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C. Julia Huang 黃芊妤

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C. Julia Huang 
Email: cyhuang@mx.nthu.edu.tw
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1334-614X
Education
Boston University, Anthropology, Ph.D. 
Boston University, Anthropology, M.A. 
National Taiwan University, Sociology, B.S.
Professional Positions
8/2024–present, Professor of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan   
2-7/2024, Professor, Executive Master Program for Art Administration, Tainan National University of Arts, Tainan, Taiwan 
2019-2024, Adjunct Faculty. Department of Anthropology, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA 
2002–2018, Professor of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (Associate Prof. 2005-2011; Assistant Prof. 2002-2005) 
7/2016, Lecturer. Göttingen SPIRIT Summer School, “Beyond the City Limits: Rethinking New Religiosities in Asia,” Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany 
9–12/2015, Part-Time Lecturer. Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA 
2006, Affiliated Researcher. Center for Southeast Asian Studies, National Chi-nan University, Nantou, Taiwan 
9–12/2000, Lecturer. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Lasell College, Newton, Massachusetts, USA 
Consultants, Administrations, Committees
8/2026-present, Director. Taiwan Studies Master’s Degree Program for In-service Teachers, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan  
2022–present, Research Consultant. Communitology, Isle La Motte, Vermont, USA  
10/2017, Consultant. The National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle, Washington, USA  
10/2016–7/2017, Part-Time Consultant. The World Bank, Washington, District of Columbia, USA  
2011–2012, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Anthropology. B.A. Program in Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan   
2007–2009, Head. Research Program on Gender and Society, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan   
2007–2008, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Anthropology. B.A. Program in Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan   
2003–2004, Deputy. Research Program on Gender and Society, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan   
Awards, Fellowships, Scholarships
2027, Resident. Foundation Brocher. EU. 
2012, Chuan Lyu Lectures in Taiwan Studies, University of Cambridge, U.K. 
2010, Visiting Senior Research Fellowship. Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore 
2010, Junior Researcher’s Publication Award. Academia Sinica, Taiwan 
2009, Mr. Da-you Wu Memorial Award. National Science Council, Taiwan 
2008, Visiting Fellowship. Taiwan’s National Science Council—International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, the Netherlands 
2006–2007, Visiting Scholarship. The Harvard-Yenching Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 
2003, Junior Faculty Research Award. National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan 
2002–2003, Awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship. East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Unable to accept because it conflicted with another appointment. 
2000–2001, Visiting Junior Fellow. Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen), Vienna, Austria 
1997, Ph.D. Scholarship. Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office in Boston, Massachusetts, USA 
1990-1992, Earhart Fellowship. Center for the Studies of Economic Culture, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 
Languages and Fieldwork
Languages: English (fluent); Chinese–Mandarin (native), Chinese–Minnan/Hokkien (native); French (advanced beginner)   
Fieldwork: Taiwan; the Sinophone diaspora (the United States; Malaysia; Singapore; Japan); China; Vietnam   
Publications
Books
2017      Religion and Charity: The Social Life of Goodness in Chinese Societies (co-authored with Robert P. Weller and Keping Wu, with Lizhu Fan). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. . ISBN: 9781108290821 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108290821
2009 Charisma and Compassion: Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN: 9780674031333
Forthcoming 《聖格與慈悲：證嚴法師、佛教慈濟與全球化台灣》（暫定）台北：左岸出版社。
Edited Work
2003      Guest Editor. Special issue, “Wings of Belief: Modern Chinese Religious Transnationalism,” The European Journal of East Asian Studies, vol. 2, no. 2 (Autumn). 
