Curriculum Vitae

Michael Rudolph has studied Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Heidelberg. He is specialized in comparative social and cultural studies with focus on Greater China. After his first research on child prostitution and the social problems of Taiwan's aboriginal people in Taiwan’s Han society, he conducted research on social movements, and the dynamics of rituals in Taiwan. Rudolph’s main interest is directed toward the analysis of cultural interaction of Han-Chinese people and Non-Han, as well as the cultural attitudes and strategies that manifest themselves in the course of their interaction in times of rapid modernization and globalization. He argues that – as a consequence of a series of hegemonic experiences with the West, with Japan, or between different Han-groups and Han and minorities – people in the Chinese speaking world live in differing stages of postcolonial identity construction, which makes their relationships complex and often tension-ridden. During his altogether almost six years of anthropological research in Taiwan, Rudolph has not only gathered insight in the interaction patterns between Han and Non-Han, especially aboriginal peoples, but has also built up much experience in Chinese ways of communication.

Academic career:

August 2008 - September 2020: Professor at the Institute of Design and Communication, University of Southern Denmark: BA and MA in Business, Language, and Culture (Chinese)

June 2007 - July 2008: Associate Professor at the Institute of Business Communication and Information Science, University of Southern Denmark: BA in Business, Language, and Culture (Chinese)

July 2002 - May 2007: Academic employee at the Institut für Ethnologie, Heidelberg University; Staff member of Heidelberg's Interdisciplinary Research Project 'Dynamics of Ritual'; German Research Council Research Fellow. Post-doctorial research on 'Nativism and Ritual Revitalisation in Taiwan'. (Field research in Taiwan on 'Nativism and Ritual Revitalisation 10-12/2002, 3-4/2003, 8-9/2003, 8-9/2004, 4-5/2005, 3/2006, 7/2006, 1/2007)

Degrees:

Habilitation: Vienna University 2008 → Post-doctoral Research Thesis (in English language): Ritual Performances as Authenticating Practices: Cultural Representations of Taiwan's Aborigines in Times of Political Change (2008)

Ph.D.: Heidelberg University 2001 → Doctoral Dissertation (published 2003 in German language): Taiwan's Multi-Ethnic Society and the Movement of Aborigines: Assimilation or Cultural Revitalisation? (Chinese language abstract, please have also a look at Paradigm change: Reevaluation of Taiwan's Aborigines' status)

M.A.: Heidelberg University 1993 → Master Thesis (in German language): The Prostitution Problem of Taiwan's Aborigines: Historical, Socio-Cultural and Psycho-Cultural Factors (1993); (Synopsis in Chinese language (1994))

Scholarships: by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) & Education Ministry of the ROC (1994-96); Studienwerk Villigst (1997); Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholary Exchange (1999/2000);

Study at Heidelberg University:

Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, and Social Anthropology (as individual supplement)

Study abroad:

Language studies at National-Ch'eng-Kung University (Tainan/Taiwan) and at Fu-Jen Catholic-University (Taipei/Taiwan) (1987-89); Doctoral exchange student at National Taiwan University (1994-96); Participation in a teachers' vocational studies course at Beijing Normal University (2001)

Courses taught before 2007:

Chinese Language Courses at the Chinese Studies Section, Mainz University/Germersheim ('Modern Chinese newspaper language' and 'Technical language of economics') (1993/94);

Courses on Chinese Language and Society at the Institute of Chinese Studies, Heidelberg University ('Political and cultural pluralism in Taiwan'; 'Politics and political parties in the ROC'; 'Democratisation processes in Taiwan', 'Elementary Chinese') (1997-2000);

Chinese Language Courses at Heidelberg University ('Chinese for physicians and medical students'; 'Chinese for students of all faculties: Classes for beginners and advanced students') (2000-2002);

Courses on Ritual and Identity formation at the Institute of Ethnology, Heidelberg University ('Ritual and Identity' (2003); 'Hybrid Rituals' (2004)); 'Ritual, Autorität und Macht' (2004); 'Ritual und Authentizität' (2005); 'Ritual und Reflexivität' (2005); 'Konstruktion und Konstituierung von Identität in Ritualen postkolonialer Gesellschaften' (2006). 

