Invited Speaker, International Conferences and Workshops
- "Recognition and Status: China and Japan's Global Projection of Soft Power," International Conference on "Globalizing Rivalry? Sino-Japanese Interaction in World Politics," Free University of Berlin, November 12-13, 2015.
- 2. "New Business Models in East Asia's Media Industries," Conference on Asian Cultural Flow—Creative Industries, Cultural Policies, and Media Consumers, University of London, Birkbeck College, September 30, 2015.
- “Staying Relevant: The Impact of the New Media on Asia's Media Industries,” International Hallyu Conference on Content Innovation for Hallyu 3.0, Pusan, South Korea, August 2, 2014.
- “Does Popular Culture Matter to the Asian Region? Possible Implications and Methodological Challenges,” Symposium on Interdisciplinary Perspectives for the Asia-Pacific Region, Osaka University, Osaka, February 14-16, 2014.
- “Meta-Narratives of Korea and of Korean Culture: Hallyu and the Re-making of Korea’s Image in the World,” The Institute of Korean Studies International Conference on “Rising Korea: Accomplishments and Chaallenges, The Plaza Hotel, Seoul, October 29, 2013.
- 「クールジャパンからリアルジャパンへー ポップ・カルチャー、国家イメージと日本研究」[From Cool Japan to Real Japan: Pop Culture, State Image, and Japanese Studies], NCC (North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources) Summit on Global Access to Japan at the 14th Library Fair & Forum, Pacifico Yokohama, November 20, 2012.
- “Popular Culture, State Image, and Japanese Studies: Perspective from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East,” Symposium on “Representation of Japanese Popular Culture in Europe,” Vytautas Magnus University, Asian Studies Center, Kaunas, Lithuania, October 26, 2012.
- “Manga: A New Medium for Political Debate?” International Conference on Manga and Anime: Manga Worlds—Subculture, Japan, Japanology, Kobe University, Kobe, June 1-3, 2012.
- “From Colonial Power to Soft Power: Japan’s Cultural Policy in Southeast Asia in Historical Perspective,” National University of Singapore, Department of Japanese Studies, International Conference on Japanese Culture in Southeast Asia, October 13, 2011.
- “Japan Imagined: Popular Culture and the Changing Perception of Japan in East and Southeast Asia,” VSJF Annual Conference, “Cultural Power Japan—Impact and International Dimensions,” Goethe-University, Frankfurt, November 27, 2010.
- “Popular Culture and the Making of Southeast Asia,” The 33rd Kyoto Conference on “‘Region’ and Regional Perspectives on/from Southeast Asia,” Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, September 8, 2009.
- “Japan’s Soft Power in Southeast Asia,” The Forum on ASEAN–Japan Cultural Relations, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, ASEAN Studies Center, Singapore, July 24, 2009.
- “A Regional Gateway: Japanese Popular Culture in Hong Kong,”The Conference on Popular Culture Flows in Northeast Asia, University of British Columbia, Institute of Asian Research, Vancouver, February 22, 2008.
- “Popular Culture, Soft Power, and Regionalism in East and Southeast Asia,” Harvard Project for Asian and International Studies, Hyatt Hotel, Beijing, August 14, 2007.