Invited Conferences:

  • Apr 2026. A Daoist Theory of Creativity. APA Pacific Division. Online.

  • Sep 2025. Making Oneself Like the Creator. British Society for the Philosophy of Religion. Oxford University, Oxford.

  • Aug 2025. The Logic of Ideal Agency in the Zhuangzi. International Society of East Asian Philosophy. National Chengchi University, Taipei.

  • Aug 2025. The Metaphysics of Creation in the Daodejing. Inaugural Conference of the Asian Society for Philosophy of Religion. Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.

  • Jun 2025. A Daoist Theory of Creativity. European Association for Chinese Philosophy. University of Iceland, Reykjavík.

  • Mar 2025. A Daoist Theory of Creativity. Roots and Branches: Chinese Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, and Beyond. East China Normal University, Shanghai.

  • Dec 2024. A Daoist Theory of Creativity. International Society of East Asian Philosophy. Fukuoka University, Fukuoka.

  • Sep 2024. The Beauty of Grimacing Xishi: Aesthetic Value and Agency in the Zhuangzi. British Society of Aesthetics. Oxford University, Oxford.

  • Aug 2024. The Beauty of Grimacing Xishi: Aesthetic Value and Agency in the Zhuangzi. World Congress of Philosophy. University La Sapienza, Rome.

  • Apr 2024. The Metaphysics of Creation in the Daodejing. Asian Philosophy Workshop: Chinese Metaphysics. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.

  • Mar 2024. The Beauty of Grimacing Xishi: Aesthetic Value and Agency in the Zhuangzi. American Society for Aesthetics, Pacific Division. Berkeley.

  • Feb 2024. The Root of Truth Words: Foundations of Kūkai’s Esoteric Philosophy of Language. APA Central Division. New Orleans.

  • Sep 2023. Two Kinds of Transformational Creativity in Daoist Philosophy. International Society of East Asian Philosophy. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.

  • Sep 2023. The Root of Truth Words: Foundations of Kūkai’s Esoteric Philosophy of Language. European Network of Japanese Philosophy. University College Cork, Cork.

  • Sep 2023. Beyond Free Will: Wuwei and Creative Freedom in Daoist Philosophy. Free Will in the Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology. Ohio Norden University, Online.

  • Jun 2023. Dancing with the Dao: Wuwei and Divine Creativity. International Conference of Philosophy and Meaning in Life. Tohoku University, Sendai.

  • Apr 2023. A God that Enjoys our Suffering? The Problem of Evil in Pratyabhijñā Theism. The Problem of Evil and Suffering. Waseda University, Tokyo.

  • Mar 2023. Unlimited Nature: A Śaivist Model of Divine Greatness. Philosophy of Religion in Asia. Yonsei University, Seoul.

  • Mar 2023. Nothingness in Consciousness: A Metaphysics of Radical Creativity. Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought. University of York, Toronto.

  • May 2022. Can we Move to a Cross-Cultural Perfect Being Theology? Philosophy of Religion Incubator II. Princeton University, Online.

  • Feb 2022. Can we Move to a Cross-Cultural Perfect Being Theology? New Ways of Doing Philosophy of Religion. University of Birmingham, Birmingham.

  • Jun 2021. Kūkai’s View of the Deity as Language. The Existence and Nature of God and Other Deities. University of Birmingham, Online.

Other Talks:

  • Jun 2025. The Logic of Ideal Agency in the Zhuangzi. Department Workshop. National Taiwan University, Taipei.

  • Apr 2025. A Daoist Theory of Creativity. Department Colloquium. National Taiwan University, Taipei.

  • Apr 2025. A Daoist Theory of Creativity. Department Colloquium. National Soochow University, Taipei.

  • Jan 2025. The Beauty of Grimacing Xishi. Aesthetics Graduate Seminar. University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

  • Dec 2022. Metaphysical Continuism. Graduate Colloquium. University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

  • Nov 2022. The Hard Problem of Consciousness. Green College Members’ Series. Green College, Vancouver.

  • Jul 2022. Towards a Buddhist Theism. Demystifying Chan Buddhism. University of Ghent, Ghent.

  • Feb 2022. Rethinking God’s Greatness. Graduate Colloquium. University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

  • Feb 2022. Rethinking God’s Greatness. Green College Members’ Series. Green College, Vancouver.