“Hard Rivalry for Buddhism’s Soft Power.” Asia Times, August 25, 2025.
Interviewed in “Xinjiapo fojiao jushilin xuanchuan yingpian 新加坡佛教居士林宣傳影片.” By Singapore Buddhist Lodge. Singapore, October 17, 2024.
Quoted in “Jiaozong Yatai xing zhongzhan fangxing Xuezhe: Chuandi zongjiao hezuo xunxi 教宗亞太行終站訪星 學者：傳遞宗教合作訊息.” Central News Agency, September 11, 2024.
Interviewed in “National University of Singapore Announces Launch of Newly Established Buddhist Studies Group.” The Buddhistdoor Global, August 12, 2024.
Interviewed for the launch of the National University of Singapore’s Buddhist Studies Group and the opening of the NUS-Temenggong “The Many Faces of Buddha” Exhibition at the Temenggong Artists-in-Residence. “Tianmenggong jijinhui guoda lianban ‘Fo Zhi Qian Mian’ zhanlan 天猛公基金會國大聯辦「佛之千面」展覽.” Lianhe Zaobao 聯合早報, August 4, 2024.
Quoted in “Robe-wearing DJ NewJeansNim draws complaints from Singapore Buddhists.” Al Jazeera, May 24, 2024.
Quoted in “Bagaimana asal-usul ajaran Buddha di Indonesia dan mengapa timbul perpecahan setelah tragedi 1965?” BBC Indonesia, May 22, 2024.
Quoted in “Meet the creators making Singapore history come alive on TikTok.” The Straits Times, April 5, 2024.
Quoted in “Enter the Dragon: The Stars and Monsters of Lunar New Year.” The Sydney Morning Herald, February 7, 2024.
Interviewed in Masterchef Helps Cook A Vegetarian Feast For 7,000 People – Eat Up! By CNA. Singapore, November 1, 2023.
Quoted in “Canjia tianmenggong zhongyuan jie jiema zhongyuan jie yu huaren sangli wenhua 參加天猛公中元節 解碼中元節與華人喪禮文化.” Lianhe zaobao, August 18, 2023.
“Lion City’s Dharma: Humanistic Buddhism in Singapore.” Ven Master Hsing Yun Memorial Keynote Lecture, University of the West, June 16, 2023.
“Journey to the South: Buddhist Connections across the South China Sea.” Keynote lecture at the UC Berkeley–UCLA Joint Conference on Southeast Asia, University of California, Berkeley, April 14, 2023.
“「讚悼星雲大師」全球佛教學者追思緬懷.” Renjian tongxunshe 人間通訊社, March 6, 2023.
Quoted in “Buddhist leader Hsing Yun wooed Beijing to access China.” Nikkei Asia, February 23, 2023.
“NUS historian Asst Prof Jack Chia elected as Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.” NUS News, December 22, 2022.
Quoted in “The Mysterious Origins of Deity Altars in Carparks and Hawker Centres,” Rice Media, October 21, 2022.
“Inter-faith collaboration needed to achieve shared objectives: Panel.” The Straits Times, September 7, 2022.
“Plenary 2: How Diversity Can Be Harnessed For The Common Good.” The International Conference on Cohesive Societies, September 7, 2022.
The history of Buddhist advocacy & diplomacy in Singapore (A conversation with Jack Chia). Historyogi Podcast Series, August 29, 2022.
“Mada renjian fojiao yanjiu zhongxin xianshang jiangzuo—tan Xinjiapo renjian fojiao jianshi 馬大人間佛教研究中心線上講座—談新加坡人間佛教簡史.” Renjian tongxunshe 人間通訊社, August 8, 2022.
“Foo Hai Ch’an Monastery Funds Buddhist Studies Scholarships, Fellowships at National University of Singapore.” Buddhistdoor Global, July 4, 2022.
“NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences establishes Buddhist Studies scholarships and fellowships with gift from Foo Hai Ch’an Monastery.” NUS News, June 30, 2022.
“Wawancara Jack Meng-Tat Chia, Kiprah Para Mahabiksu.” Penerbit Karaniya, April 16, 2022.
“Wawancara bersama Jack Chia tentang Agama Buddha di Kawasan Asia Tenggara Maritim.” BuddhaZine, April 2, 2022.
