Francesca TAROCCO

Position
Full Professor
Roles
Director's Delegate for Faculty Integration
Director of the Centre's Scientific Committee "THE NEW INSTITUTE: Centre for Environmental Humanities (NICHE)"
Telephone
041 234 7845 / 041 234 8872
E-mail
francesca.tarocco@unive.it
director_niche@unive.it - THE NEW INSTITUTE Centre for Environmental Humanities
Scientific sector (SSD)
Archeologia, storia dell'arte, religioni e filosofie dell'Asia orientale e sud-orientale [ASIA-01/E]
Website
www.unive.it/people/francesca.tarocco (personal record)
Office
Department of Asian and North African Studies
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dsaam
Where: Palazzo Vendramin
Office
THE NEW INSTITUTE Centre for Environmental Humanities (NICHE) (Centre Director)
Research Institute
Research Institute for Digital and Cultural Heritage
Research Institute
Research Institute for International Studies

Activities and research skills

Scientific sector (SSD)
Archeologia, storia dell'arte, religioni e filosofie dell'Asia orientale e sud-orientale [ASIA-01/E]
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare (SSD) affine
STORIA DELLE RELIGIONI [M-STO/06]
Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
Internazionale: Estremo Oriente,Europa, America Settentrionale
Known languages
Chinese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
English (scritto: madrelingua parlato: madrelingua)
Literary Chinese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Spanish (scritto: avanzato parlato: intermedio)
French (scritto: avanzato parlato: intermedio)
Japanese (scritto: base parlato: base)
Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Italiano (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series
Editorship:
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism, on-going
International Quarterly for Asian Studies (2019/2020)
Journal of Global Buddhism (2017)
Member of the Advisory Board of The Revealer, NYU Center of Media and Religion; Jury Chair/Member British Council Artists in Residence Program, Artists Link Shanghai (2006—2007)

Reader of Manuscripts for Academic Publishers:

Hawai’i University Press (2009—) Routledge (2009—)

Reader and Author for Reference Works:

The Cambridge Companion to Miracle (2006—2007)


The Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism (2015—on going)

Peer reviewer for scholarly journals:
Studies in Chinese Religion
Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies,
China Quarterly, 

Journal of the Oxford Center for Buddhist Studies,

Buddhist Studies Review,
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies,
CHIME Journal,
Contemporary Buddhism,

Journal of Buddhist Ethics,
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs,
Journal of Global Buddhism,

Journal of Modern South Asian Studies
Co-Editor of China in Focus, 1997—1999



Participation as referees of national and international research projects
Arts and Humanities Research Council UK (Major Research Grants)
The Leverhulme Trust (Major Research Grants)
Arts Council of England
Asia Europe Foundation
Main departmental research areas and fields
Area: Ambiente Linea: Ecologia animale/vegetale
Area: Lingue e letterature dell’Asia Orientale Linea: cinese moderna
Area: Religioni e filosofie Linea: Religioni e filosofie - Cina e Giappone
Area: Studi culturali Linea: Studi culturali
Buddhist Studies
Keywords:
Humanities, Social sciences
Buddhism and Modern China
Description:
Buddhism and Modern China
Keywords:
Humanities, Social sciences
Contemporary art and Buddhism in China
Keywords:
Humanities
Chinese Religious History
Description:
Terminology and religious identiy
Keywords:
Humanities, Social sciences
Buddhism and Technology in China
SSD:
L-OR/20
Buddhism and the Environment
SSD:
L-OR/20
Buddhism, Consumption and Material Culture in Urban Asia
SSD:
L-OR/20
Chinese Buddhist Relics
SSD:
L-OR/20
Making Home: A Study of Chinese Christianity in Northern Italy
SSD:
L-OR/20
Non Human Personhood across Buddhist Imaginaries
SSD:
L-OR/20
Zaanheh: A Natural History of Shanghai
SSD:
L-OR/20
Buddhism and Photography in China
Funding body:
NYU Shanghai
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 1 Length in months: 24