Regular courses taught at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) from 2007-2020:

MA course 'Chinese Culture and Society'

MA course 'Crosscultural Management: China and the West'

MA course 'Chinese Newspaper Reading'

BA course 'Intercultural Communication China'

BA course 'Chinese Negotiation Skills'

BA course 'Chinese Language Proficiency (Elementary level I + II)'

Courses taught at other universities:

Taiwans Ureinwohner im Spannungsfeld von Nativismus, Christianisierung und Elitenwettbewerb [Taiwan’s Aborigines under the impact of nativism, Christiannization, and elites‘ competition]. Course at Vienna University /Austria in April 2008.

Japanische Kolonialherrschaft in Taiwan und ihr Erbe. Ethnografie, Gewalt und Minderheitenpolitik [Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan and its legacy: Ethnography, violence, and minority politics]. Course at Zuerich University / Switzerland together with Nadin Heé and Andrea Riemenschnitter in May 2010.

  Fieldwork in Taiwan:

- on child prostitution in Taiwan and the social problems of Taiwan's aboriginal people (1987-1989);

- on the ethno-political movement of aborigines and its acceptance by indigenous people in villages of two aboriginal groups (Taroko and Paiwan) (1994-1996);

- on the development of new rituals under the influence of tourism and nativism (8-9/2001)

- on the relation of ritual revitalisation and the formation of identity in two aboriginal groups (Taroko und Ami) (8-9/2001, 10-12/2002; 3-4/2003; 8-9/2003; 8-9/2004; 4-5/2005; 3/2006, 7/2006, 1/2007);

- on the formation of new ethnic groups in the new Millennium and the impact of the travel of concepts and theories to Taiwan.

Publications:

Books

2008: Ritual Performances as Authenticating Practices: Cultural Representations of Taiwan’s Aborigines in Times of Political Change. Hamburg/Münster/London: LIT (ISBN: 978-3-8258-0952-2)

2006: (ed. with K-P. Köpping und B. Leistle): 'Ritual and Identity': Performative Practices as Effective Transformations of Social Reality. Hamburg/Münster/London: LIT (ISBN:3-8258-8042-7).

2003: Taiwans multi-ethnische Gesellschaft und die Bewegung der Ureinwohner - Assimilation oder kulturelle Revitalisierung? [Taiwan’s Multi-Ethnic Society and the Movement of Aborigines – Assimilation or Cultural Revitalisation?], Hamburg/Münster: LIT (ISBN:3-8258-6828-1). (Chinese language abstract)

1993: Die Prostitution der Frauen der taiwanesischen Bergminderheiten - sozio-kulturelle und kultur-psychologische Hintergruende [The prostitution problem of Taiwan's mountain-minorities - historical, socio-cultural and psycho-cultural factors]. Hamburg/Münster: LIT (ISBN:3-89473-731-x). (Chinese language abstract)

 
Articles

Forthcoming: “Taiwan’s Indigenous Activism in Transition: From ‘Counter-Hegemonic Presbyterian Aboriginality’ to the ‘Bureaucratization of Indigeneity’.

2017: [Michael Rudolph 劉哲勳]. “Zhenshixing yu zhutixing de zhuiqiu: bentu zhuyi yu duoyuan wenhua zhuyi yingxiang xia de Taiwan yuanzhumin yishi zhanyan”. 真實性與主體性的追求：本土主義和多元文化主義影響下的臺灣原住民儀式展演 [The Quest for Authenticity and Subjectivity: Ritual performances of Taiwan’s aborigines under the impact of nativism and multiculturalism]. In: Shung Yeh Museum of Formosan Aborigines 順益台灣原住民博物館, 宗教，法律與國家：新時代的文化复振Religions, Law & State: Cultural Re-invigoration in the New Age, Taipei: Nantian publishing company台北市：南天書局 (2017), p. 319-354.

2016: “The Quest for Ethnic Reclassification in Multiculturalist Taiwan: The Case of the Sakizaya”. Archiv Orientalni, 2016, Issue 84/2, p. 413-443.

