Seminars and Talks

Clothing, Cloth and Cultural Group, InIVA, London, UK.
Talk on ‘The Multiplicity of the Chinese Dress and the Postcolonial Archive’
May 2014

Saltram House, Plymouth, UK.
In dialogue with Tom Freshwater (National Trust Contemporary Art Programme Manager)
Jun 2012

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, UK.
The Fabric of Fieldwork Seminar, seminar conveyor.
April 2012

Tate Modern, London, UK.
Keynote speech on work of WESSIELING
Dec 2011

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.
Conference presentation on ‘Chinese Robes’
Jan 2011

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.
Talk on ‘Through the Looking Glass of the Chinese Dress: Chineseness and Authenticity’
Jan 2011

Leeds of Art and Design, UK.
Seminar on ‘Chinese Dress Now’
Mar 2009

Tuner Contemporary, Kent, UK.
Seminar on ‘In Motion with the Chinese Dress’
September 2008

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
Creative China Conference, part of China Design Now, invited conference speaker.
June 2008

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
Seminar on ‘The Qipao’ at Shanghai City Weekend, part of China Design Now
May 2008

MAK (Austrian National Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art), Vienna, Austria.
The Death of Taste, invited symposium speaker
June 2007

American University of Paris, France.
Lecture on ‘Game On’
December 2006

FBMC (Research Centre of Fashion, Body and Material Cultures), London, UK.
London College of Fashion, seminar on ‘Game On’
November 2006

TrAIN (Research Centre of Transnational Art, Identity and Nation), London, UK.
Chelsea School of Art and Design, seminar on ‘Mapping Motifs’.
May 2006

University of East London, UK.
Artist’s talk on ‘Mapping Motifs’
April 2006