   
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
2023 “Buddhist Ethics Regarding Cadaver Donations for Science in Taiwan.” Special issue, “Buddhist Moral Emotions,” edited by Sara A. Swenson and Jessica Starling, Journal of Religious Ethics, vol. 51, no. 4 (December), pp. 782-804. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jore.12460
2017 “Scientific and Sacramental: Secularization of Buddhism and Sacralization of Medical Science in Tzu Chi (Ciji).” Journal of Global Buddhism, vol. 18, pp. 72–90. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1248036
Media coverage on this article: https://faculti.net/scientific-and-sacramental/ 
2013 “Buddhism and Its Trust Networks between Taiwan, Malaysia, and the United States.” The Eastern Buddhist (イースタン・ブディスト), vol. 44, no. 2, 2013, pp. 59–76. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44362568. Accessed 6 Sept. 2024. URL: https://www.jstor.org/journal/eastbudd
2013 “Beyond Taiwan: Taiwan Buddhism on a Global Stage.” 《台灣宗教研究》, 12卷, 1–2期： 31–55. URL: 華藝 (www.airitilibrary.com)
2009 “Genealogies of NGO-ness: The Cultural Politics of a Global Buddhist Movement in Taiwan.” positions: east asia cultures critique, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 347–374. DOI: 10.1215/10679847-2009-006
2008 “Gendered Charisma in the Buddhist Tzu Chi (Ciji) Movement.” Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 29–47. DOI: 10.1525/nr.2008.12.2.29
2005  “Global Engaged Buddhism: The Buddhist Compassion Relief Foundation from Taiwan.” Taiwan Journal of Religious Studies 台灣宗教研究, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1–38. URL: Available via Airiti Library(www.airitilibrary.com)
2003 “Wings of Belief: Modern Chinese Religious Transnationalism.” Special issue, “Wings of Belief: Modern Chinese Religious Transnationalism,” The European Journal of East Asian Studies, vol. 2, no. 2 (Autumn), pp. 20–-216. DOI: 10.1163/156805803322799538
2003 ‘Sacred or Profane?’ The Compassion Relief Movement’s Transnationalism in Taiwan, the United States, Japan, and Malaysia.” Special issue, “Wings of Belief: Modern Chinese Religious Transnationalism,” The European Journal of East Asian Studies, vol. 2, no. 2 (Autumn), pp. 217–241. DOI: 10.1163/156805803322799547
2003 “Weeping in a Taiwanese Buddhist Charismatic Movement.” Ethnology, vol. 42, no. 1 (Winter), pp. 73–86. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2658829
1998        

“Merit and Mothering: Women and Social Welfare in Taiwanese Buddhism.” Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 379–396. (Co-authored with Robert P. Weller.) DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2658829

  • Chinese translation 中文翻譯: 魏樂、黃倩玉著，蔡美玉譯，賢德與母職：慈濟功德會的女性與社會福利，《跨文化的想像主體性：臺灣後殖民／女性研究論述》，邱子修主編，頁 333–370。台北：國立台灣大學出版中心，2012年。
  • Korean translation: “Kongdŏk kwa ŏmŏni ŭi posalp’im” 功德과 어머니의 보살핌.” In Taeman Pulgyo ŭi 5 kaji sŏnggong k’odŭ 臺灣佛敎의 5 가지 成功코드 (Five success codes of Taiwanese Buddhism), edited by Pulgwang Institute, 353–392. Seoul: Pulgwang Press, 2012.
Book Chapters
Fothcoming “Buddhism,” “Humanistic Buddhism,” “Religion and Charity,” “Gender and Religion.” Encyclopedia of Taiwan Studies, edited by H. H. Michael Hsiao. Brill: The Netherlands. DOI: 10.1163/2667-1301-ETSO-all
2020 “Philanthropy and The Religious Life of Goodness in China.” In Handbook on Religion in China, edited by Stephan Feuchtwang, pp. 34–53. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing. (Co-authored with Robert P. Weller and Keping Wu.) URL: Edward Elgar Publishing: Handbook on Religion in China
2019 “The End(s) of Compassion: Buddhist Charity and the State in Taiwan.” In Governing Gifts: Faith, Charity, and the Security State, edited by Erica C. James, pp. 39–58. Santa Fe, New Mexica: School for Advanced Research Press and University of New Mexico Press. Project MUSE or JSTOR
2016 “you le xiaoxiao de jia, cai neng ganshou shijie zhi 有了小小的家，才能感受世界之大 [Home and the world of fieldwork],” in Shijian jiaohui women de shi 時間教會我的事 [A Career Wisdom Handbook of Our Own], edited by Iris Chiu, pp. 147–149. Taipei: Yuezhi chuban she (in Chinese). 
2014 “From Diasporic to Ecumenical: The Buddhist Tzu Chi (Ciji) Movement in Malaysia.” In Proselytizing and the Limits of Religious Pluralism in Contemporary Asia, edited by Juliana Finucane and R. Michael Feener, pp. 191–209. ARI-Springer Asian Series, Volume 4. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Springer Science+Business.（DOI: 10.1007/978-981-4451-18-5_10
2013 “The Gender of Charisma: Notes from a Taiwanese Buddhist NGO.” In The Anthropology of Religious Charisma: Ecstasies and Institutions, edited by Charles Lindholm, pp. 101–116. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 10.1057/9781137377630_6
2012 “Religion-Based Social Capital and Civic Engagement: A Case Study of a Buddhist Welfare Organization in Malacca, Malaysia.” In Vibrant Societies: The Dynamics of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia, edited by Amrita G. Daniere and Hy Van Luong, pp. 127–144. New York: Routledge. URL: Routledge / Taylor & Francis Platform
2011 “Gender and Sexuality.” Chapter 6 in Chinese Religious Life, edited by David A. Palmer, Glenn Shive, and Philip L. Wickeri, 107–123. New York: Oxford University Press. (Co-authored with Elena Valussi and David A. Palmer.) DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199731398.003.0007
2010 “Tranh luận với quan niệm về hiện tượng xuyên quốc gia: Một vàn hận xét ban đâu về những nữ di dân người Việt lấy chồng ở Đài Loan và miền Nam Việt Nam.” Hiện Đại Và Động Thái Của Truyền Thống Ở Việt Nam: Những Cách Tiếp Cận Nhân Học, Quyển 1, ban biên tập, Lương Văn Hy, Ngô Văn Lệ, Nguyễn Văn Tiệp, Phan Thị Yến Tuyết, pp. 521-534. Nhà Xuất Bản Đại Học Quốc Gia, TP. Hồ Chí Minh. (C. Julia Huang và Kuang-ting Chuang). “Writing Against Transnationalism: Preliminary Notes on Vietnamese Female Marriage Migrants in Taiwan and Southern Vietnam.” In Modernities and Dynamics of Traditions in Vietnam: Anthropological Approaches, edited by Luong Van Hy et al. Ho Chi Minh City: National University Press. (Co-authored with Kuang-ting Chuang; in English and Vietnamese.)
