1. 2002a “To Die or to Survive: Evolutionary Aspects of Cantonese Opera Plots.” Paper delivered at the “Death and Life-world” conference organized by the Office of University General Education, held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong , 27 March 2002 .
2. 2002b “Evolutionary Aspects of Stage Initiation in Cantonese Opera: The White Tiger Ritual Revisited.” Paper delivered at the “Chime 2002 European Foundation for Chinese Music Research Conference” held at University of Sheffield , United Kingdom, 27 July 2002 .
3. 2002c “China Imagined in Three Plays of Cantonese Opera, 1950s–1960s.” Paper delivered at the “Chinese Traditional Civilization and the Contemporary World” conference organized by the Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, held at Moscow , 27 August 2002 .