Incoming Member
Jessey J.C. Choo
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
History and Religion of Medieval China
Website
Jessey Choo's current research explores religion and women's everyday life in medieval China. While at IAS, she will work on her second book, tracing the development and consequence of a popular Buddho-Daoist soteriology that centers on childbirth and women's damnation to hell because of menses and parturition blood.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
Princeton University
Ph.D.
2009
Appointments
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
2018
Associate Professor