2009 “Zongjiao kuaguo, kuaguo zongjiao – taiwan ciji de kuaguo zhuyi chutan 宗教跨國 . 跨國宗教 [Diasporic Bodhisattvas: The Religious Transnationalism of Taiwan's Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation].” In Liu zhuan kua jie: Taiwan de kuaguo, kuaguo de Taiwan 流轉跨界：台灣的跨國，跨國的台灣 [To Cross or Not to Cross: Transnational Taiwan, Taiwan's Transnationality], edited by Hongzen Wang and Pei-yi Guo, pp. 73–103. Taipei, Taiwan: Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, Academia Sinica (in Chinese).
2007 “Charisma in Motion: Compassion Relief Movement in Taiwan, the United States, Japan, and Malaysia.” In Cities in Motion: Interior, Coast, and Diaspora in Transnational China, edited by Sherman Cochran and David Strand; Wen-hsin Yeh, general editor, pp. 272–294. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies. (Co-authored with Robert P. Weller.)
2007 “Buddhist Education and Civil Society in Modern Taiwan: Notes from the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation's Mission of Education.” In Development and Practice of Humanitarian Buddhism: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Mutsu Hsu, Jinghua Chen, and Lori Meeks, pp. 269–283. Hualien, Taiwan: Tzu Chi University Press.
2005 “The Compassion Relief Diaspora.” In Buddhist Missionaries in the Era of Globalization, edited by Linda Learman, pp. 85–209. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press. (Book DOI: 10.1515/9780824840211).
2005 “CIJI or Tzu-Chi.” In Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd edition, edited by Lindsay Jones, pp. 1787–1790. New York: Macmillan Reference.
2003 “The Buddhist Tzu-Chi Foundation of Taiwan.” In Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism, edited by Christopher Queen, Charles Prebish, Damien Keown, pp. 136–153. London: RoutledgeCurzon.
2003 “Global Engagement and Transnational Practice: A Case Study of the Buddhist Compassionate-Relief (Ciji) Foundation in Taiwan.” In Quanqiouhua xia de shehui bianqian yü feizhengfu zuzhi 全球化下的社会变迁与非政府组织 [Social Change and NGOs under Globalization], edited by Lizhu Fan, pp. 496–515. Shanghai: Shanghai renmin chuban she. 
2002 “What Travels? Notes on a Globalizing Buddhist Movement from Taiwan.” In Questionable Returns, edited by Andrew Bove, IWM Junior Fellows Conference, vol. 12, Vienna, Austria, in CD-ROM and on-line. URL: IWM Publications Archive
2000 “時勢造英雌：十九世紀西方與二十世紀台灣慈善婦女運動” (Times makes heroines: charitable women in 19th century West and 20th century Taiwan), 台灣的社會福利運動 Social welfare movement in Taiwan, 蕭新煌、林國明合編 Michael Hsiao and Kuo-ming Lin, eds., pp. 459–502. 台北：巨流出版社 Taipei: Juliu. (in Chinese) 
Reviews and Special Reports
2025 “無神的土地上尋找心靈依歸：談曙光家園,” 2025台灣國際民族誌影展特刊，pp 125-127. “Searching for Spiritual Belonging in a Godless Land: On Abode of Dawn,” in 2025 Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival, pp. 128-130.
