Presentations and Talks since 2000
“Mara’s Monsters and the Faces of Fear”
17th Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS); Vienna; August 2014
“The Image of Women in Chinese Art”
Eighth International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 8); Macao; June 24-27, 2013
“Contemporary Art of the Chinese Diaspora”
Eighth International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 8); Macao; June 24-27, 2013
“Contemporary Indian Women Artists”
International & Interdisciplinary Conference; Kolkata; January 3-5, 2013
“The Artist As a Force of Change in Contemporary China”
International and Interdisciplinary Conference, Jawaharlal Nehru University; New Delhi; January 2012
“The Image of the Winged Celestial and Its Travels Along the Silk Road — Buddhism on the Silk Road II”
XVIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Buddhist College; Jinshan, Taiwan; June 2011
“Contemporary Female Artists Whose Art Employs Themes Related to Daoism”
7th International Conference on Daoist Studies; Nanyue Changsha; June 2011
“Le Deluge Après Mao: China’s Surging Creative Tide — An Exhibition of Work by Significant Contemporary Chinese Artists”
Cress Gallery of Art, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; November 2010
“The Use of Hanzi in Contemporary Chinese Art”
Seventh International Conference on Hanzi Calligraphy Education, Capital Normal University; Beijing; June 2010
“Uses of the Past in Contemporary Chinese Art”
Xiamen University; Fujian; June 2010
“Contemporary Christian Art”
Sixth International Conference of Asian Studies (ICAS 6); Daejon, Korea August 2009
“The Evolution of the Image of the Divine in Daoist Art”
Fifth International Daoist Studies Conference; Mt Wudang, Hubei; June 2009
“T’ang Buddhist Metropolitan Style”
T’ang Studies: The Next Twenty-five Years; University of Albany SUNY; May 2009
“Regional Style and The Role of Scriptures in the Evolution of
Buddhist Art During the Medieval Period”
Chinese Buddhist Art: New Dimensions and Perspectives, University of Sydney; Australia; August 2008
“The Evolution of the Image of Xian in the Han”
Daoist Art History, Xi’an Academy of Art; May 2007
Femininity is Contemporary Asian Art”
Vital Bodies International Conference, John Moores University; Liverpool; November, 2007
“The Role of Scriptures in the Iconographical Programs of Three
Sites in Northern China”
Seminar, University of Toronto; November 2007
“Art of the Cultural Revolution”
Faculty Seminar, Bard College; Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; March 2008
“The Evolution of the Image of Xian in the Han’’
Daoist Art History, Xi’an Academy of Art; Shaanxi; May 2007
“The Transformation of Xuanwu, Guardian of the North”
Third International Conference on Daoism and the Contemporary World; Frauenwörth Monastery, near Munich; May, 2006
“The Image of Xian in Medieval Chinese Art”
Taoist Conference, Zhejiang University; Hangzhou; May 2005
“The Evolution of the Many Forms of Guanyin in India and their
Counterparts at Dunhuang”
Fourth Dunhuang International Conference; Gansu Province;
August 2004
“The Huayenjing and Empress Wu at Longmen”
Longmen Cave Symposium; Henan Province; August 2004
“Daoist Imagery on a Group of Northern Wei Stone Sarcophagi from Luoyang”
Daoism in the Modern World; Sichuan University; June 2004
“East-West Transmission of the Greek Long-necked Wine Vessel with Handle Over the Centuries”
Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion; Kolkata; January 2004
“Empress Wu and Buddhist Art of Guangyuan, Sichuan”
Third International Asian Scholars Conference; Singapore; August 2003
“Daoist Imagery on Medieval Funerary Objects”
Daoism and Art II Conference; Boston University; June 2003
“Emerging Artists: Betty Yaqin Chou”
The Players: Asian American Art; NYU; June 2002
“Writing in Chinese Contemporary Art”
Contemporary Chinese Arts in the International Arena, British Museum; April 2002
“The Buddhas of the Past and Future at the Northern Wei Caves in Qingzhou, Eastern Gansu, China”
2nd International Convention of Asian Scholars, Freie Universität; Berlin; August 2001
“Millennialism at the Northern Wei Caves in Gansu, China”
Asian Studies Conference, Sophia University; Tokyo; June 2001
“T’ang Woman in Chinese Art and Culture”
Texas Tech University; Lubbock, Texas; November 2000
“Western Origins of the Scenes of the Death of the Buddha”
ICANAS 37th Congrès International des Études Asiatiques et Nord-africaines; Montreal; August 2000
“Scenes of the Parinirvana in the Cave-temples of Qizil in Quca,
Xinjiang and their relationship to those at Dunhuang, Gansu”
Dunhuang Research Institute; Gansu Province; August 2000
“Contemporary Asian Women Artists”
ICANAS 37th Congrès International des Études Asiatiques et Nord-africaines; Montreal; August 2000
“The Presence of the Goddess Anahita and Cosmological Symbols
Associated with the Goddess on Western Decorative Arts Excavated in Early Medieval China”
Between Han and T’ang; Beijing University; July 2000
“Contemporary Chinese Art and the Artistic Uses of Calligraphy”
CAA; New York City; February 2000