Prof. Dr. Elena Valussi
Internationales Kolleg für Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung "Schicksal, Freiheit und Prognose. Bewältigungsstrategien in Ostasien und Europa"
Hartmannstr. 14
91052 Erlangen
- E-Mail: evalussi@luc.edu
Home Institution: History Department, Loyola University Chicago
Sichuan Religions
IKGF Visiting Fellow October 2017 – June 2018
(Last change of profile by end of stay)
IKGF Research Project:
Spirit Writing and the Uncertainly of the Future in Late Imperial China
Curriculum Vitae
Education/Training
| 2003 | PhD Chinese Religions, University of London |
| 1996 | MA Chinese Religions, University of London |
| 1995 | MA/BA East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Venice |
Employment/Experience
| since 2016 | Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Religion and Culture in Asia, University of Groningen |
| since 2013 | Advanced Lecturer at the History Department of the Loyola University Chicago |
| 2013 | Visiting Scholar at the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2010-2013 | Lecturer at the History Department of the Loyola University Chicago |
| 2007-2008 | Visiting Professor at the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations of the University of Venice, Italy |
Other Scientific Activities
| since 2016 | Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Academy of Religions |
| since 2016 | Editorial Board of the Daoist Studies Series (Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
| since 2012 | Co-Chair of the Daoist Studies Group, American Academy of Religions |
| since 2011 | Editorial Committee of the International Daozang Jiyao Project (Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
| 2010-2012 | Steering Committee of the Daoist Group, American Academy of Religions |
Selected Publications
Articles
| "Gender, Religion, and Nationalism in Chen Yingning's Work on Female Alchemy", in: Nannü Men, Women and Gender in China, Leiden: Brill (forthcoming). | |
| 2017 | "War, Nationalism and the Tramsmission of Daoist Scriptures from China to Taiwan: The Case of Xiao Tianshi", in: Asia Major 30/1. |
| 2015 | "The Transmission of the Cult of Lü Dongbin to Sichua in the Nineteenth Century, and the Transformation of the Local Religious Milieu", in: Daoism: Religion, History and Society, No. 7. |
| 2014 | "Female Alchemy: Transformation of a Gendered Body", in: Gendering Chinese Religions: Subject, Identity and Body, ed. by Jinhua Jia, Xiaofei Kang and Ping Yao, New York: SUNY Press, pp. 201-224. |
| 2012 | "Printing and Religion in the Life of Qing Dynasty Alchemical Author Fu Jinquan", in: Daoism: Religion, History, and Society, No. 4, pp. 1-52. |
| 2011 | (with Julia Huang and David Palmer) "Gender and Sexuality", in: Religion in Chinese Societies: Communities, Practices, and Public Life, ed. by David Palmer et. al., Oxford: University Press. |
| 2010 | "Women's Qigong in America - Tradition, Adaptation, and New Trends", in: Journal of Daoist Studies 3. |
| 2009 | "Blood, Tigers, Dragons. The Physiology of Transcendence for Women", in: IASTAM Journal of Masian Medicine 4/1. |
| 2008 | "Female Alchemy and Paratext: How to Read nüdan in a historical Context", in: Asia Major 21/2. |
| 2008 | "Women's Alchemy: An Introduction", in: Internal Alchemy: Self, Society, and the Quest for Immortality, ed. by Livia Kohn and Robin Wang, Honolulu: Three Pines Press. |