Project Team
Project Team


Monica Esposito
Director of the Daozang Jiyao Project
Kyoto University, Institute for Research in Humanities, Center for Informatics in East Asian Studies
Higashiogura-cho 47, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8265 (Japan)
Tel.: +81-75-753-6979
Fax: +85-75-753-6999
E-mail: monica(at)zinbun-kyoto.u.ac.jp
Research Interests
Ming and Qing Daoism
Inner alchemy (neidan)
Interaction between Daoism and Tantrism
Buddhism of the late imperial period
Tibetan Buddhism (rDzogs chen)

profile


Name: Monica ESPOSITO
Profession: Director DZJY Project Visiting Associate Professor
Place of birth: Genova
Nationality: Italian

education


Degrees
•Ph.D. Far Eastern Studies, University of Paris VII, 1993
•D.E.A (Master of Arts in Far Eastern Studies), University of Paris VII, 1988
•B.A. (Oriental Languages and Literature), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 1987
Other Graduate Study
•Post-doctoral Diploma Course in Religious Studies (EPHE, Sorbonne, Paris), 1995-97
•Fudan University, Dept. Chinese Philosophy (Shanghai), 1985-86
•Gent University, Dept. Buddhist Studies, 1986-87

Research


•Chief Researcher at UniversityMedia Research Institute (Kyoto), Develop-ment of Audiovisual Edu-cational Materials, 2000-
•Research member of the French CNRS-URA 1229 (Religion and Culture of Tibet), 1996-98
•Research member of Italian CNR, 1998-2000, 1991-92, 1989-91

fellowships and awards


•Four--year Research Grant (JSPS ) Daozang Jiyao Project, 2008-11
•Three-year Research Grant (CCK Foundation ) Daozang Jiyao Project, 2006-09
•JSPS Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Kansai University (Osaka), 1997-99
•Post-doctoral Researcher at the University of Venice, Dept. of Indology and Far Eastern Studies, 1994-96
•Six-month Pre-doctoral Fellowship at the Academy of Social Science of Shanghai, 1989-90
•Scholarship for Advanced Studies at Foreign Universities (Italian Ministry of Science and Education), 1987-93
•Scholarship at Fudan Uni-versity (Shanghai) with a grant from the Italian Ministry of Science and Education, 1985-86
Selected Publications
books
Il Qigong, la nuova scuola taoista delle cinque respirazioni [Qigong, the New Daoist School of the Five Breathings]. Padova: Muzzio, 1995.
L’alchimia del soffio [The Alchemy of Breath]. Roma: Ubaldini, 1997.
edited volumes
Special Issue: In Memoriam of Isabelle Robinet (co-edited with Hubert Durt), Cahiers d’Extrême-Asie 14 (2004).
articles
1. “Daoism in the Qing.” In Livia Kohn (ed.), Daoism Handbook, 623-658. Leiden: Brill, 2000.
10.“ Yibu Quanzhen Daozang de faming: Daozang jiyao ji Qingdai Quanzhen rentong” [The Invention of the Quanzhen Canon: The Daozang jiyao and Quanzhen Identity]. In Zhao Weidong ed. Wendao Kunyushan, 303-343. Jinan: Qilu.
11.“The Daozang Jiyao Project: Mutations of a Canon.” Daoism: Religion, History and Society (2009.1): 95-153.
© 2006 Daozang Jiyao Projet, Updated Feb., 2010