Dr Jing Lin specialises in Jewish philosophy, Hebrew literature, and Israel Studies. She has been a Senior Lecturer at the School of Asian & African Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU).
From 2020 to 2021, Dr Lin was a Visiting Associate at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She also directed the Department of Hebrew Studies at BFSU from 2010 to 2019.
Dr Lin earned her Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Peking University, focusing on Medieval Jewish philosophy. She holds an M.A. in Jewish Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a B.A. in Arabic Language & Literature from BFSU.
Her research interests include Israel studies, Jewish philosophy, and inter-religious relations. She has published extensively in these areas and translated several Hebrew literary works into Chinese.