Dr Francesco Bianchini
Research Fellow
Subject:
Asian Studies, History
Research:
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.
He supervises papers on Hinduism and Buddhism for Divinity (B16) and is affiliated to the History Faculty, contributing to discussions about the Global Middle Ages.