“From Childhood Fascination to Buddhist Diplomacy: A Conversation with 2020 Social Science and Humanities Research Fellow Dr Jack Chia.” NUS News, September 23, 2021.
“Forging Solutions to Society’s Challenges.” NUS News, September 21, 2021.
Profiled in Speech by Minister for Education, Mr Chan Chun Sing, at the Closing Ceremony of the Singaporean Researchers Global Summit at the Nanyang Technological University, September 21, 2021.
“What is South China Sea Buddhism?” Book talk at the China Studies Centre, University of Sydney, June 4, 2021.
Interviewed in History Mysteries: Ep 9 The Forgotten Places. By Mediacorp. Singapore, 2021.
“Chanting for Liberation: Chinese Buddhist Funeral Rites in Singapore.” “Ritual and Remembrance” Webinar, Singapore University of Social Sciences, March 30, 2021.
Podcast interview for Monks in Motion. New Books Network Podcast Series, December 9, 2020.
“When Buddhist Monks Meet Muslim Shrines: Buddhism and Islam in Transregional Perspective.” A Conversation between Jack Meng-Tat Chia and Sumit Mandal, University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute-Malaysia, December 1, 2020.
“Monks in Motion: Buddhism and Modernity Across the South China Sea.” Book talk at the Harvard University Asia Center, November 23, 2020.
“How to Publish an Academic Article.” University of Toronto Ho Centre for Buddhist Studies’ “How Do You Do It?” Series, November 8, 2020.
Zou, Lu 鄒璐. Zhūtiān huānxǐ shuō fóyuè 諸天歡喜說佛樂. Yuanhai 願海 (The Vows) 129 (2020): 14-17.
“Celebrating E-Vesak in Singapore.” Buddhist Responses to Covid-19 Webinar, July 8, 2020.
“Interview with Dr Jack Chia on Buddhism in maritime Southeast Asia.” Mangosteens & Martlets, June 14, 2020.
“Chengzan Rulai: Qiantan hanchuan fojiao yinyue 稱讚如來: 淺談漢傳佛教音樂 (Singing in Praise of the Buddha: An Introduction to Chinese Buddhist Music).” Nanyang Technological University Confucius Institute Lecture Series, National Library Board, Singapore, December 21, 2019.
“An Interview with Asst Prof Jack Chia.” Mnemozine 16 (October 2019): 4-8.
“Migrants, Monks, and Monasteries: Toward a History of South China Sea Buddhism.” P.Y and Kinmay Tang Center for Silk Road Studies Lecture Series, University of California, Berkeley, March 8, 2018.
“Toward a Modern Indonesian Buddhism: The Buddhist Nationalism of Ashin Jinarakkhita.” Interrogating Buddhism and Nationalism Workshop, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, January 27-28, 2018.
Interviewed in Singapore Archipelago: EP2. By Mediacorp. Singapore, 2015.
“Toward a History of Engaged Buddhism in Singapore.” Living With Myths Seminar Series, Singapore, TheatreWorks, December 18, 2014.
Quoted in “Xīnjiāpō fójiào miànlín běntǔhuà hé xiàndàihuà zhōng de fójiào biànyì 新加坡佛教面臨本土化和現代化中的佛教變異.” Sin Chew Daily 星洲日報, September 4, 2014.
“Běntǔhuà hé xiàndàihuà zhōng de fójiào biànyì—yǐ xīnjiāpō wéi ànlì 本土化和現代化中的佛教變異—以新加坡為案例.” 2014 馬佛青佛教當代關懷研討會 (YBAM Contemporary Buddhist Seminar), Kuala Lumpur, Xiao En Center, August 23-24, 2014.
Interviewed by Voice of America on my experience learning bahasa Indonesia, “Jack Ingin Pelajari Budaya Tionghoa (Jack wants to learn Chinese Culture).” April 23, 2013.
Quoted in Yanrong Pang, “Buddhism: From Silence to Activism.” Orbis Magazine (November 2012): 16-18.
Quoted in Lu Caixia, “The Kusu Pilgrimage: An Enduring Myth.” International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter 59 (Spring 2012): 50-51.
Quoted in Fabius Chen, “When the Student Becomes the Teacher.” The Ridge (Sep 2009): 5-7.
Jack Meng-Tat Chia 謝明達 