2015: “Establishing a Tradition of Migrant Brides: The Aborigines.” In: Lipinsky, Astrid (ed.), Immigration Societies: Taiwan and Beyond. Hamburg/Münster/London: LIT (Vienna Taiwan Studies Series), Vol. 1, Ch.1, p.23-48.

2015: “Authenticating performances: Ritual performances of Taiwan’s aborigines under the impact of nativism and multiculturalism.” Archiv Orientalni, 2015, Issue 83/2, p. 343-374.

2014 (together with Qi Wang): “The IDK Research Program ‘The Power of Knowledge – China and the World’”. In: IDK Nyhedsbrev 3, Denmark.

2013: ”The Ninth Annual EATS Conference in Sønderborg: 18 – 20 June 2012 University of Southern Denmark.” In: EATS News: The Newsletter of the European Association of Taiwan Studies, Issue 1, 31 January 2013 http://eats-taiwan.eu/ . P.14-17.

2012: “Taiwans multi-ethnische Gesellschaft und die postkoloniale Situation der Ureinwohner am Beispiel ihrer zeitgenössischen Rituale.“ In: Sonja Peschek (ed.), Die Indigenen Taiwans. Vorträge zur Geschichte und Gesellschaft Taiwans. P. Lang Verlag, p. 85-108.

2012: ”Taiwans multi-etniske samfund og den oprindelige befolknings postkoloniale situation eksemplificeret ved genindførelsen af traditionelle ritualer.” [in Danish language]. In: IFKI Aarbog 2011. Syddansk Universitet 2012, p. 98-107.

2012: ”Dobbeltspecialist i Kina”. In: Danmark-Kina (Magasin af Venskabsforbundet Danmark-Kina). No. 99, p. 22-24.

2011: Nationalstaatliche Vereinnahmung oder postkoloniale Subversion? Zur Rolle der zeitgenössischen kulturellen Repräsentationen von Taiwans Austronesiern. In: Köhn, Stefan und Michael Schimmelpfennig: China, Japan und das "Andere": Ostasiatische Identitäten im Zeitalter des Transkulturellen. Harassowitz Verlag, p.31-52. 

2009: “Rituale als authentisierende Praktiken“. In: DianMo – Zeitung Leipziger Sinologie Studenten, Nr. 5, Mai 2009.

2009 (together with He Yiwei): “Nandanmai daxue hanyu jiaoxue xiankuang“ 南丹麦大学汉语教学现况 [Present situation of the Chinese language education at the University of Southern Denmark]. In: Di jiu jie guoji hanyu jiaoxue yantaohui lunwenxuan 第九届国际汉语教学研讨会论文选. 高等教育出版社. [Konvolut of the the 9th international symposium for Chinese language teaching]. Gaodeng jiaoyu chubanshe (Press for Higher Education), China.

2009: Testimonies of religious revival, nostalgic images of the past, or authenticating representations? : Aboriginal rituals in multiculturalist Taiwan. In: 2009 conference proceedings of International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES).

2008: “Ritual Reinvention and the Reconstitution of Ethnic Identity: The Efficacy of Contemporary Ritual Performances of Taiwan’s Aborigines”, in: Henn, Alexander & Klaus-Peter Köpping (eds), Qualifying Ritual In An Unstable World: Contingency – Embodiment – Hybridity. Hamburg/Münster/London: LIT.

2007: “Failure of Ritual Reinvention? Efficacious New Rituals of Taiwan’s Aborigines under the Impact of Religious Conversion and Elites’ Competition. In: Hüsken, Ute (ed): Getting It Wrong? Ritual Dynamics, Mistakes and Failure. Leiden: Brill (Numen Book Series).

2006: (with K-P. Köpping und B. Leistle) „Introduction“. In: Köpping/Leistle/Rudolph (eds): Ritual and Identity: Performative Practices as Effective Transformations of Social Reality. Hamburg/Münster/London: LIT, p. 9-32.

2006: “Elites’ Competition, Ritual Restoration, and Identity Formation: The Case of the ‘Harvest Festivals’ of Taiwan’s Ami”. In: Köpping, Leistle, Rudolph (eds), Ritual and Identity: Performative Practices as Effective Transformations of Social Reality. Hamburg/Münster/London: LIT, p. 209-248.

