Jiangnan Li

Jiangnan Li is the 2023–2025 Sheng Yen Postdoctoral Fellow in Chinese Buddhism. His research centers on the relationship between state and religion in Song Dynasty China (960–1279). He received an M.A. (2015) in Chinese History from Capital Normal University and his Ph.D. (2023) in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Arizona State University. His dissertation "The Making of Imperial Religion: State and the Three Teachings in Song China" investigates patterns of interactions between the Song state and the Three Teachings of Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism. At UC Berkeley, he has been working to shape his dissertation into a book manuscript. Part of the project utilizes Gephi to visualize the social networks through which Buddhist and Daoist masters were introduced to the imperial court during the Song. His other projects explore the influence of politics on Buddhist and Daoist texts produced under the supervision of the Song imperial court in the tenth and eleventh centuries.