Research: The Kyakhta-Maimachen system; interlinguistic and intercultural exchanges on the border between Imperial Russia and Imperial China in the XVIII and XIX century. [Provisional]
Curriculum East Asia
Abstract:
This project aims to investigate the intercultural and interlinguistic dynamics between Imperial Russia and Imperial China, through the commercial avampost system of Kyakhta and Maimachen, between 1727 and 1903. The research falls within the field of Frontier and Regional Studies, with an emphasis on the human and socio-cultural components. The approach adopted combines social history tools with prosopographic and quantitative methodologies, with the aim of constructing a collective scientific biography of the actors of the frontier and analysing the cultural, social and linguistic composition of these two frontier spaces.
Research Interests:
frontier studies; regional studies; sino-russian border; tea road
Curriculum Vitae:
2024-today: Ph.D. student in Civilizations of Asia and Africa at the Italian Department of Oriental Studies (ISO), Sapienza University of Rome.
2020-2023 Master's degree in “Oriental Languages and Cultures” (LM-36), Sapienza University of Rome
Title of thesis: "Economic and Diplomatic relations between Russia and China: Kyakhta and the Tea Road"
Supervisor: Paolo De Troia
Co-supervisor: Alessandro Leopardi
2015-2019 Bachelor's degree in “Languages for Intercultural and Business communication” (L-11), University of Siena
Title of thesis: "The Sanzijing: confucian values in didactic texts of Imperial China"
Supervisor: Maria Omodeo