Other events

“Generational affects: Anthropological Ways toward Re-enchanting Disenchantment.” Organised panel. Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences 2020, Sibernik, 9-12 March.

“Locating negative affects in post-reform China.” Organised panel. Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies, Leipzig, 24-28 August.

“Emotions in China: Youth between Fear and Nostalgia”. Discussion for panel organised By Sascha Klotzbücher. Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies, Leipzig, 24-28 August.

"The Rise and Fall of Cyber Time-travel Fiction", Wired China: Digital Media and Online Culture, Workshop at the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies of the University of Zurich, November 2020.

"Is there a Chinese Cyberpunk?", Workshop “The technological imaginary in contemporary Chinese literature”, University of Paris, CRCAO and University of Zurich, January 2020.

"Empirical Perspectives on Youth and Publicness in China". An International Roundtable. 7 May 2020, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Workshop on Locating Negative Affects in China's Post-Reform Era. 8-9 May 2020, Université Libre de Bruxelles. CANCELLED BECAUSE OF COVID-19.

“A tale of two cities: Urban (im)mobilities and intimacy in Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City”. Presented at EFEO (Ho Chi Minh City), June 17, 2020

“Identity and positioning of mixed researchers on the field”. Online seminar hosted by EFEO (Ho Chi Minh City), April 7, 2020

“From homes to parks, shopping malls and theatres: trajectory of spatial swift in Chinese Erciyuan cosplay practices before and after Golden Mask Cosplay Contest (2005-2015)”. Presented on 18/07/2019 for the 11th International Convention of Asia Scholars held in Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.

"Spatial technologies of intimacy among young people in Ho Chi Minh City". Guest talk presented at Fulbright University, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), May 6, 2019

“Spatial technologies of intimacy in Ho Chi Minh City”. Presented at the European summer school for the anthropology of development and social dynamics, 15-17 May 2019, Liège, Belgium

"Two-wheeled revolution. representations and practices of spaces among young people in Ho Chi Minh City". GENEsYs panel on youth and public space, GIS/ICAS 11, Leiden. July 16-19, 2019

“Mappare l'invisibile: etnografia su due ruote di Ho Chi Minh City”. Presented on 2 December 2019 within the cycle «Lab DEA», organized at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

"Urban life on two wheels: practices of mobility in Ho Chi Minh City”. Presented on 12 December 2019 at the ABBA seminar «Epistémologie de la mobilité», ULB

“On Shikoku Pilgrimage: A Philosophical Exploration into the (Sacred) Space,” EASt Mid-Term GENEsYs Conference: Transformation of Youth Identities in East and Southeast Asia: Public Spaces and Intimacy, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (Belgium), May 27–28, 2019.

“Kūkai and Shingon Philosophy of Religion: Overcoming Kyoto School Critique of Mysticism”. 5th European Network of Japanese Philosophy: Philosophy of Beauty and Beauty of Philosophy, Nanzan University, Nagoya (Japan), August 29–Sept 1, 2019.

"Reinventing the Chinese countryside – Alternative eco-villages". Communication presented during the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 11)/ 7e Congrès Asie organiezed on 16-19/07/2019 by the University of Leiden, the GIS Asie and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), University of Leiden.

"From Cantonese to Chinglish – An exclusionary mechanism that forms identity", ULB, 23 novembre 2019

“On Ambivalence of the Ecological Self: A Comparative Examination of Shingon Esoteric Buddhist Metaphysics and Metanoetics,” International Seminar of Japanese Philosophy, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City (Mexico), Nov. 25–28, 2019.

“Beyond (Negative) Mysticism: Kūkai and Shingon Esoteric Buddhist Philosophy of Religion,” 6th Sino-Japanese Philosophy Forum, Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou, Guangzhou (China), Sept 20–23, 2019.

“Two-wheeled revolution: Mobility and intimacy among young people in Ho Chi Minh City”. Presented at EASt Mid-Term GENEsYs Conference: Transformation of Youth Identities in East and Southeast Asia: Public Spaces and Intimacy, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (Belgium), May 27–28, 2019

"Un terrain au Laos: partage d’expérience". Communication presented during the workshop on methodology “ Terrain d’étude en Asie. Sensibilité et relations durables”, organized on 9/10 2019 for the GIS Asie/jeunes chercheur.e.s Asie, Université libre de Bruxelles.