2022 “Preface: An All-around Tzu Chi Study” to Guidelines to Tzu Chi Studies, Rey-sher Her, Taipei: Lianjing. “推薦序：全方位的慈濟研究”， 慈濟學概論 ，何日生著，台北：聯經. https://www.linkingbooks.com.tw/LNB/book/Book.aspx?ID=120024#recommendation 
2022 Review. Buddhism after Mao: Negotiations, Continuities, and Reinventions, edited by Ji Zhe, Gareth Fisher, and André Laliberté. Pacific Affairs: An International Review of Asia and the Pacific, vol. 95, no. 2 (June). https://pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/book-film-reviews/book-reviews/forthcoming-book-reviews/
2021 Review. Buddhist Responses to Christianity in Postwar Taiwan: Awakening the World, by Scott Pacey. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, vol. 81, issue 1 (June). https://muse.jhu.edu/article/868784
2018 “Religious Ties between Taiwan and Southeast Asia.” The National Bureau of Asian Research. https://www.nbr.org/publication/religious-ties-between-taiwan-and-southeast-asia/
2014 Notes. “Islamic Philanthropies in Northwest China,” by Man Ke and Hao Sumin. Inter-Asia Roundtable 2013: Religion & Development in China: Innovations & Implications, 17–18 October 2013, edited by R. Michael Feener and Wu Keping, pp. 69–72. Singapore: Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
2009         “Preface: Autobiographical Globalization,” Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization, Arjun Appadurai, Zikai Zheng, trans., pp. ix–xvi. Taipei: Qunxue. 導讀：自傳式的全球化”， 消失的現代性：全球化的文化向度, 鄭子愷 譯, pp. ix–xvi. 台北：群學.
2008 Review. Democracy’s Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan, by Richard Madsen. Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 67, no. 4 (November), pp. 1428–1429.
2004 Review. Food for Gods. China Times. 書評： 與神共餐 [Food for the Gods]. 中國時報 ,12/19. 
Invited Lectures and Seminar Presentations
2026 “Modern Body-Giving Bodhisattvas: Affect, Emotional Practice, and Ethics in the Whole-Body Donations to Tzu Chi.” Symposium on Applied Buddhism and the Contemporary Bodhisattva Path: Exploring the Future of Buddhism, May 7-9， Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. 
2021 “Charisma and Compassion.” Tzu Chi Studies 2021 Lecture Series, “Theory and Practice.” Tzu Chi University, Taiwan. October 8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26DXXDnEevg&t=7041s
2020 “Taiwan Buddhism, the Diaspora, and Industrial Philanthropy” and “Modern Buddhism and Donation to Science.” Lecture Series, Center for Taiwan Studies, University of California, March 4 and 9, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
2019 “Global Expansion of Taiwan Buddhism” and “Dying to Give: Modern Buddhism and Donation to Science.” Lecture Series, Center for Taiwan Studies, University of California, February 4 and 6, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
2018 “Fettering Secularization: Buddhism and Modern Medical Science in Taiwan.” San Jose State University, May 5, San Jose, California, U.S.A.
“Buddhism and Medical Care: The Case of Tzu Chi (Ciji).” Workshop, “The Logic of Sanctuary: Religious Mobilization in Non-Sovereign Spaces.” Duke University, February 8–9, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.
2017 “Beyond Taiwan: Buddhism and Globalization.” Lecture Series, Center for Taiwan Studies, University of California, January 23, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
2016 “What’s Religious about A Dead Body? Cadaver Donations in Taiwan.” Center for Modern East Asia, Georg-August University, July 25, Göttingen, Germany
2015 “Dying to Give: Buddhism and Cadaver Donations for Medical Education in Modern Taiwan.” Course on Topics in Cultural Anthropology, Stanford Pre-Collegiate Summer Institute, July 8, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
“Dying to Give: Buddhism and Cadaver Donations for Medical Education in Modern Taiwan.” The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies Lecture Series on Oral History, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University, May 14, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
“Civility against Civil Society: Buddhism, Charity, and Ethnicity in Taiwan.” Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, April 17, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
“Global Expansion of Taiwan Buddhism” and “The Anthropology of Taiwanese Society.” Lecture Series at Taiwan Studies Center, University of California, February 2 and 4, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
2014 Book Manuscript Workshop, The Social Life of Goodness: Religious Philanthropy in Chinese Societies. Fairbank Center, Harvard University, December 12, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
“The End(s) of Compassion: Buddhist Charity and the State in Taiwan.” Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, October 16, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
2013 “Breaking Dead: Buddhist Cadavers for Medical Science.” Department of History, Brown University, November 14, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
2012 “Notes on Religious Welfare Organizations among the Chinese in Malaysia.” Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), October 24, Kampar Campus, Malaysia
