Neil Schmid is the Scholar-in-Residence at the Dunhuang Academy, and he is one of the world’s leading authorities on medieval Buddhism’s visual culture. He studied Chinese and East Asian Studies at Georgetown University, Waseda University in Tokyo, L’Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris, and finally earned a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.
He specializes in Silk Road and Buddhist Studies with an emphasis on the archaeological sites of Dunhuang.
Watch WildChina In Conversation With… Neil Schmid live from the Mogao Caves.
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