Francesca Tarocco

FirstName / namefirst	Francesca
LastName / namelast	Tarocco
MainNamePhon	Francesca Tarocco
bio	Francesca Tarocco is Visiting Associate Professor of Buddhist Cultures at NYU Shanghai. Prior to joining NYU Shanghai she was Lecturer in Buddhist Studies and Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow in Chinese History at the University of Manchester, UK. Tarocco’s research interests are in the cultural history of China, Chinese Buddhism, visual culture and urban Asia. Her books include The Cultural Practices of Modern Chinese Buddhism: Attuning the Dharma (Routledge, 2007 and 2011) and The Re-enchantment of Modernity: Buddhism, Photography and Chinese History (2018). Her scholarly articles include “The City and the Pagoda: Buddhist Spatial Tactics in Shanghai” (2015), “Terminology and Religious Identity: The Genealogy of the Term Zongjiao,” (2012) and “On the Market: Consumption and Material Culture in Modern Chinese Buddhism” (Religion, 2011). Tarocco is the co-founder and director of the international research initiative Shanghai Studies Society and a fellow of the Critical Collaborations network at the Institute for Advanced Study (NYU). She is the recipient of awards from the Leverhulme Trust, the Sutasoma Foundation and the Chinese Ministry of Education, among many others. Tarocco is a regular contributor of the contemporary visual culture journals Parkett, Flash Art International and Frieze. Research Interests History of Religion in China Shanghai Buddhism Buddhist Visual Culture Chinese Photography Chinese Diasporic Art Global Visual Culture Education PhD, Chinese History, University of London MA, Chinese Studies, University of London MA, Chinese and Buddhist Studies, Venice University (Source Accessed Jan 10, 2020)
affiliation	NYU Shanghai
phduniversity	University of London
education	PhD Chinese History, University of London; MA, Chinese Studies, University of London; MA, Chinese and Buddhist Studies, Venice University
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Francesco Tarocco