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![[Tansen Sen]](images/tansen_sen.jpg)
Prof. Tansen SenDepartment of History Email:
Tansen_Sen@baruch.cuny.edu Tansen Sen was born and raised in India and moved to China at the age of 15. He received his B.A. from the Beijing Languages Institute, his M.A. from Beijing University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He specializes in Asian history and religions and has special scholarly interests in Buddhism, Sino-Indian relations, Indian Ocean trade, and Silk Road archeology. He has done extensive research in India, China, and Japan with grants from the American Institute of Indian Studies, the Japan Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, and the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation. He is a member of the Nalanda Mentor Group and an Honorary Fellow of the MAK Azad Institute of Asian Studies. Prof. Sen is the author of Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The Realignment of Sino-Indian Relations, 600-1400 (University of Hawai’i Press, 2003). He has co-authored China at the Crossroads: A Festschrift in Honor of Professor Victor H. Mair (special volume of Asia Major, vol. 19, issues 1-2, 2006). His recent articles include: “The Yuan Khanate and India: Cross-Cultural Diplomacy in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries” in Asia Major (2006), “The Formation of Chinese Maritime Networks to Southern Asia, 1200-1450” in Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient (2006), and “The Travel Records of Chinese Pilgrims Faxian, Xuanzang, and Yijing: Sources for Cross-Cultural Encounters between Ancient China and Ancient India” in Education About Asia (2006). He is currently working on a monograph that examines cross-cultural trade in Asia during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a collaborative project on the Southern Silk Road, and creating a Website to archive the history and experiences of the Chinese Indian community.
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