“Taiwan Buddhism on a Global Stage.” Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Petaling Jaya Campus, October 23, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
“The Gender of Charisma: Notes from a Buddhist Transnational Non-Governmental Organization.” 2012 Chuan Lyu Lectures in Taiwan Studies, Lecture Two. University of Cambridge, Department of East Asian Studies, May 16, Cambridge, the United Kingdom
“The Global Expansion of Taiwan Buddhism.” 2012 Chuan Lyu Lectures in Taiwan Studies, Lecture One. University of Cambridge, Department of East Asian Studies, May 14, Cambridge, the United Kingdom
2010 “Buddhist Trust Network between Taiwan and Malaysia.” Social Science Division seminar, Nanyang Technological University, November 26, Singapore
“The Gender of Charisma: Notes from a Transnational Buddhist NGO." Foreign Languages and Literatures, Women’s Studies, and Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 17, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
“Buddhist Spiritual Capital.” Spiritual Capital series, Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, Boston University, November 16, Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
“The Three Bodies of Charisma.” Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore, October 29, Singapore
“Charisma and Compassion: A Genealogy of NGO-ness from Taiwan to the Globe.” Asia Trends public lecture series. Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore in collaboration with National Library Singapore, April 7, Singapore
“The Gender of Charisma: Notes from a Transnational Buddhist NGO.” Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California, April 2, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
2009 “Charisma and Compassion: Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement.” Keynote. the 11th Sakyadhita International Conferences on Buddhist Women, December 28, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2008 “Charisma and Compassion: Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement.” Instituttseminaret—SAI, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, August 20, Oslo, Norway
2007 “A Nun’s Tale: Taiwanese Buddhism and the Global Power of Personality.” Washington University at St. Louis, May 2, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
2006 “New Taiwanese Buddhism in Malaysia.” 10 Lenox Street Conversations, Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, Boston University, December 13, Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
“Vietnamese-Taiwanese Transnational Marriage: Notes on Fieldwork in Southern Vietnam.” Vietnam Studies Colloquium, Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, Academic Sinica, May 26, Taipei, Taiwan (in Chinese)
“Taiwanese ‘Grassroots Globalization’: The Cultural Politics of a Global Buddhist Non-Governmental Organization from Taiwan.” Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya, January 9, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2000  “The Revival of Religious Activism and the Global Order: The Responses of Hindu Nationalism and Engaged Buddhism to the Challenges of Globalization.” Fall 2000 Lecture Series of the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University, “Doing Globalization Justice: A View from the World’s Religions.” American Academy of Arts and Sciences, December 6, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Papers Read At Invited Workshops, Symposia, Conferences 
2026 “Modern Body-Giving Bodhisattvas: Affect, Emotional Practice, and Ethics in the Whole-Body Donations to Tzu Chi.” Symposium on Applied Buddhism and the Contemporary Bodhisattva Path: Exploring the Future of Buddhism, May 7-9, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. 
2023 “Charisma and Compassion 2.0.” Symposium on Ven. Cheng Yen's Philosophy and Leadership. September 3-4. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts https://youtube.com/live/SANu_Y7uHO0
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 https://youtu.be/w-TAre_C0OQ
2015 “Transpacific Bodhisattvas: Interacting Bipolar, Diasporic Circulations, and a New ‘Asian” Spirituality through Buddhist Charity.” Conference, “Transpacific Re-Orientations: 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 One-Day 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
2025 “The Invisible Moral Career of Dead Bodies: Families, Emotions, and Ethics in Bodily Donations in Taiwan.” Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 19-23, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
2025 “‘Being Touched’ in the Buddhist Tzu Chi of Taiwan.” 2025 World Anthropological Union Congress, November 3-8, Antigua, Guatemala
2025 “A New Good Death: Bodily Donations and Their Intersections with Religions in Contemporary Taiwan.” EASSSR, July 18-20, Seoul, South Kore
2025 “The End of Long-Term Care: Narratives of Death and Dying from the Families of Whole-Body Donors in Taiwan.” Bi-annual meetings of the Taiwan Society of Medical Anthropology and the East Asian Medical Anthropology Network, June 13-14, Taipei, Taiwan.
2025 “The Moral Career of Dead Bodies: Whole Body Donations in Taiwan.” AAS-in-Asia 2025, June 1-4, Kathmandu, Nepal
2024 “Island of Donations.” Panel: Treatment of Human Remains as a Practice of Buddhist Ethics. 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.
