Meng Tong


Meng Tong
  • PhD Candidate
  • Buddhist Cave Art and Cross-Cultural Interactions
  • Buddhist Narrative Art and Narratology
  • Buddhist Images and Ritual of Heian Japan (794 – 1185)

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Biography

Meng Tong specializes in Buddhist grotto art along the eastern Silk Routes of medieval Eurasia. Her dissertation examines a series of cave murals depicting the prophecies of achieving future Buddhahood upon different Buddhist beholders at the esteemed Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, northwestern China. 



Fields of Study

Buddhist Cave Art and Cross-Cultural Interactions (China and the Neighboring Areas in the Silk-Road Network, ca. 5th – 10th Centuries CE)

Buddhist Narrative Art and Narratology

Buddhist Images and Ritual of Heian Japan (794 – 1185)

Education

M.A. in Art History, University of Alabama
M.A. in Archaeology, Wuhan University
B.A., Zhongnan University of Economics and Law