CRCAO member - China Team
Ran Xin
École Pratique des Hautes Études
Thesis : Music and Dance in China from the 10th to the 14th Century: Cultural Integration and Transcultural Exchanges
Directed by Damien Chaussende and Julie Gary-Bonte
Presentation
I hold a Bachelor’s degree in History from Tsinghua University (2022) and a Master’s degree from Peking University (2025). I am currently a PhD student at EPHE – PSL.
During my Master’s studies, I participated in two major projects: compiling the new catalogue of the Dunhuang manuscripts held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), and translating Marco Polo’s The Description of the World into Chinese. My Master’s thesis focused on musicians and musical instruments of Sogdian origin in China, from the Eastern Han to the Tang dynasties.
My current doctoral research focuses on the history of music and dance in China (10th–14th centuries). I study manuscripts and paintings related to the performing arts discovered in Dunhuang, Turfan, and Khara-Khoto, in order to analyze cultural exchanges along the Silk Roads.
Research thematics
- Cultural history of music and dance in China (10th–14th centuries)
- Musicology and iconography: Material culture and musical representations along the Silk Roads
- Transcultural interactions: Artistic exchanges between medieval China and Central Asia
- Manuscript philology and codicology: Analysis of multilingual sources from Dunhuang, Turfan, and Khara-Khoto
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