The Changing Practice of a Buddhist Nongovernmental Organization during the Political Transformation of Taiwan, 1980s–1990s.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, December 15–19, Atlanta, Georgia
- 2003
- “The Buddhist Compassion Relief Movement in Taiwan and Its Mission of Education.” Annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November 22–25, Atlanta, Georgia
- “Body of Dharma, Spirit of Gender.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 19–23, Chicago, Illinois
- “Is Democracy Friend or Foe? The Changing Practice of a Buddhist Non-Governmental Organization during the Political Transformation of Taiwan, 1980s–1990s.” The Third International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS3), August 19–22, Singapore
- 2002
- “Feeling Charisma: The Transcendence and Transformation of Self in a Taiwanese Buddhist Charismatic Movement.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 20–24, New Orleans, Louisiana
- “Sacred or Profane? Ciji (Tzu-Chi) Transnationalism,” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, April, Washington, District of Columbia
- 2001
- “Unscripted Emotion: Crying in a Taiwanese Charismatic Religious Movement.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, December, Washington, District of Columbia
- “Buddhist ‘New Life’ Movement in Taiwan in the 1990s.” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, March, Chicago, Illinois
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