Biography
Ruisen Zheng is a fourth-year History PhD student at King's College London funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council. He holds a BA in history/medieval studies and classic (Fordham) and MA in medieval history (kings's college London) and MScR in history (Eindburgh). His doctoral thesis presents a detailed cross-cultural and comparative study of the compilation literature in the tenth and eleventh-century Byzantium and China and he works on the comparative study between Song dynasty China and Macedonian Byzantium, and on the Global Middle Ages in general.
Education
- MScR History, University of Edinburgh
- MA degree Medieval History, Kings College London
- BA degree in History, Medieval Studies and Classical Language, Fordham University
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Practicing Magic in Greco-Roman World - Alexander of Abunoteichos & the Greek Magic Papyri
Magic was ever-present in the wider Greco-Roman world. Spells and...
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Jews vs. Rome by Barry Strauss
The cover of Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against...
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Barry Strauss
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Tamta's World: The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia
With Tamta’s World: The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman...
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Coin of Antoninus Pius and Glycon
Bronze coin of Antoninus Pius and Glycon, photograph by Classical...
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Peasant Life in a Medieval Manor - The Family of Bodo, Carolingian Farmers
Bodo was a early 9th-century Frankish farmer. He and his family...