2006: “From Forced Assimilation to Cultural Revitalization: Taiwan's Aborigines and their Role in Taiwan Nativism”, in: Barry Sautman (ed), Cultural Genocide and Asian State Peripheries, New York: Macmillan Palgrave, p. 63-102.

2006: "Framing als Zugang zur Ritualdynamik” (with Claus Ambos und Jan Weinhold). In: Jungaberle, Henrik & Weinhold, Jan (eds), Rituale in Bewegung - Rahmungs- und Reflexivitätsprozesse in Kulturen der Gegenwart. Hamburg/Münster/London: LIT (Performanzen, Vol. 11).

2006: "Elitenwettbewerb und dynamisches Framing: Zwei Fallbeispiele zum agentiven Umgang mit ritueller Rahmung." In: Jungaberle, Henrik & Weinhold, Jan (eds), Rituale in Bewegung - Rahmungs- und Reflexivitätsprozesse in Kulturen der Gegenwart. Hamburg/Münster/London: LIT (Performanzen, Vol. 11).

2006: “Nativism, Ethnic Revival, and the Reappearance of Indigenous Religions in the ROC: The Use of the Internet in the Construction of Taiwanese Identities”. In: Ahn, Krüger, Radde (eds), Online-Religions and Rituals-Online. Heidelberg: Online – Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet No. 1/2, 2006.

2004: "Zurück zu den ‚Wurzeln’? Kollektive Rituale der Ureinwohner Taiwans" [Back to the ‚Roots’? Collective Rituals of Taiwan’s Aborigines]. In: Journal Ethnologie 1/2004 (ISSN 1513-5954).

2004: „The Emergence of the Concept of `Ethnic Group` in Taiwan and the Role of Taiwan’s Austronesians in the Construction of Taiwanese Identity“. In: Historiography East and West: A multi-lingual on-line journal for studies in comparative historiography and historical thinking.  Leiden: Brill, p. 86-115.

2004: “The Pan-Ethnic Movement of Taiwanese Aborigines and the Role of Elites in the Process of Ethnicity Formation”. In: Flemming Christiansen and Ulf Hedetoft (eds), The Politics of Multiple Belonging: Ethnicity and Nationalism in Europe and East Asia, Hampshire, UK: Ashgate, p. 239-254.

2004: “Ritual Reinvention and the Emergence of Taroko-Identity in Taiwan: The Case of the Ancestor-Gods-Rituals”. In: Taiwan Studies in Comparative Perspectives: Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference of the North American Taiwan Studies Association.

2003: "The Quest for Difference vs the Wish to Assimilate: Taiwan's Aborigines and their Struggle for Cultural Survival in Times of Multiculturalism". In: Rubinstein, Murray & Paul Katz (eds), Religion and the Formation of Taiwanese Identities. New York: St.Martins/Palgrave (ISBN: 0-312-23969-6), p. 123-156.

2003: „Neue Ahnenseelenopfer-Rituale bei Taiwans Ureinwohnern  -  Notizen eines Feldforschungsaufenthaltes“ [New Ancestor-Spirits-Festivals Among Taiwan’s Aborigines]. In: Heidelberg: SFB 619 Website/Beiträge 2003.

2000: „‘Ethnic Power’ oder ‘gegenhegemoniale presbyterianische Aboriginalität’? Der Einfluß der Presbyterianischen Kirche Taiwans (PCT) auf die Ethnizitätsbildung taiwanesischer Ureinwohner“ (‘Ethnic Power’ or ‘Counter-Hegemonic Presbyterian Aboriginality’? The influence of Taiwan`s Presbyterian Church on the ethnicity of Taiwan`s Aborigines). Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Cathay Scripten, Nr.17.

1996: "'Was heisst hier taiwanesisch?' - Taiwans Ureinwohner zwischen Diskriminierung und Selbstorganisation" ["Who has the right to call himself 'Taiwanese'? - Taiwan's Aborigines between discrimination and selforganization"]. In: Schubert, Gunter/ Schneider, Axel, 1996 (eds): Taiwan an der Schwelle zum 21. Jahrhundert - Gesellschaftlicher Wandel, Probleme und Perspektiven eines asiatischen Schwellenlandes. Hamburg: Mitteilungen des Instituts für Asienkunde, Nr. 270, p. 285-308.