Media Appearance 
2023 Faculti.net interview on “Scientific and Sacramental: Secularization of Buddhism and Sacralization of medical Science in Tzu Chi (Ciji).” Journal of Global Buddhism, 2017, vol. 18, pp. 72–90. Available at: https://faculti.net/scientific-and-sacramental/ 
2023 Taiwan Plus TV. Interview for “Finding Formosa Episode 1: The Billion Dollar Buddhists.” Aired on August 24, 2023. Available at: https://www.taiwanplus.com/news/newscasts/finding-formosa/230828013/finding-formosa-episode-1-the-billion-dollar-buddhists 
Research Grants (major grants only)
2026-30 Co-PI. “Building an Oral History Database for Taiwan’s Science and Technology Clusters.” Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council. PI: Kuang-chi Hung; Co-PI: Ya-chung Chuang, Hua-mei Chiu
2022-25 Collaborator. “Research on Master Cheng Yen.” Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
2017-18 Proposal Writer. “Repositioning Locality.” Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University—Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica Collaborative Program for Student Fieldwork. NT$350,000
2012-15 PI. “The Gifts of the Body: Corpse Donation at the Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical School in Taiwan,” funded by the National Science Council, Taiwan. (NSC 101-2410-H-007-034-MY2) NT$1,186,000
2010-12 PI. “The End(s) of the Public and the Engaged: Religion and Welfare among the Chinese in Malaysia,” funded by the National Science Council, Taiwan. (NSC 99-2410-H-007 -008 -MY2) NT$2,318, 000
2010 PI. “Religion and Welfare among the Chinese in Contemporary Malacca, Malaysia” Booster research grant, the Office of Research and Development, National Tsing Hua University, funded by Ministry of Education, Taiwan. (99N2924E1) NT$853,000
2009-10 PI. “Religion and Welfare among the Chinese in Contemporary Malacca, Malaysia” Full-time research assistant grant, funded by Ministry of Education, Taiwan. (98J0055E1) NT$300,000
2009 PI, Proposal Writer, and Team Leader. “Gender and Globalization: Taiwan, China, and Southeast Asia,” funded by the Office of Research and Development, National Tsing Hua University. (98N29431) NT$1,500,000
2009 Distinguished Book Publication Award, funded by the Office of Research and Development, National Tsing Hua University. (98N2601E1) 
2008-10 PI. “Gods on Deeds: Engaged Religions and Multiculturalism among the Chinese in Malacca, Malaysia,” funded by the National Science Council, Taiwan. (NSC97-2410-H-007-045-MY2) NT$1,738,000
2008-09 Proposal Writer. “Boundaries and Matters: Ethnicity, Difference, Globalization,” Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University–Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica Collaborative Program for Student Fieldwork. NTD$ 500,000
2006-08 PI. “Women as the Carriers of Religious Transnationalism: The Compassion Relief Movement from Taiwan,” funded by the National Science Council, Taiwan. (NSC95-2412-H-007-003-) NT$588,000
2005-08 PI. “Engaged Religions and the Public Good in Chinese Societies,” funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (International Director: Robert P. Weller, Boston University). (RG009-D-4) NT$2,300,000 (transferred US$42,000 to Boston University)
2004-06 PI. “Making Values from Two Worlds Fit: Migrant Women and Their Transnational Culture,” funded by the National Science Council, Taiwan. (NSC93-2420-H-007-006-KD; NSC94-2420-H-007-001-KD) NT$1,878,100
2003-05 PI. “The Religious Transnationalism of the Buddhist Compassion Relief (Tzu-Chi) Foundation in Taiwan,” funded by National Science Council, Taiwan. (NSC92-2412-H-007-008-; NSC93-2412-H-007-004-) NT$1,176,700
2003-05 PI. “The Religious Transnationalism of the Buddhist Compassion Relief (Tzu-Chi) Foundation in Taiwan,” funded by National Science Council, Taiwan. (NSC92-2412-H-007-008-; NSC93-2412-H-007-004-) NT$1,176,700
Services
Professional Services 
International Conference /Event Organizing 
2026 Organizer. VR Exhibition: “Fulfillment” by Julie Y. Chu, in conjunction with the ANTH: “Digital Anthropology” Poster Sessions. June 4-5. National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-chu, Taiwan. Curator: Youting Lin. 
2026 Co-organizer. Workshop: “Rebooting Ethnography - A Hackathon on Methods.” National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-chu, Taiwan. May 14. Organizer: Julie Y. Chu.
2009 Co-Initiator (with Anru Lee) and Co-organizer. SEAA Taipei 2009 Conference, “East by Southeast: Multiple Perspectives on Asia,” Society for East Asian Anthropology, American Anthropological Association. July 2–5, Taipei, Taiwan. (Funded by National Tsing Hua University, Academia Sinica, and the CCK Foundation, and hosted by Academia Sinica; with 350 international participants and 37 panels)
2008 Organizer. International conference, “Engaged Religions and the Public Good in Chinese Societies,” College of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, June 1–2, Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Funded by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange and Taiwan’s Ministry of Education)
Panel Organizing
2025 Organizer. “Reframing Death through Silence: Deaths at Wartime, Pandemic Time, and Frozen Time in China and Taiwan.” AAS-in-Asia 2025, Kathmandu, Nepa
2015 Co-organizer. Panel, “Re-Sacralizing the Familiar & De-Sacralizing the Strange:  Shifting Boundaries Between Sacred and Profane Across Asia.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Denver, Colorado.(Co-organized with Mayfair Yang)
2010 Organizer. Panel, “Merits-Go-Round? NGO-ness and Volunteerism in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association
2009 Organizer. Panel, “Crossing Space and Making Boundaries.” SEAA Taipei 2009 conference, “East by Southeast: Multiple Perspectives on Asia,” Society for East Asian Anthropology, American Anthropological Association
2008 Organizer. International conference, “Engaged Religions and the Public Good in Chinese Societies.” College of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, June 1–2, Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange and Taiwan’s Ministry of Education)
2008 Organizer. Study Group, “Ethnographies by Unni Wikan.” National Tsing Hua University, National Chiao Tung University, and Academia Sinica. Funded by Taiwan’s National Science Council
2006-2007 Co-organizer. Seminar series, “Asian Cultures.” The Harvard-Yenching Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
2005 Organizer. Series, “Listen to Her! Marriage Migrants on ‘Foreign Bride’ Documentaries.” Research Program on Gender and Society at National Tsing Hua University, Qingcaohu Community College, and Hsinchu City Government. Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Funded by Hsinchu City Government.)
