Antonio De Caro

About

Antonio De Caro (PhD, Hong Kong Baptist University) is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Art History, University of Zürich, where he is pursuing research on the representations of St. Francis Xavier in Asia for the Global Economies of Salvation. Art and the Negotiation of Sanctity in the Early Modern Period (GLOBECOSAL) project. His monograph, Angelo Zottoli. A Jesuit missionary in China (1848–1902), appeared in 2022. His interests lie in the history of Sino-European encounters, Catholic missions in China, and material cultural exchanges between Europe and China.

Work

University of Zurich

Switzerland

University of Zurich

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Switzerland

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SOAS University of London

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Research Associate

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Università degli Studi di Torino

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Research Collaborator

Italy

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Masaryk University

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Assistant Professor

Czechia

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Masaryk University

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Postdoctoral Research Associate

Czechia

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Education

Hong Kong Baptist University

China
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Ph.D.

Publications

“Christian artifacts and images from Tang to Yuan dynasty. A brief account on practicing Christianity along the Silk Roads from the 7th to the 15th century”

The Silk Road. Proceedings from the Sixth International conference on Chinese Studies “The Silk Road” organized by the Confucius Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria, 4-5 June 2021

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Pilgrims to Shangchuan Island: (Re-)Constructing a Holy Topography and Celebrating St. Francis Xavier (1688–1933)

From Europe to Overseas: Saints, Martyrs, Heroes, Models and Soft Power in an Early Modern Global Perspective

book-chapter

Taming the Fascist Dragon: Pasquale d’Elia, S.J. and Early Modern Chinese Christian Art

Palimpsests of Religious Encounter in Asia, 1500–1800

book-chapter

Il sogno dell'indipeta rossa: Agostino Massa, Gabriele Vigilante, Nicola Miozzi e la loro littera indipeta in cinese

Sulla Via del Catai

journal-article

Teaching Jesuit Spirituality in Nineteenth-century Zi-ka-wei

Languages of Science between Western and Eastern Civilizations

book-chapter

Book Review of Nicolas Standaert SJ, The Chinese Gazette in European Sources: Joining the Global Public in the Early and Mid-Qing Dynasty. Leiden: Brill, 2022. xiii + 349pp. €115/ $138. ISBN 978-90-04-47270-9.

Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu

book-review

Converting Zi-ka-wei: Angelo A. Zottoli, S.J. (Chao Deli 晁德蒞, 1826–1902) and His Mission in Shanghai

Journal of Jesuit Studies

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The ‘Venetian’ Silver Chalice of Feng Chao 馮朝: Inventing Medieval Chinese Christianity in Fascist Italy

Major Archaeological Discoveries Along the Chinese Silk Road

book-chapter

A Concealed Reading for Early Chinese Christians: Text, Context, and Circulation of the Discourse on Vegetarianism (Su shuo 素說) in the Early Modern Period

Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu

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From the Altar to the Household. The Challenging Popularization of Christian Devotional Images, Objects, and Symbols in 16th and 17th Century China

Eikón Imago

journal-article

Angelo Zottoli, a Jesuit Missionary in China (1848 to 1902)

Palgrave Macmillan

book

“(Re-) producing conversion from Rome to Beijing. Stories Related to Replicas of the Salus Populi Romani in the Late-sixteenth Century”

Convivium

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Evangelization, Religious Formation, and Indigenous Communities in China from the Late Sixteenth Century to the Eighteenth Century

The Palgrave Handbook of the Catholic Church in East Asia

book-chapter

Christianity in China from the Seventh Century to the Sixteenth Century

The Palgrave Handbook of the Catholic Church in East Asia

book-chapter

Angelo Zottoli

Treccani

encyclopedia-entry

Matteo Ricci and his personal letters. A breach in Ricci's existential journey”

Matteo Ricci: Letters from China

book-chapter

Letterati Confuciani e primi Gesuiti in Cina.

Civiltà Cattolica

journal-article

L'Achsenzeit ed i suoi volti : verso un nuovo orientamento dell'esistenza

Studi jaspersiani : IV, 2016

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