1994: [Michael Rudolph 劉哲勳] "Taiwan shehui bianqian zhong de Yuanzhumin funü changji wenti - shehui wenhua, shehui xinli, ji lishixing de yinsu". 台灣社會變遷中的原住民婦女娼妓問題: 社會文化, 社會心理, 及歷史性的因素” [Social change in Taiwan and the prostitution of the women of Taiwan's Aborigines: socio-cultural, psycho-cultural and historical factors]. In: Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan (ed), Yuanzhumin wenhua huiyi lunwenji (Paper-Compilation of the papers presented at the Aboriginal Culture Congress), p. 235-249. Also in: Indigenous Voice Bimonthly (Taiwan), Nr.4, p. 39-48.

Translations:

Amelunxen, Hubertus von, & Kunzendorf-Hohenadel, Barbara, 1990: Zhang Hai’er: Fotografien aus China (Translations of Zhang Hai’er’s texts by Michael Rudolph). Heidelberg: Edition Braus.

Conferences and Lectures:

1/2015: Taiwan’s Indigenous Activism in Transition: From ‘Counter-Hegemonic Presbyterian Aboriginality’ to the ‘Bureaucratization of Indigeneity’. Lecture Series ‘Taiwan's Civil Movements: History, Culture and Legacy’. Lecture at Vienna University (Taiwan Studies Center) 21.1.2015.

7/2014: The Quest for Authenticity and Subjectivity: Ritual Performances of Taiwan’s Aborigines under the Impact of Nativism and Multiculturalism. Paper presentation at the Inaugural Conference ‘”AAS-IN-ASIA” - Asia in Motion: Heritage and Transformation’. National University of Singapore, 17-19.7.2014

9/2014: Authenticating Rituals: Ritual Performances of Taiwan’s Aborigines under the Impact of Nativism and Multiculturalism (致力於追求真實性和主體性：在本土主義和多元文化主義影響下的台灣原住民的儀式展演). Paper Presentation at the ‘2014 International Conference on Formosan Indigenous Peoples: Contemporary Perspectives’. Academia Sinica Taiwan, 15-17.9.2014.

1/2014: Doing Business in China – Culture-Specific Characteristics. Lecture at University of Flensburg, 27.1.2014.

11/2013: Counterhegemonic Protestants - The Impact of the Presbyterian Church Ideology on Taiwan’s Aboriginal Movement / Paper presentation at the 7^th Annual Conference of the Nordic Association of Asian Studies (NIAS ) at SDU Soenderborg 04.-08.11.2013.

5/2013: Ethnic Growth and Ethnic Re-classification: The case of the Sakizaya in Taiwan. Lecture at Vienna University (Taiwan Studies Center), 15-16.5.2013.

6/2012: The Quest for Ethnic Reclassification in Multiculturalist Taiwan: The Case of the Sakizaya / Paper presentation at 9th Annual Conference of the European Association for Taiwan Studies 18-20.06.2012.

3/2012: Doing Business in China – Dinner Parties or Art of War. Lecture at University of Southern Denmark, 09.3.2012.

10/2011: Establishing a tradition of migrant brides. The aborigines /  Paper presented at the International Seminary “Immigration Societies. A comparative perspective on Austria and Taiwan”, Vienna University 1.-2.10.2011.

05/2010: Multiethnizität und Postkolonialität in Taiwan: Die kulturellen Repräsentationen der Ureinwohner / Paper presentation at the International Workshop “Geschichte und Gesellschaft Taiwans unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Ureinwohner“, Vienna University, 28.-30.5.2010.

05/2010: Japanische Kolonialherrschaft in Taiwan und ihr Erbe. Ethnografie, Gewalt und Minderheitenpolitik / Seminary at Zurich University taught together with Nadin Heé and Andrea Riemenschnitter, 14.-15.5.2010.

02/2010: The Study of Chinese: Potentials and Challenges / Lecture for Business College Syd 9.2.2010.

09/2009: Testimonies of religious revival, nostalgic images of the past, or authenticating representations? Aboriginal rituals in multiculturalist Taiwan / Paper-presentation at the 16th Congress of International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) in Kunming, China, 27.-31.7. 2009.

