Talks

“The six-tusked elephant bodhisattva in Sanskrit literature”, World Sanskrit Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, 9–13 January 2023.

“On the making of the Kuthodaw Pagoda: A monumental inscriptional site of Buddhist literature”, Religious Studies Seminar, University of Edinburgh, 16 October 2019.

“Recent digital projects linking Buddhist texts and images”, Indian Buddhist Narrative: Text and Image Symposium, University of Edinburgh, 6–7 September 2019.

With Naomi Appleton. “The Six-Tusked Elephant across Indian Buddhist Texts and Art”, Buddhist Forum Seminar, SOAS University of London, 11 May 2019.

With Naomi Appleton. “On Versions, Parallels and Comparisons: Textual and Visual Jātakas in Early India”, Buddhist Forum Lecture, SOAS University of London, 9 May 2019.

“The conservation, photographing and study of the Kuthodaw Pagoda inscriptions of Mandalay”. Asian Studies Association of Australia Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, 5–7 July 2016.

“How the sixth Buddhist council was presented to the public”. Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies Conference, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, 28–30 September 2012.

“Trends in editing Sanskrit texts”. National Australian Sanskrit Conference, University of Sydney, Sydney, 21–22 July 2012.

“Editing practices used to prepare the ‘European editions’ of Pāli texts”. Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand, 7–9 December 2011.

“Late nineteenth century British representations of ‘original Buddhism’”. Approaches to the Occident Conference, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, 27–29 January 2011.

“Nibbāna as the fruit of meritorious deeds in the Apadāna”. On the Shoulders of Giants: The Tucci Legacy in Modern Scholarship Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, 29–30 September 2010.

“Karma and karmavipāka in avadāna literature”. National Australian Sanskrit Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, 10–11 July 2010.

“Prasannakathā”. Recitation of an original Sanskrit composition in śloka and upajāti metres. National Australian Sanskrit Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, 10–11 July 2010.

“Buddhaghosa as depicted in the Buddhaghosuppatti”. Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies Conference, University of Sydney, Sydney, 10–11 December 2009.