2005 Organizer. Panel, “Engendering Dharma: Female Leadership in Taiwanese Buddhism.” Women’s Worlds 2005 (WW05), Seoul, Korea.
2004 Co-organizer. Workshop, “Anthropology of Cultural Change and Globalization.” Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University and Ministry of Education, Taiwan.
2004 Organizer. Workshop, “Marriage and Multiculturalism.” Research Program on Gender and Society, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.
2003 Organizer. Panel, “Why Body? Embodiment, Discipline, and Symbolism in Gender and Religion in Asia.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association.
2002 Co-organizer (with Alanna Cooper). Panel, “Charisma Revisited.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association.
2002 Organizer. Panel, “Wings of Belief: Modern Chinese Religious Transnationalism.” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies.
Discussions and Chairing
2016 Discussant. Panel, “Religion, Family, and Gender in East Asia: Ethnographic Approaches.” Annual Meeting for the Association for Asian Studies, Seattle, Washington. 
2013 Discussant. Roundtable, “Religion and Development in China: Innovations and Implications.” Asia Research Institute. National University of Singapore, Singapore.  
2011 Discussant. Panel, “From Marginality to Liminality: Culture, Geography, and Identity Formation in Taiwan.” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies
2010 Chair and Discussant. Panel, “The Cultural Politics of Marriage in the Contemporary PRC and Taiwan: Tradition and Change.” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies
2008 Discussant. Panel, “New Directions in Fieldwork on Chinese Buddhism: Comparing Approaches from Religious Studies, Anthropology, and Sociology.” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies
2007 Discussant. Panel, “Taiwan’s Globalization.” Conference, “Data and Interpretation: on Contemporary Understanding of Anthropological Knowledge.” Department of Anthropology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2005 Respondent. Women’s Worlds 2005 (WW05), Gender and Religion Session. Keynote: “What’s God Got to Do with It? Reflections on the Place of Religion in a Women’s Studies Curriculum.” Prof. Naomi R. Goldenberg. Seoul, Korea
Organizational Boards and Committees
2026-present Secretary. East Asian Society for Scientific Studies of Religion (EASSSR).
2010–2012 Member. Section Program Committee, Society for East Asian Anthropology, annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. 
2009–2011 Councilor. Society for East Asian Anthropology, annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. 
2008–2009 Member. Program Committee, the SEAA Taipei 2009 conference, “East by Southeast: Multiple Perspectives on Asia.” Society for East Asian Anthropology, American Anthropological Association. 
2007–2009 Member. Gender Equity Committee, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. 
2005 Member. Student Grievance Review Committee, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. 
2004 Representative. University Parliament, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. 
Editorial and Advisory Boards
2026-present Member, Editorial Board. International Studies of Taiwan Studies. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill. 
2023–2024 Academic Committee Advisor, Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity Foundation. 
2022–date Member. Advisory Board, Yin-Cheng Journal of Chinese Buddhism, Chinese edition. 
2017–2018 Member. Editorial Board, Journal of Taiwan Anthropology.
2015–2017 Co-editor. Book series: Studies in Body and Religion. Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland, the USA.
2009–2011 Member. Editorial Board, Journal of Global Buddhism. 
Teaching
Thesis Advising (not including theses and dissertations for which I served as the second reader and external examiner) 
  • 2005    M.A. in Sociology, NTHU (Co-advising with Dr. Ting-chan Li). Tseng, Yu-chi. “Inescapable ‘Network’: Social Capital and Guanxi Network in the Voluntarism of Hakka Women in Taiwan.” Award: 2005 Thesis Grant of the Committee on Hakka Cu
  • 2005    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU. Chuang, Kuang-ting. “Tradition, Gossip, and Constraints: Women’s Interpretation of Marriage and Procreation in Quemoy.”