05/2009: Nationale Aneignungen oder postkoloniale Subversionen? Zur Rolle der zeitgenössischen kulturellen Repräsentationen von Taiwan's Austronesiern / Vortrag im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “China, Japan und das Andere: Ostasiatische Identitäten im Zeitalter des Transkulturellen“, Universität Erlangen, Germany. 27.5.2009.

04/2009: Learning Chinese: Its Potential and its Difficulties / Lecture for Handelsskole Sønderborg 16.04.2009.

03/2009: Multiethnic Taiwan and the research of ritual / Lecture at SDU event “Tour de Alsion” 31.03.2009.

01/2009: Inaugural speech at SDU Sønderborg, 15.01.2009.

10/2008: Chinese in Sønderborg: The potential of the Study / Presentation for Sønderborg Staatsskole 24.08.2008.

5/2008: Rituelle Performanzen als authentisierende Praktiken: Kulturelle Repräsentationen von Taiwans Ureinwohnern in Zeiten politischen Wandels / Presentation at the University of Vienna (Habilitation Conference) 20.05.2008.

4/2008: Taiwans Ureinwohner im Spannungsfeld von Nativismus, Christianisierung und Elitenwettbewerb / Seminary at the University of Vienna, 19.04.-20.04.2008.

4/2008: Chinese, what for? / Presentation at Symposium 'Sprog – Mangfoldighed og International Forståelse' at Syddansk Universitet in Kolding / Denmark, 3.4.08.

1/2008: The Legacy of the Ancestors: Authenticity and Subjectivity in Contemporary Ritual Performances of Taiwan's Austronesians / Paper presentation at International Symposium ‘Culture and the State - Identity, Culture and Power in Taiwan’, SOAS, London, Jan. 18, 2008.

8/2007: A short overview over society, politics and language in the country of superlatives. Alsion, Sønderborg, 31.08.2007.

3/2007: Authenticating Strategies in Taiwan’s Nation-Building Process / Panel organization and paper-presentation at the 2007-Conference of the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) in Boston. Title of own paper: “Authentication through ‘old’ or ‘new’ traditions? The re-emergence of the ancestor gods in contemporary rituals of Taiwan’s Austronesians”.

2/2007: Rituale als authentisierende Praktiken? Ritual-Revitalisierung und -Reinvention in Taiwan im Zeichen von Nativismus und Multikulturalismus / Paper presentation at Asien-Pazifik-Kolloquium, Zentralinstitut für Regionalforschung. Sektion Asien-Pazifik, Institut für Außereuropäische Sprachen und Kulturen – Sinologie, Erlangen University (Germany) 8.2.2007.

12/2006: Taiwans neuer Multikulturalismus und die Rituale der Ureinwohner [Taiwan’s new multiculturalism and the contemporary rituals of Taiwan’s aborigines] / Presentation at Heidelberg’s „Taiwan-Tag 2006“, Internationales Wissenschaftsforum (Veranstalter: Akademisches Auslandsamt und Taipeh Vertretung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland), Heidelberg University 4.12.2006.

7/2006: Rituals as authenticating practices / Presentation at the 2006-Conference of the Society for East Asian Anthropology (SEAA), The Chinese University of Hong Kong 13.-16.7.2006.

5/2006: Die Rolle der Ureinwohner im Spannungsfeld der nationalen Identitätsbildung Taiwans / Paper presentation at Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften, Sinologie, (Konversatorium „Taiwanesische Identität und Demokratisierung“), Vienna University 23.5.2006.

7/2005: Elitenwettbewerb und rituelle Rahmung: Die Rituale von Taiwans Ureinwohnern unter dem Einfluss von Nativismus und Christianisierung / Presentation at the Workshop ‘Rituale der Moderne’, Heidelberg University (SAI), 1.7.2005.

10/2004: Nativism, Ethnic Revival, and the Reappearance of Indigenous Religions in the ROC: The Use of the Internet in the Construction of Taiwanese Identities / Paper-Presentation at the Conference ‘Online-Religions and Rituals-Online’, Heidelberg University, 12.-14^th October 2004.

