Francesca Tarocco

Francesca Tarocco is Visiting Associate Professor of Buddhist Cultures at NYU Shanghai. Prior to joining NYU Shanghai she was Lecturer in Buddhist Studies and Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow in Chinese History at the University of Manchester, UK.
Tarocco is the co-founder and director of the international research initiative Shanghai Studies Society and a fellow of the Critical Collaborations network at the Institute for Advanced Study (NYU). She is the recipient of awards from the Leverhulme Trust, the Sutasoma Foundation and the Chinese Ministry of Education, among many others. Tarocco is a regular contributor of the contemporary visual culture journals Parkett, Flash Art International and Frieze.
Education
- PhD, Chinese History
University of London - MA, Chinese Studies
University of London - MA, Chinese and Buddhist Studies
Venice University
Research Interests
- History of Religion in China
- Shanghai Buddhism
- Buddhist Visual Culture
- Chinese Photography
- Chinese Diasporic Art and Global Visual Culture
Courses Taught
- Contemporary Art & New Media
- Religion and Society in China: Ghosts, Gods, Buddhas and Ancestors
- Religious Studies
- Seminar: Ghosts, Gods, Buddhas
- The Cultivated City
- Topics in Digital Humanities