  • 2005    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU. Ong, Chun-fa. “Manufacturing Local Taste: Knowledge Construction and Change in the Commodity Standards for Oolong Tea in Nantou, Taiwan.” Award: 2005 Thesis Grant of the Foundation of Chinese Dietary Culture
  • 2005    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU. Hsiao, Tsing-hua. “The Real Knock-off: An Anthropological Study of the Consumption of Designers’ Products and Their Copies in Taiwan.”
  • 2006    Honor Thesis, B.A in Humanities and Social Sciences, NTHU. Huang, Hsin-yi. “Tap and Paste: Teen Consumption as Rite of Passage in Taiwan.”
  • 2006    Honor Thesis, B.A in Humanities and Social Sciences, NTHU. Kuo, Teng-feng. “Imagining the ‘Other’: Media Construction of ‘China Brides’ in Taiwan.” Award: 2006 Undergraduate Research Grant, Taiwan’s National Science Council (NSC).
  • 2006    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU. Hsieh, Hsiao-han. “From Church to Society: The Relation between Christian Church, Credit Unions, and Civil Society.” Award: Part-time research assistant for “Engaged Religions and the Public Good in Chinese
  • 2007    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU. Wang, Shao-yu. “Hypergamy or Hypogamy? Russian Female Marriage Migrants in Taiwan.” Award: 2007 Best Master Thesis, Taiwan Society of Anthropology and Ethnology.
  • 2008    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU. Chao, Wan-rong Rosalyn. “Transnational Mencius’ Mother? China-national Peidu Mama (Tutoring Mothers) in Singapore.” Award: 2008 Thesis Grant of the Program for Southeast Asian Studies, Academia Sinica.
  • 2008    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU. Bingaman, Eveline. “What Is Culture in Lijiang?: Discourses and Life in a Tourism Setting in Southwest China.” Award: 2009 Awardee of Ph.D. Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Taiwan.
  • 2008    M.A. in Sociology, NTHU (Co-advising with Dr. Ting-chan Li). Peng, Chia-li. “Devotion and Consumption of Buddhist Youth: Tzu Chi and Foguan (Buddha’s Light) in Taiwan.”
  • 2009    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU. Huang, Hsin-yi. “Cultivating Modern Buddhist Youth: The Fuzhi Youth Corp in Taiwan.”
  • 2009    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU (Co-advising with Dr. Ya-chung Chuang of National Chiao Tung University). Chiu, Yen-hua. “Silent Streets: The Development and Everyday Life Practice of Midsized Cities in Taiwan.”
  • 2009    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU. Chang, Hui-wen. “Gender and Culture in Civil Society: Reflection on the Voluntary Groups of New Female Immigrants.”
  • 2010    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU. Liu, Yong-fen. “Travel to Live: The Imagination and Practice of Youth Hostels in Modern China.”
  • 2011    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU. Tsai, Yi-hsuen. “From ‘Foreign’ Qingdao to ‘Chinese’ Qingdao: The Cultural Politics of Image Production for a City.” Award: 2010 Awardee of International Student Scholarship, the Japan Society, Taiwan.
  • 2011    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU. Li, Tsi-ying. “‘Bonding’ under the Roof: The Relationship between the Elders and the Live-in Female Migrant Caregivers in Taiwan.”
  • 2012    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU. Huang, Ching-hsuan. “Market Meeting Mosque: Muslim Phenomenon in Yiwu, China.”
  • 2012    M.A. in Anthropology, NTHU. Kao, Wei-yi. “Transnational Pangcah between South Africa and Taiwan: Adjustment and Development between Family, Church, and Ethnic Identity.”
  • 2012    M.A. in Taiwan Studies for Public School Teachers, NTHU. Liang, Yu-ling. “The Agency Consciousness of Modern Taiwanese Brides: An Analysis of the Bridal Photography.”
Courses Taught
  • Lower Division: Anthropology through Film; Anthropology of Food and Foodways; Bodies in Chinese Culture; Eating Culture; Food and Culture; Introduction to Anthropology; Introduction to Cultural Anthropology; Introduction to the Biological and Cultural Evolution of Humans; Reading the Classics; Seminar on Race, Power, and Resistance: Urban Ethnicity with a Focus on Diasporan Religions in the US. 
  • Upper Division: Culture and Globalization; Gender and Religion; Psychological Anthropology; The Buddhist Body in East Asia: Charisma, Gender, and the “Gift” of the Body; Trends of Anthropological Thoughts. 
  • Graduate: Anthropological Methodology; Anthropology of Religion; Anthropology of “the Good”; Contemporary Anthropological Theory; Digital Anthropology; Gender and Religion: Anthropological Perspectives; Gender and Globalization; Gender and Power; Globalization and Transnationalism; Religion and Civil Society; Religion and Modernity; Psychological Anthropology; The Buddhist Body in East Asia: Charisma, Gender, and the “Gift” of the Body; Topics in Culture and Society of Taiwan. 

 

 

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