I am a PhD student working on Buddhism in Turfan around the 5th century. My research interests developed from a module on the “Global Middle Ages” I took at York. While the definition of any “global middle age” is still under review, I was inspired by the idea and started to view the world during the medieval time in a horizontal and connected way and decided to shift my focus from Europe to Central Asia and China. I am interested in how various languanges and cultures interacted in the area and how Buddhism spread across linguistic and ethnic boundaries (or if there was any boundary).
Academic Background
2022-Present GHENT UNIERSITY, Gent, Belgium
PhD Oriental Languages and Cultures
• Research topic: Buddhism in Turfan around the 5th century
2018-2019 UNIVERSITY OF YORK, York, UK
MA Medieval Literatures and Languages
• Dissertation topic: A Far-off Land of the Known World: The Representations of India in Anglo-Saxon Sources
2017-2018 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, London, UK
MA European Culture and Thought: Culture
• Dissertation topic: Chaucer's idea of Britain and England and the formation of English literary canon in 18th-19th centuries.
2013-2017 WHEATON COLLEGE, MA, USA
BA English Literature & German
