Monographs

The Science of the Spirit: Psychical Research, Medicine and the Occult in Chinese Modernity. (Under submission with the Cambridge University Press’ book series ‘Science in History’)

Thesis & Dissertations

PhD in History – Department of History, University College London, 2023.

Title: The Science of the Spirit: Psychical Research, Healthcare and the Revival of the Occult in a Modernising China, 1900–1949

 

MPhil in Chinese History – Department of History, Fudan University, 2018.

Title: Mingqing zhuyou zhi wenti kaoshi 明清「祝由」之問題考釋 (Debates on the Origins and Efficacy of Talismanic Healing in Ming and Qing Records)

  • Winner of the ‘Outstanding International Student Award 优秀来华留学生奖学金’ by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 2018.

 

Bachelor’s Dissertation – Department of History, Federal University of Santa Catarina, 2014.

Title: Os dois aspectos do coração xin 心: Interpretações sobre o livro de medicina chinesa Huangdi neijing suwen lingshu 黃帝內經素問靈樞 (The Double Aspect of the Heart: An Analysis of the Huangdi neijing suwen lingshu)

Edited Volumes

Therapy, Spirituality and East Asian Imaginaries [co-edited with Ioannis Gaitanidis,  Avery Morrow and Han Sang-yun]. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2025.

Journal Articles

‘The Power Within: Mass Media, Scientific Entertainment, and the Introduction of Psychical Research into China, 1900–1920’. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 59, no. 2 (2023): 193–216.

  • Winner of the John C. Burnham Early Career Award (2021) conferred by the Forum for History of Human Science (History of Science Society) and the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences.

‘Revealing Secrets: Talismans, Healthcare and the Market of the Occult in Early Twentieth-Century China’. Social History of Medicine 34, no. 4 (2021): 1068–1093.

  • Early draft ranked amongst the top three best pieces for the 40th Anniversary Prize of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine, 2020.

‘Entre Agulhas e Mãos: Contracultura e a popularização da medicina chinesa no brasil na década de 1970 (Needles and Hands: Counterculture and the Popularisation of Chinese Medicine in Brazil in the 1970s)’ [with Renata P. Sigolo]. Locus 27 (Special Issue: Visões da História Chinesa), no. 1 (2021): 122–151.

 

‘Popular Healing in Printed Medical Books: The Compilation and Publication of the Chuanya 串雅 from the Late Qing through the Republican Period’. Monumenta Serica 66, no. 2 (2018): 391–436.

 

‘A união dos opostos: A teoria yīn-yáng 陰陽 no livro de medicina chinesa Huángdì nèijīng 黃帝內經 (The Union of Opposites: The Concept of Yin-Yang in the Huangdi neijing)’ [with Renata P. Sigolo]. Mirabilia Medicinae 2, no. 1 (Autum 2014): 49–69.

 

‘O Coração xīn 心 como mestre e soberano do corpo humano no livro de medicina chinesa Huángdì nèijīng sùwèn 黃帝內經素問 (The Heart as the Master and Sovereign of the Human Body in the Huangdi neijing suwen)’. Roda da Fortuna 3, no. 1 (2014): 10–26.

 

‘O Vazio do Coração xīnxū 心虛: Interpretações sobre o livro de medicina chinesa Huángdì nèijīng língshū 黃帝內經靈樞 (The Heart’s Emptiness: Interpretations on the Book of Chinese Medicine Huangdi neijing lingshu)’ [with Renata P. Sigolo]. Mirabilia Medicinae 1, no. 2 (Spring 2013): 56–95.

 

‘O uso das propagandas farmacêuticas dos séculos XIX e XX como fontes para o ensino de história: Um relato de experiência (Using Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Pharmaceutical Advertisements as Sources for Teaching History)’ [with Isaac F. Badinelli]. EntreVer – Revista das Licenciaturas 2, no. 2 (2012): 20–32.

Book Chapters

‘Disembodied Spirits or Mental Suggestion? Psychical Research and the Redefinition of Superstition in Republican China’. In Uncanny Beliefs: Superstition in Modern Chinese History, edited by Emily Baum and Albert Wu. Cambridge, MA:  Harvard University Asia Center (accepted).

 

‘From Eden to Aquarius: Oriental Medicine, Natural Healing and the Market of Self-Care Books in Brazil in the 1970s’ [with Renata Palandri Sigolo]. In Therapy, Spirituality, and East Asian Imaginaries, edited by Ioannis Gaitanidis, Luis Fernando B. Junqueira, Avery Morrow and Han Sang-yun. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2025.

 

‘Door Amulets’. In Chinese Religious Culture in 100 Objects, edited by Adam Y. Chau. Oxford: Oxford University Press (accepted).

 

‘Plantas Medicinais e História da Saúde: Reflexões sobre duas experiências entre ensino e extensão’ (Medicinal Plants and the History of Health: Experiences in Teaching and Public Engagement) [with Renata P. Sigolo and Adriana Ines Strappazzon]. In Ensino de História: teorias, práticas e novas abordagens (Teaching History: Theories, Practices and New Approaches), edited by Felipe A. dos Santos Ribeiro. Teresina: Universidade Estadual do Piauí, 2023.

 

‘Numinous Herbs: Stars, Spirits, and Medicinal Plants in Late Imperial China’. In Routledge Handbook of Chinese Medicine, edited by Vivienne Lo and Michael Stanley-Baker, 456–472. London: Routledge, 2022.

 

‘What Not to Eat, How Not to Treat: Medical Prohibitions’ [with Vivienne Lo]. In Routledge Handbook of Chinese Medicine, 303–319. London: Routledge, 2022.

 

‘O uso de plantas medicinais na medicina chinesa antiga (Medicinal Plants and Ancient Chinese Medicine)’. In Plantas medicinais e os cuidados com a saúde: Contando várias histórias (Medicinal Plants and Healthcare: Telling Various Stories), edited by Renata Palandri Sigolo, 54–75. Florianópolis: NUPPe, 2015.

 

‘Usos e circulação de plantas medicinais nas navegações portuguesas (The Circulation and Use of Medicinal Plants during the Portuguese Explorations Period)’ [with Isaac. F. Badinelli]. In Plantas medicinais e os cuidados com a saúde, 160–178. Florianópolis: NUPPe, 2015.

Encyclopedic Entries

‘Medicine in Chinese History’. In Routledge Research Encyclopedia of Chinese Studies, edited by Chris Shei and Sui He. London: Routledge, 2024.

Online Publications

‘A Spiritual Revolution: Psychical Research and the Revival of the Occult in a Transnational China, 1900–1949’. Blog post published in The Media of Mediumship, November 2021. 

Book Reviews

Review of Physics and Psychics: The Occult and the Sciences in Modern Britain by Richard Noakes. History of the Human Sciences, 2021.

Public Engagement

Interview for the project ‘Memórias da Sinologia Brasileira’ (Memories of Brazilian Sinology). Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University & Department of History, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ). 1 November 2022. 

 

‘Cisnes Selvagens: três filhas da China’ (Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China). O que disse Eurídice, História da Ditadura, interviewed by Natália Guerellus, Simeia Maia and Roberto Rosa. 10 May 2021. 

 

‘Pós-Graduação em História na China’ (Pursuing Postgraduation Studies in Chinese History in China), Leitura ObrigaHISTÓRIA, interviewed by Icles Rodrigues, 16:59. 27 July, 2017.

 

‘Faz Mal?’ (Does it Cause any Harm?), LAPIS and LABHISS, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 4:50. 2011.