Aik Sai Goh

Doctoral Candidate

Buddhist memorial halls, galleries and museums in Southeast Asia and greater China.

Goh, Aik Sai. 2022. “Enlightenment on Display: The Origins, Motivations, and Functions of Hagiographic Buddhist Museums in Singapore.” Southeast Asian Studies 11 (1): 79–114. https://doi.org/10.20495/seas.11.1_79.
Goh, Aik Sai. 2016. “Nagapuspa Buddhist Culture Museum, Singapore.” Material Religion 12 (1): 118–121. https://doi.org/10.1080/17432200.2015.1120082.

Goh, Aik Sai. 2024. “Philanthrocapitalism and the Aesthetics of Spiritual Exemplarity in Post-Handover Hong Kong: The Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum.” Paper presented at the inaugural Online June Sessions of the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. June 26, 2024.
Goh, Aik Sai. 2023. “When Is a Temple Not a Temple? The Simultaneous Adaptive Reuse and Continual Use of a Buddhist Temple in Singapore.” Paper presented at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting at San Antonio, Texas. November 18, 2023.
Goh, Aik Sai. 2019. “A Black and White Bungalow Buddhist Museum: The Tzu Chi Da Ai Gallery.” Paper presented at the Chinese Temples in Southeast Asia Workshop, Asia Research Institute, Singapore. February 28–March 1, 2019.

American Academy of Religion - International Dissertation Research Grant
University of Virginia - Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Summer Research Fellowship
University of Virginia - Graduate Global Research Grant
University of Virginia - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Council Research Grant
National University of Singapore - Wang Gungwu Medal and Prize
National University of Singapore - NHB-NUS Research Grant