Monica Esposito

Monica Esposito ( born August 7, 1962 in Genoa, † March 10 2011 in Kyoto ) was an Italian Daoism researcher.

Life

As Esposito was four years old, her family (father Carlo Esposito, mother and older sister Iris Barzaghi Adriana Esposito ) to Padua. After high school, ( Greek, Latin), she studied Chinese language, culture and philosophy at the Ca 'Foscari University in Venice, Fudan University in Shanghai and the University of Ghent in Belgium. After receiving her Sinology Degrees and Diplomas with a dissertation on Qigong in 1987 she continued her studies under the direction of Professor Isabelle Robinet on Département des études d' Extrême -Orient the University of Paris VII. Your work Présentation d'une partie of the text you Daozang xubian Diplôme d' Études led to Approfondies (DEA ) and marks the beginning of their research on Daoist texts ( 15th-20th century). This research led her back to Shanghai ( Academy of Social Sciences, Prof. Chen Yaoting ) and again Paris, where she in 1993 her PhD thesis on La Porte du Dragon l'École Longmen du Mont Jin'gai et ses pratiques alchimiques d'après le Daozang xubian (Suite au canon taoïste ) completed under the direction of Isabelle Robinet, and doctoral degrees summa cum laude received .. While several extended visits in China and Tibet studying Dr. Esposito also with their research topic related practices such as Qigong, Tai -chi and Taoist as well as Buddhist meditation techniques. They also conducted research as a post- doctoral student at the University of Venice (1994-1995), the Sorbonne in Paris (1995-1997) and the Kansai University ( Osaka ), Japan. In 1998, they settled in Kyoto and married Urs App. From 1998 to 2003, she conducted field studies on the religions of Taiwan, Hong Kong and China and produced together with her husband a number of documentaries about the religions of the Far East. Her film Dangki. Les Chamanes de la Chine ( Dangki: China's shamans ) was broadcast in 2001 on France 2.

Since her appointment in 2003 to Associate Professor of Kyoto University ( Jinbun Kagaku kenkūjo [Research Institute for Human Sciences ] ) Dr. Esposito devoted especially to the study of Daoist texts from the Ming and Qing dynasties. She founded and directed an international research project with over sixty employees on the most important Daoist text collection of modern times, the Daozang Jiyao ( essence of Daoist canon ). ) Were parts of this major project funded by the Chiang Ching- Kuo Foundation (2006-2009 et 2010-2013, ) and the Japanese Society for the promotion of Science ( JSPS; 2008-2011). The following academic institutions collaborating in this project:

  • Research Institute for Human Sciences, Kyoto University ( Jinbun Kagaku kenkûjo )
  • Academia Sinica: Institute of Chinese Literature and philosopher; Institute of Philology and History
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Culture and Religious Studies; Study center for Taoist Culture
  • École française d' Extrême -Orient
  • Sichuan Academy of Social Science, Philosophy Faculty
  • University of Sichuan, Institute of Religious Studies

The focus of scientific research by Monica Esposito Daoism the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing period were (1644-1912), the inner alchemy ( Neidan ), the interactions between Daoism, Tantrik and Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism ( rDzogs acters). On 10 March 2011 Dr. Esposito died suddenly at the age of 48 years a pulmonary embolism.

Functions and Memberships

  • Director, Daozang Jiyao project
  • Member, Society for the Study of Chinese Religions
  • Member, Dokyo Gakkai ( Japanese Society for Taoismusstudien )
  • Member, American Association of Asian Studies
  • Co-editor, Routledge Studies in Taoism ( Routledge, London)
  • Member of the editorial committee for the journal Daoism: Religion, History and Society ( Chinese University of Hong Kong, Centre for the Studies of Daoist Culture)

Writings (selection )

Monographs

Editorial Boards

  • 2004 Special Issue: In Memory of Isabelle Robinet (in collaboration with Hubert Durt ), Cahiers d' Extrême - Asie No. 14 ( 2004).
  • 2008 Images of Tibet in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Tibet images of 19th and 20th century ), Etudes thématiques 22 (2 volumes). Paris: École française d' Extrême -Orient, 2008.

Documentary

  • The tea whisk. Twenty minute documentary for the bamboo exhibition at the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich (2003) and the Museum of Ethnology in Munich, 2006) ( in collaboration with Urs App).
  • On the Way to Tohaku 's Pine Forest. Twenty minute documentary for the Hasegawa Tohaku Art Exhibition (2002) at the Museum Rietberg, Zurich (in collaboration with Urs App).
  • Dangki - Les Chamanes de la Chine ( Dangki: The shamans of China ). 51- minute documentary, aired in 2001 on channel France 2 (in collaboration with Urs App).
  • Oracle in China. Eleven-minute documentary for the oracle Exhibition of 2000 at the Museum Rietberg, Zurich (in collaboration with Urs App).
  • Oracle in Japan. Ten minute documentary on the oracles exhibition of 2000 at the Museum Rietberg, Zurich (in collaboration with Urs App).
  • Dangki: Chinese Oracle Kids. Twelve minute documentary for the oracle Exhibition of 2000 at the Museum Rietberg, Zurich (in collaboration with Urs App).
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