“The pressure to aspire. Ambivalent engagements with the future in Shanghai,” International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences 2019 Inter-Congress, Poznan University, Poland, 27-31 August.

“Landscapes of Aspirations: Spaces of young migrants' imagined futures and ambivalence in Shanghai,” Presented on 18/07/2019 for the 11th International Convention of Asia Scholars held in Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.

"From ideal to practice: The difficulties of promoting a sustainable model". Communication presented during the workshop “Alternative youth in China”, organized on 25 June 2019, Université Libre de Bruxelles

"Navigating urban and online spaces: The case of young Hmong rural migrants" presented at the Traditional Art and Ethnology Centre, Luang Prabang (LAOS). Luang Prabang, 19 October 2019.

"Performing the self online: young Hmong migrants in Vientiane". GENEsYs panel on youth and public space, GIS/ICAS 11, Leiden. July 16-19, 2019

"François Laruelle and Non-Standard Philosophy: The Path of Least Resistance", 8-9 Feb 2019, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Methodological workshop for young scholars Fieldwork challenges in Asia - Terrain d’étude : sensibilité relations durables. Journée méthodologique des jeunes chercheur.e.s du GIS Asie, Brussels, 9 October 2019. Université Libre de Bruxelles

International Workshop for young scholars on publication issues - Les jeunes chercheur.e.s dans la course aux publications. Journée méthodologique des jeunes chercheur.e.s du GIS Asie, Brussels, 6 June 2018, Paris, EHESS

"L’exode rural au Laos : L’exemple des jeunesses tai du village de Houay Yong". Communication presented at INALCO for the Comité de Coopération pour le Laos. Paris, 7 March 2018.

“On Chiasmatic Chorology: Can It Help Us Find the Missing Basho?” A Workshop on 場所, χώρα, Einräumen: Conceptualizing the Place of the Coincidentia Oppositorum, University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Spain), February 19, 2018.

"Bilingualism in Vietnamerica. Negotiating identities in the diaspora”. Communicaion presented during the 9th ESFR Conference “Families through the lens of diversity”, 5-8 September 2018, Porto, Portugal

“Performing Contemporary Uyghur Culture Online: "Anar Pishti" web-series”, Asian Studies Conference Japan (ACSJ), 30th June -1st July 2018

“Virtual Worlds in Virtual Spaces: The Emergence of Chuanyue Fiction”, Asian Studies Conference Japan (ACSJ), 30th June -1st July 2018

“Quelle herméneutique pour la cyberlittérature chinoise ?”, Workshop on “Nouveaux formats et métamorphoses des genres littéraires en Asie, Université Aix-Marseille, Marseille, June 2018

The Hermeneutics of Cyberliterature: Chinese Online Literature as a Case Study”, Conference, World literature & Philosophies Lecture Series, March 2018.

“The Millennial Generation’s Culture in Chinese Cyberspace”. Presented on 01/07/2018 for Asian Studies Conference Japan held in International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan.

“From homes to parks, shopping malls and theatres: trajectory of spatial swift in Chinese Erciyuan cosplay practices before and after Golden Mask Cosplay Contest (2005-2015)”. Presented on 08/09/2018 for ERC Summer School held in University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

"The role of online public space in identity building and self-presentation: the case of the young Hmong migrants in Vientiane (Laos"), part of the panel “Agency from the margins: modern transformations among the Hmong of upland South East Asia”), ASEAS, University of Leeds. September 5-7, 2018

"Young Hmong migrants and online identity". Workshop “Media and Politics in the Asia-Pacific Region”, CASE (Centre Asie du Sud-Est), INALCO, Paris June 15, 2018

“Tanabe Hajime and Philosophy of (No-)Self: From the Logic of Species to His Later Philosophy of Religion,” Kyoto University-ULB Joint Research Conference on Self (CAPE), Kyoto University, Japan, November 22, 2018.

