Selected Invited Talks

Stitching as a Language: The Patchwork Art of Jin Yuan Shan. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK (2024)

Boro: From Snow Country to the International Art Sector – A Cultural Journey. The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, UK (2023)

Fashioning Sustainment: Histories of Resourcefulness, Reuse and Creative Ingenuity in 20th Century Fashion and Dress. University of Brighton, Brighton, UK (2022)

Reviving Boro: The Transcultural Reconstruction of Japanese Patchwork. The 12th International Convention of Asian Scholars, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan (2021)

Researching the Remnant: Japanese Boro and Designing Frugality in Contemporary Fashion. The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland (2019)

Remade Art in Darkness – A Transcultural Study of Japanese Patchwork Boro. Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK (2018)

Learning From Boro – Panel discussion organised by Disegno Magazine. FRONT, London, UK (2018)

Beyond the Photoshopped Sherman: Manipulating and Exhibiting Fashion Photography in Museums in the Digital Age. Chelsea College of Arts, University of Arts London, London, UK (2017)

A Silent Resistance: Rethinking Fashion in China Through Chinese Hipsters. Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand (2016)