Jades from Other Mountains 他山之石

Hosted Lectures & Invited Lectures

“The stones of other hills may be used to polish gems.” – The Analects of Confucius

Villa Arianna Fresco of Flora, (Room W. 26),  1st century AD, fresco, 38×32 cm, from Villa Arianna in Stabiae, National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy

2023 Eurasia Lecture Series

As PI and Speaker

The 2023 Reaching for the Stars as a Global Citizen: An Intellectual Journey of Asia and the World

2024 Eurasia Lecture Series

As PI and Speaker

The 2024 Reaching for the Stars as a Global Citizen: An Intellectual Journey of Asia and the World

Sharing perspectives – a few momentary glimpses, but nothing more

Invited Lectures (samples)

As Keynote / Featured Speaker, or as Discussant

2025     Featured Speaker. Asian Pacific Islander Affinity Lecture. Travel + Leisure Co.

2025     Featured Speaker. “Poetic Landscapes of Music and Dance along the Silk Road,” Ankara Hacı     Bayram Veli Üniversitesi, Ankara, Turkey

2025     Featured Speaker. “A Historical Account of Music and Dance from along the Silk Road,”            Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Turkey

2021     Featured Discussant. The 2021 Academia via Serica Keimyung International Conference on Silk Road and Central Asia, Keimyung University, Korea