Jacopo SCARIN

TEACHING AND WORKING EXPERIENCE

Tenure Track Researcher at Ca' Foscari University of Venice

1 September 2024 - Today

Research Fellow at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
1 July 2021 – 30 June 2024

Adjunct Professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
February 2020 – September 2024

Senior Teaching Assistant at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
November 2019 – September 2024

Adjunct Professor of Chinese Literature at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
February 2019 – September 2019

Teaching Assistant at the Religious and Cultural Studies Department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
August 2012 – April 2017

Teacher of Italian Language to Foreign Students at Alvise Cornaro High School of Padova
March 2010 – May 2010

Teacher of Italian Language to Chinese Students at Alvise Cornaro High School of Padova
September 2008 – June 2009

EDUCATION

The Chinese University of Hong Kong
PhD, Religious Studies, August 2012 – June 2017

Ca' Foscari University of Venice
MA (cum laude), Languages and Civilisations of Eastern Asia, November 2007 – May 2010

Ca' Foscari University of Venice
BA, Languages and Cultures of Eastern Asia, September 2004 – November 2007

FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Frequentazione di 6 corsi: Cognitive Psychology (Prof. SIEW, Cynthia), Social Psychology (Prof. OH, DongWon), Psychology of Religion (Dr. REDDISH, Paul), Buddhism In Southeast Asian History (Prof. CHIA, Jack Meng-Tat), Topics in Buddhism (Prof. SIDERITS, Mark), Chinese Religion 中国宗教学 (Prof. HUE, Guan Thye 許源泰). August 2024 — May 2025.

University of Hamburg
Workshop, “Digital Humanities and their Applications in Buddhist Studies”, March 14 – 16, 2023.
Introduction to TACL.

Online workshop (FROGBEAR)
Workshop, “Cluster 2.3 – Continuous Revelations”, May 26 – 27, 31, June 2, 2022.
Introduction to: 1) the history of the genre of baojuan; 2) to the range of baojuan literature; 3) collaborative tools to locate and study this literature.

University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
Summer School, “Religion in Cities: Contested Presences, Contested Regulations”, August 20 — 24, 2018.
Presentation: “The Religiosity of Chinese Immigrants in Europe and its Role in the Integration into Local Society”.

National University of Singapore
Workshop, “Introduction to Social Network Analysis for the Study of Buddhism and East Asian Religions”, August 1 – 8, 2018.
Use of Gephi for the visualization of social networks; basic SNA measurements and metrics; how to use and access existing SNA datasets for the study of East Asian religion and history.

Dalian University of Foreign Languages
Language course, Mandarin, February – April 2010

Southwest Jiaotong University (Chengdu, China)
Language course, Mandarin, July – August 2006

Pine Manor College
Language course, English, July 2001

VISITING RESEARCH

Visiting Research Fellow at Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan), 9 January 2026 - 30 June 2026.

Visiting Research Fellow at National Univeristy of Singapore (Singapore), 27 July 2024 - 31 December 2025.

Visiting Research Fellow at EFEO Centre in Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan), February 2017 – March 2017.

Visiting Research Fellow at Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan) August 2015, December 2015.

PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES

"'Calling Those Who Lost Their Way': Confucian Apologetical Discourse and Transformative Experiences in Late Imperial China".
European Association of Chinese Studies. Ca' Foscari University of Venice (23 July 2026).

"'Hastily Emerge from the Deep Ravine and Return on the Towering Tree': Confucian Essays Against Deviancy as Apologetics".
Transformative Experiences in Late Imperial China: An Explorative Workshop. National University of Singapore (November 26-28, 2025).

"Externalising Daoism as Practiced Cosmology: A Reading of Tongbai Palace and Its Daoist Communities: A History". 
Wan Boo Sow Research Centre, NUS (March 5, 2025).

“Conversione al taoismo: Cosmologia e metanoia durante le dinastie Ming e Qing”.
L’Elemento Umano nel Pensiero e nelle Pratiche Religiose della Cina, University of Perugia, Perugia (December 15, 2023).

“Conversion to Daoism in Late Imperial China: Preliminary Considerations on the Role of Life Crisis”.
Invited lecturer. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China (September 13, 2023).

