中心成員
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Professor of Chinese Literature, Language and Culture at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
February 2020 – Today
I teach one MA class on Chinese Language, two BA classes on early modern to contemporary Chinese Literature (from the Tang dynasty to the 20th century), one introductory BA course on Chinese Language and Culture.
Senior Teaching Assistant at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
September 2020 – Today
BA Course on Chinese Philosophy and Religion.
Senior Teaching Assistant at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
November 2019 – September 2020
BA Course on Chinese Philosophy and Religion.
Adjunct Professor of Chinese Literature at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
February 2019 – September 2019
I teach two BA classes on early modern to contemporary Chinese Literature (from the Tang dynasty to the 20th century).
Teaching Assistant at the Religious and Cultural Studies Department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
August 2012 – April 2017
Teacher of Italian Language to Foreign Students at Alvise Cornaro High School of Padova
March 2010 – May 2010
Teacher of Italian Language to Chinese Students at Alvise Cornaro High School of Padova
September 2008 – June 2009
Education
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
PhD, Religious Studies, August 2012 – June 2017
Dissertation: “Daoism and Society in China during the Qing Dynasty: A History of the Tongbai Palace of Tiantai County.”
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
MA, cum laude, Languages and Civilisations of Eastern Asia, November 2007 – May 2010
Dissertation: “Il Monastero Daoista, un Complesso Architettonico Punto di Aggregazione di Diverse Arti. Il Caso Dello Yongle Gong (The Daoist Monastery, an Architectural Complex Focus of Integration of the Arts. The Case of the Yongle Gong).”
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
BA, Languages and Cultures of Eastern Asia, September 2004 – November 2007
Dissertation: “La Penisola del Liaodong tra Russia e Giappone dalla Prima Guerra Sino-Giapponese al Secondo Dopoguerra (The Liaodong Peninsula Between Russia and Japan from the First Sino-Japanese War to the Aftermath of the Second World War).”
Further Education and Training
Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts – DILA (Taiwan)
Workshop, “Introduction to GIS and Aerial Imaging in Fieldwork”, 18 – 24 July 2019.
Introduction to GIS software (QGIS), use of drones for shooting aerial footage, video editing.
University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
Summer School, “Religion in Cities: Contested Presences, Contested Regulations”, 20 - 24 August 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 August 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 (China)
Language course, Mandarin, February – April 2010
Southwest Jiaotong University (Chengdu, China)
Language course, Mandarin, July – August 2006
Pine Manor College
Language course, English, July 2001
Research and Teaching Interests
Daoism, Daoist History and Daoist Scriptures (15th – 19th century)
Religious and Social History of China
Religious Studies
Sociology of Religion
Publications
Translation into English of Ren Farong 任法融, Daode jing shiyi 道德經釋義. Hong Kong: Pengying xianguan, 2012. [under review]
Two entries for the Daozang jiyao 道藏輯要 project directed by Prof. Lai Chi-Tim: “Taigong yinfu jing 太公陰符經 (JY 192)” and “Huagai shan sanxian shishi 華蓋山三仙事實 (JY 298)”. [under review]
Scarin, Jacopo. “十八世紀浙江龍門派的社會及經書的網絡 (The Social and Scriptural Networks of the Longmen Lineages of Zhejiang in the Eighteenth century).” In Newsletter of the Centre for Studies of Daoist Culture 50 (January 2019): 1-6.
Scarin, Jacopo. “Longmen Institutional Development in Zhejiang Province: The Chongdao Lineage of the Tongbai Palace during the 18th Century.” In Journal of Chinese Religions 47, no. 1 (2019): 1-32.
Scarin, Jacopo. “The Chan Immortal and the Tongbai Palace: How Imperial Patronage and Chan Buddhism Shaped the History of a Daoist Temple at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century.” In Journal of Chinese Studies, no. 67 (July 2018): 63-106.
Scarin, Jacopo. “關於張伯端與桐柏宮的關係：初步的反思 (The Link between Zhang Boduan and the Tongbai Palace: Preliminary considerations).” In Newsletter of the Centre for Studies of Daoist Culture 42 (May 2016), pp. 5-6.
Presentations and Lectures
“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 (April 29, 2020).
“Interazioni e mutue influenze tra la tradizione taoista Longmen del Palazzo Tongbai e le istituzioni taoiste della Cina sudorientale”
Italian Association for Chinese Studies (AISC) 17th Annual Conference, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice (September 6, 2019).
清代桐柏宮‘崇道’派與江南全真道龍門派的發展 (“The ‘Chongdao’ Lineage of the Tongbai Palace during the Qing Dynasty and the Development of the Longmen Lineage of Quanzhen Daoism in Jiangnan)
Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China (July 5, 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 (September 19, 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 (March 29, 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 (March 22, 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 (January 28, 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 (May 29 – June 1, 2014)
Research Experience
Visiting Research Fellow at EFEO Centre in Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan)
February 2017 – March 2017
Visiting Research Fellow at Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan)
August 2015 - December 2015
Languages
Italian: First language
English: C1
Chinese: C1
French: A1
Japanese: A1
German: A1
Certificates
Professional Development Course for Teaching Assistant 2012-13
Centre for Learning, Enhancement and Research (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
IELTS (Academic, score: 8)
British Council, November 2011
Honors and Awards
EFEO Field Scholarship, École Française d’Extrême Orient (EFEO), February 2017
The EFEO awards scholarships to research students tenable for periods of research in an EFEO Centre in Asia. http://www.efeo.fr/base.php?code=250.
PhD Support Scheme, Faculty of Arts, 2016-2017, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, October 2016
Competitive scholarships awarded by the Faculty of Arts of CUHK to three continuing doctoral students in 2016-2017.
Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence for 2015-2016, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 2015
Assigned to assist my research at the Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences of Waseda University between September and December 2015.
ICS Mok Hing Cheong Postgraduate Scholarship 2015/2016, Institute of Chinese Studies (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), February 2015
Awarded through a competitive, university-wide selection.
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, February 2012
"Established by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong in 2009, the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong's institutions." https://cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/index.html
Volunteering
English teacher for primary school students of Hong Kong, CLOVER CUHK
November 2013 – March 2014
