3 June 2014 Discussant of a Paper presented by Dr. Pradumna B Rana at Interaction Programme on Revival of the South-western Silk Road: Role of Trilateral Co-operation Between China, India and Nepal jointly organized by South Asian Institute of Management and S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies under Nanyang Technological University. Talked on “South-western Silk Road: Future Possibilities and Challenges for South-Asian Integration” at Saligram Hotel Conference Room, Kathmandu, Nepal.

12 August 2013 Discussant of a paper “Gender Dimensions of Urban Development: The Case of Migrant Women in Urban Settlements of Kunming and Kolkatta” jointly presented by ShuqiJia, Yunnan University; Wanrong Liu, Yunnan University; ShaliniKishan, The New School; ShreyaSen, University of Calcutta at an International Symposium on India-China: Thinking, Doing, Relating, Co- Hosted by India-China Institute (ICI), The New School, Yunnan University, University of Calcutta, University of Delhi, and Centre for Policy Research at the Conference Center, University of Delhi, North Campus, New Delhi, India.

13-14 Dec. 2008 Chaired a session on “Teaching Chinese and Trans-cultural Interactions” (汉语教学与跨文化交际) at the “Second International Young Scholars Symposium on Teaching Chinese” (第二届中青年学者汉语教学国际学术研讨会) organized by Beijing University, Beijing, China.

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