"Personal Quest and Anomic Events: Conversions to Daoism in Late Imperial China."
Daoism, Psychology and Psychotherapy: Exploring Heart, Mind and Body. 16th International Conference on Daoist Studies. Leeds Beckett University, UK. (June 8 - 11, 2023)

"The Longmen Lineages and the Construction of Meaning in Local Society in Late Imperial China."
Invited Lecture. Department of Archaelogy, University College of London, UK. (June 6, 2023)

"Daoism."
International Forum on Religions, Università Roma 3 (March 1 - 4, 2023).

“The Chinese Evangelical Church of Italy during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.”
2021 International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) Regional Workshop. (December 5, 2021)

“Social and Ritual Networks in Southeast China during the 17th and 18th Centuries.”
International Conference on Daoist Ritual and Chinese Society, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (October 15 – November 30, 2021)

“Quanzhen Rituals during the Song and Yuan dynasties 宋元全真道科仪.”
Course on Chinese Ritual “道教仪式”课程, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu. Southwest Jiaotong University, Venice (April 29, 2020).

“Interazioni e mutue influenze tra la tradizione taoista Longmen del Palazzo Tongbai e le istituzioni taoiste della Cina sudorientale [Interactions and mutual influences between the Longmen Daoist tradition of the Tongbai Palace and other Daoist institutions of Southeast China.”
XVII Convegno dell’Associazione Nazionale Studi Cinesi (AISC), Ca’ Foscari, Venezia (September 6, 2019).

The Religious and Political Themes in the Scriptures of the ‘Three Sages’ from Min Yide's 'Collection of the Ancient Hidden Pavillion of Books'. 33th Deutscher Orientalistentag, Jena (September 19, 2017).

性命無二途，仙佛無二道——十八世紀桐柏宮的復興與雍正帝的禪宗活動 (“Imperial Restoration of a Daoist Temple in the 18th century: the Tongbai Palace and Yongzheng’s Patronage of Buddhism”). EFEO Centre at Academia Sinica, Taipei (March 29, 2017)

雍正至同治朝的桐柏宮——清代桐柏宮的道教傳統及其對江南龍門普及的貢獻 (“The Tongbai Palace Between the Yongzheng and Tongzhi Eras: The Daoist Tradition of the Tongbai Palace During the Qing Dynasty and Its Contribution to the Propagation of the Longmen Tradition in the Jiangnan Region”). Fu Jen University, Taipei (March 22, 2017)

“The Tongbai Palace of Tiantai in the 18th Century: How Imperial Sponsorship and Chan Buddhism Shaped the History of a Daoist Temple”. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (January 28, 2016)

“One Institution and Many Identities: The Tongbai Gong after the Fall of the Qing Dynasty”. 9th International Conference on Daoist Studies at Boston University (May 29 – June 1, 2014)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship, The European Commission, February 2024 (supervisors: F. Tarocco; ONG Chang Woei). Project: REACCH23. Score: 99,60%.

Seal of Excellence, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship, The European Commission, February 2020.

EFEO Field Scholarship, École Française d’Extrême Orient (EFEO), February 2017.

PhD Support Scheme, Faculty of Arts, 2016-2017, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, October 2016.

Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence for 2015-2016, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 2015.

ICS Mok Hing Cheong Postgraduate Scholarship 2015/2016, Institute of Chinese Studies (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), February 2015.

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, February 2012.

CERTIFICATES

Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale (settore concorsuale 10/N3; L-OR/20), giugno 2023.

Seal of Excellence 2020, project presented for the "Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship 2019" (supervisors: F. Tarocco; F. Yang), European Union - Horizon 2020, March 2020.

Professional Development Course for Teaching Assistant 2012-13. Centre for Learning, Enhancement and Research (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2013.

IELTS (Academic, score: 8) British Council, November 2011.

MEMBERSHIP

Elenco Speciale, Ordine dei Giornalisti del Veneto.

Center for the Study of Lived Religion, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy.

NICHE, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy.

Center for the Study of Chinese Religions, Southwest Jiaotong University, China.