CRCAO member - China Team

Balmont Alexis

Researcher, Université de Pékin

Presentation

I studied engineering (École Centrale Paris), then religious studies (Collège des Bernardins) and exegesis (Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome). Since 2019, I have been living in China, where I studied Cantonese, Mandarin and Chinese literature in Hong Kong and Taiwan. My doctoral thesis focused on Christian texts from the Tang period. I completed my research in 2024, which was a joint project between the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris (Ephe-psl) and the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome (Pio). My current research focuses on the religious manuscripts of Dunhuang and Turfan, as well as the cultural and religious exchanges of the ‘Silk Roads’.

I am also interested in all aspects of the history of Christianity and of Chinese religions.

Research thematics

  • History of Chinese Christianism
  • Dunhuang and Turfan manuscripts
  • Cultural and religious exchanges in Central Asia and in China before the 12th century
  • Silk roads

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