Dr Li Tang
Li Tang holds a Dr. Phil in the field of Languages and Cultures of the Christian Orient from the University of Tübingen, Germany and has been Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Biblical Studies and Ecclesiastical History, University of Salzburg.
She is a specialist in the religions of the Silk Road, including Syriac Christianity, Buddhism and Manichaeism, which she studies within the broader context of cultural and religious encounters along the ancient Silk Roads. Her research focuses on primary sources such as manuscripts and inscriptions in a range of (ancient) languages. She has travelled extensively along the Silk Roads, conducting fieldwork on both the overland and maritime trade routes.
Select publications
- (Monograph) A Study of the History of Nestorian Christianity in China and Its Literature in Chinese Together with a New English Translation of the Dunhuang Nestorian Documents, Frankfurt/M: Peter Lang, 2002; 2nd rev. edition 2004
- (Monograph) East Syriac Christianity in Mongol-Yuan China. Orientalia et Biblica 18. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2011
- (Edited Volume) Silk Road Traces: Studies on Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia, edited by Li Tang and DW Winkler. Münster: Lit Verlag, 2022.
- (Edited Volume) Artifact, Text, Context: Studies on Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia, edited by Li Tang & DW Winkler. Münster: Lit Verlag, 2020.
- (Edited Volume) Winds of Jingjiao: Studies of Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia, edited by Li Tang & DW Winkler. Lit Verlag, 2016.
- (Edited Volume) From the Oxus River to the Chinese Shores: Studies on East Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia, edited by DW Winkler & Li Tang. Lit Verlag, 2013.
- “Christian Communities in Medieval Central Asia: Syriac and Syro-Turkic Inscriptions from Zhetysu and the Chuy Valley (9th – 14th Centuries)” in Li Tang & Dietmar W. Winkler, eds. Silk Road Traces: Studies on Syriac Christianity in China & Central Asia. Wien et al: Lit Verlag, 2022. 201-222.
- “Marco Polo’s Description on “Nestorians” and Other Christian Groups in Yuan-China” in Hans Ulrich Vogel, ed. Marco Polo Studies: Past, Present, Future. Tübingen: Tübingen Library Publishing, 337-362.