Francesco Bianchini
Research Fellow
Francesco is a medievalist and a member of King's Silk Roads team. He has published on royal patronage of South Asian religions, Sanskrit manuscripts, Buddhist scriptural traditions and their Chinese translations (Perfection of Wisdom) and epigraphic sources. For the Silk Roads programme, he is looking at medical encounters and "healthscaping" between South Asia, Southeast Asia and China, with a focus on mobility and knowledge exchange. He has taught religion and history courses at Oxford, Heidelberg, Mahidol and Cambridge.