“Philosophical Translations on Buddhist Texts: Kūkai as a Case Study,” Asian philosophical Texts Conference, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (Belgium), October 26–27, 2018.

“Shikoku Pilgrimage: Contextualizing its Significance in Contempo Philosophy of Religion through Kūkai, the Kyoto School, and Ian Reader,” ULB EASt Research Workshop on Landscapes, Pilgrimages and the Creation, Representation and Transformation of the “Sacred,” Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (Belgium), May 17–18, 2018.

“Absolute Dialectic: Tanabe Hajime’s Inter-Religious Reconfigurations of Hegelian Dialectic & Re-appropriation of Buddhism and Christianity vis-à-vis Marxism,” the 10th Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia (SCIEA) Conference, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, May 12–13, 2018.

"Les évolutions récentes des sociétés rurales au Laos. Exode rural, jeunesses et ancestralité". Communication presented for the launching of the academic year of the Belgian Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences 2017-2018, 12/10/ 2017.

"The Changing Field of Chinese Cyberliterature”. Workshop “Digital Youth in East Asia: Theoretical, Methodological and Technical Issues”, Université Libre de Bruxelles, October 2017

“Virtual Worlds in Virtual Spaces: The Emergence of Chuanyue Fiction”, Workshop “Youth Culture in China: Spaces of Creation, Consumption, Circulation and Representation”, Université Libre de Bruxelles, September 2017

“Cosplay in the Cyber World: Field works in Online Communities and Social Media”. Presented on 12/10/2017 for workshop “Digital Youth in East Asia: Theoretical, Methological and Technical Issues” held in Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

“Cosplay Practices and Physical Spaces in China”. Presented on 06/10/2017 for the workshop “Cultural Production in China Today” held in Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

“Cosplay in Chinese Cyberspace: Exchange, Performance and Commercialization through Online Communities and Online Video Platforms”. Presented on 19/09/2017 for the workshop “Youth Culture in China: Spaces of Creation, Consumption, Circulation and Representation” held in Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

“From 2D to 3D, costumes and accessories in cosplay practice”. Presented on 26/04/2017 for the Cours-Conference “Pratiques Artistiques en Asie-Les Arts de la Scéne” held in Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

"Quand les jeunes bousculent l’espace public : manifestations amoureuses, politiques et nouvelles pratiques culturelles à Hanoï", 16 March 2017

“From Theatre to Puppetry to Theater Again: Cosplay in the Chinese-Speaking World”. Presented on 19/04/2017 for the Cours-Conference “Pratiques Artistiques en Asie-Les Arts de la Scéne” held in Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

“Public Spaces- the Regained Cosplay Paradise for Chinese Youth”. Prensented on 17/03/2017 for the enclosed workshop held in Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

"Young Hmong Migrants in Vientiane (Lao PDR): Practices and Identities in Public Spaces", presented at the European Summer Academy for the Anthropology of Development and Social Dynamics, Universität Mainz May 17-21, 2017

“From the Interior to the Exterior: Japanese Pilgrimage as a Philosophical Problem and Its (non-)Placement in a Digital World,” An EASt Workshop for Digital Youth in East Asia: Theoretical, Methodological and Technical Issues, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, October 12–13, 2017.

"City excitement, rural virtues.:Enchantment and public discourse among rural youths in Laos (Tai Vat, Houa Phan)". Communication presented on 16/8/2017 in the workshop “Disenchantment and Re-enchantment of Social and Natural Landscapes in the Southeast Asian Hinterlands”, 9th conference of the EuroSEAS (Oxford, 15-18/8/ 2017).

“Continuity, resilience, and invention. Domestic and village rituals among the Tai Vat of Laos”. Communication presented on 14/10/2016 during the workshop “Comparative Approaches to Ritual in Mainland SE Asia: Emergence or Resurgence?”, Paris, CASE-EHESS.

“Learning from past migrations. The opportunities and anxieties of mobility among Tai Vat (Laos)”. Communication presented on 23/7/ 2016 for the 14th Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists, Anthropological legacies and human futures, University de Milano-Bicocca, 20-23 July 2016. Workshop 62: Moving Southeast Asia: circulations, mobilities, and their contemporary entanglements.