Jacopo SCARIN

❧ Esperienze lavorative

Assegno di ricerca presso Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia 
01 luglio 2021 – Oggi

Docente a contratto presso Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia
Febbraio 2020 – Settembre 2024

Senior Teaching Assistant presso Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia
Novembre 2019 – Settembre 2024

Docente a contratto of Chinese Literature presso Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia 
Febbraio 2019 – Settembre 2019

Docente a contratto presso Religious and Cultural Studies Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Agosto 2012 – Aprile 2017

Docente di italiano per studenti stranieri, presso LSS Alvise Cornaro di Padova
Marzo 2010 – Maggio 2010

Docente di italiano per studenti stranier, presso LSS Alvise Cornaro di Padova
Settembre 2008 – Giugno 2009

❧ Cursus studiorum

The Chinese University of Hong Kong
PhD, Religious Studies, agosto 2012 – giugno 2017

Ca' Foscari University of Venice
MA (cum laude), Languages and Civilisations of Eastern Asia, november 2007 – maggio 2010

Ca' Foscari University of Venice
BA, Languages and Cultures of Eastern Asia, settembre 2004 – novembre 2007

❧ Formazione integrativa

Università di Amburgo 
Workshop, “Digital Humanities and their Applications in Buddhist Studies”, 14 – 16 marzo 2023. 
Introduzione a TACL.

Online workshop (FROGBEAR)
Workshop, “Cluster 2.3 – Continuous Revelations”, 26 – 27, 31 maggio, 2 giugno 2022. 
Introduction to: 1) the history of the genre of baojuan; 2) to the range of baojuan literature; 3) collaborative tools to locate and study this literature. 

University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
Summer School, “Religion in Cities: Contested Presences, Contested Regulations”, 20 - 24 agosto 2018. 
Presentation: “The Religiosity of Chinese Immigrants in Europe and its Role in the Integration into Local Society”.

National University of Singapore
Workshop, “Introduction to Social Network Analysis for the Study of Buddhism and East Asian Religions”, 1 – 8 agosto 2018.

The workshop taught me: how to use of Gephi for the visualization of social networks; basic SNA measurements and metrics; how to use and access existing SNA datasets for the study of East Asian religion and history.

Dalian University of Foreign Languages

Language course, Mandarin, Febbraio – Aprile 2010

Southwest Jiaotong University (Chengdu, China)

Language course, Mandarin, Luglio – Agosto 2006

Pine Manor College
Language course, English, Luglio 2001

Esperienze di ricerca all'estero

Visiting Research Fellow at EFEO Centre in Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan) Febbraio 2017 – Marzo 2017

Visiting Research Fellow at Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan) Agosto 2015 - Dicembre 2015

❧ Conferenze

“Conversione al taoismo: Cosmologia e metanoia durante le dinastie Ming e Qing”.
L’Elemento Umano nel Pensiero e nelle Pratiche Religiose della Cina, University of Perugia, Perugia (15 dicembre 2023).

“Conversion to Daoism in Late Imperial China: Preliminary Considerations on the Role of Life Crisis”.
Invited lecturer. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China (13 settembre 2023).

"Personal Quest and Anomic Events: Conversions to Daoism in Late Imperial China."
Daoism, Psychology and Psychotherapy: Exploring Heart, Mind and Body. 16th International Conference on Daoist Studies. Leeds Beckett University, UK. (8 - 11 giugno 2023)

"The Longmen Lineages and the Construction of Meaning in Local Society in Late Imperial China."
Invited Lecture. Department of Archaelogy, University College of London, UK (6 giugno 2023).

"Daoism."
International Forum on Religions, Università Roma 3 (1 - 4 marzo 2023).

“The Chinese Evangelical Church of Italy during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.” 
2021 International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) Regional Workshop (5 dicembre 2021).

“Social and Ritual Networks in Southeast China during the 17th and 18th Centuries.” 
International Conference on Daoist Ritual and Chinese Society, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (15 ottobre – 30 novembre 2021).

“Quanzhen Rituals during the Song and Yuan dynasties 宋元全真道科仪.” 
Course on Chinese Ritual “道教仪式”课程, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu. Southwest Jiaotong University, Venice (29 aprile 2020).

“Interazioni e mutue influenze tra la tradizione taoista Longmen del Palazzo Tongbai e le istituzioni taoiste della Cina sudorientale [Interactions and mutual influences between the Longmen Daoist tradition of the Tongbai Palace and other Daoist institutions of Southeast China.”
XVII Convegno dell’Associazione Nazionale Studi Cinesi (AISC), Ca’ Foscari, Venezia (6 settembre 2019).

The Religious and Political Themes in the Scriptures of the ‘Three Sages’ from Min Yide's 'Collection of the Ancient Hidden Pavillion of Books'. 33th Deutscher Orientalistentag, Jena (19 settembre 2017).

性命無二途，仙佛無二道——十八世紀桐柏宮的復興與雍正帝的禪宗活動 (“Imperial Restoration of a Daoist Temple in the 18th century: the Tongbai Palace and Yongzheng’s Patronage of Buddhism”). EFEO Centre at Academia Sinica, Taipei (29 marzo 2017)

雍正至同治朝的桐柏宮——清代桐柏宮的道教傳統及其對江南龍門普及的貢獻 (“The Tongbai Palace Between the Yongzheng and Tongzhi Eras: The Daoist Tradition of the Tongbai Palace During the Qing Dynasty and Its Contribution to the Propagation of the Longmen Tradition in the Jiangnan Region”). Fu Jen University, Taipei (22 marzo 2017)

“The Tongbai Palace of Tiantai in the 18th Century: How Imperial Sponsorship and Chan Buddhism Shaped the History of a Daoist Temple”. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (28 gennaio 2016)

“One Institution and Many Identities: The Tongbai Gong after the Fall of the Qing Dynasty”. 9th International Conference on Daoist Studies at Boston University (29 maggio – 1 giugno 2014)

❧ Premi e riconoscimenti

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship 2023, The European Commission, febbraio 2024 (supervisor: F. Tarocco; ONG Chang Woei). Progetto: REACCH23. Punteggio: 99,60%.

Seal of Excellence, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship (supervisor: F. Tarocco; F. Yang), The European Commission, febbraio 2020. Punteggio: 88,40%.

EFEO Field Scholarship, École Française d’Extrême Orient (EFEO), febbraio 2017.

PhD Support Scheme, Faculty of Arts, 2016-2017, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, ottobre 2016.

Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence for 2015-2016, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, luglio 2015.

ICS Mok Hing Cheong Postgraduate Scholarship 2015/2016, Institute of Chinese Studies (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), febbraio 2015.

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, febbraio 2012.

❧ Abilità linguistiche

Inglese  - C2

Cinese  - C2

Tedesco   - A2

Francese  - A2

Giapponese - A1

❧ Certificati

Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale (settore concorsuale 10/N3; L-OR/20), giugno 2023.

Seal of Excellence 2020 to a project presented for the "Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship 2019" (supervisor: F. Tarocco; F. Yang), European Union - Horizon 2020, March 2020.

Professional Development Course for Teaching Assistant 2012-13. Centre for Learning, Enhancement and Research (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2013.

IELTS (Academic, score: 8) British Council, novembre 2011.

❧ Affiliazioni

Elenco Speciale, Ordine dei Giornalisti del Veneto.

Center for the Study of Lived Religion, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia.

NICHE, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia.

Center for the Study of Chinese Religions, Southwest Jiaotong University, China.