7/2004: Failure of Ritual Reinvention? Efficacious New Rituals of Taiwan’s Aborigines under the Impact of Religious Conversion and Elites’ Competition / Paper-Presentation at the Review Symposium ‘Ritual Failure’, Heidelberg University (SAI), 23.-24.7.2004.

6/2004: Ritual Reinvention and the Emergence of Taroko Identity in Taiwan / Paper-Presentation at International Conference ‘Taiwan Studies in Comparative Perspectives’, 10^th North American Taiwan Studies Association Conference, University of Hawaii 17.6-20.6.2004.

1/2004: Elites’ Competition, Ritual Restoration, and Identity Formation: The Case of the ‘Harvest Festivals’ of Taiwan’s Ami / Paper-Presentation at International Workshop ‘ 'Ritual and Identity': Performative Practices as Effective Transformations of Social Reality?’, Heidelberg University 29.1.-30.1.2004.

6/2003: New Rituals in Taiwan / Presentation at International Quality Network (IQN) ‘Exchanges of Knowledge between China and the Occident in Historical Perspective’, Institut für Außereuropäische Sprache und Kulturen, Lehrstuhl für Sinologie, University of Erlangen.

5/2003: Ritual Revitalisation and the Construction of Taroko Identity in Taiwan / Paper-Presentation at International Workshop: ‘Qualifying Ritual: Contingency – Embodiment – Hybridity’, Heidelberg University 29.4.-2.5.2003.

2/2003: New Ancestor Soul Rituals in Taiwan / Presentation at International Workshop: ‘Theorizing Rituals’, Heidelberg University 20.-22.02.2003.

5/2001: The Emergence of the Concept of ‘Ethnic Group’ in Taiwan and the Role of Taiwan’s Austronesians in the Construction of Taiwanese Identity / Paper-Presentation at International Workshop ‘Modern Chinese Historiography and Historical Thinking’, Heidelberg University 23-27.5 2001.

9/2000: The Pan-Ethnic Movement of Taiwanese Aborigines and the Role of Elites in the Process of Ethnicity Formation / Paper-Presentation at International Workshop ‘Multiple and Diasporic Identities: National and Ethnic Belongings in East-Asia and Europe’ at Aalborg-University 13-17.9.2000.

10/1999: ‘Ethnic Power’ or ‘Counterhegemonic Presbyterian Aboriginality’? The Influence of Taiwan’s Presbyterian Church (PCT) on the formation of ethnicity of Aborigines (in German language) / Paper-presentation at the Conference of the ‘Deutsche Vereinigung für China-Studien (DVCS)’ (German Association for Chinese Studies), Humboldt University Berlin 20-22.10.1999.

9/1998: Contending Cultures in Taiwan's Aboriginal Society / Paper-presentation at the 'EACS-Conference' in Edinburgh, 11.9.1998.

8/1998: The Quest for Difference vs the Wish to Assimilate: Taiwan's Aborigines and their Struggle for Cultural Survival in Times of Multiculturalism / Paper-Presentation at ‘Third Annual Conference on the History and Culture of Taiwan’ at Columbia University, New York 20-23.8.1998.

7/1997: Taiwanese Aborigines and their Difficulties of Psycho-cultural Adaption in Han-society: The Prostitution Problem (in German language) / Paper presentation at the 'Frauentag an der Universität Heidelberg', Heidelberg University 13.7.1997.

5/1995: The movement of Taiwan’s aborigines [in Chinese language] / Lecture at 'Taiwan Indigenous Voice Bimonthly' 12.5.1995.

12/1994: Child Prostitution in Taiwan and the role of aboriginal women [in Chinese language] / Talk at Gaoxiong Medical College/Taiwan 30.12.1994.

7/1994: Ethno-political movements in Taiwan [in German language] / Lecture at the '5th. Open Baden-Württemberg-Kolloqium of Heidelberg Sinologists’, Heidelberg University 1.-2.7.1994.

4/1994: Social change in Taiwan and the prostitution of the women of Taiwan's Aborigines: socio-cultural, psycho-cultural and historical factors [in Chinese language] / Paper-presentation at the 'First Aboriginal Culture Congress' in Pingdong/Taiwan 8.-10.4.1994.