My latest article, co-written with Wahyu Rizky Andhifani, Hedwi Prihatmoko, Andrea Acri, Arlo Griffiths, and Mathilde Mechling, was just published in the journal Religions. Much new information on maritime Asia, the Indian Ocean, and East Asia.
https://t.co/BwTo9U1IXh
My article in T'oung Pao is out. It provides new insights on social mobility and education outside of China's ruling classes during the Tang-Song transition, and discusses the involvement of Chinese merchants in government and diplomacy overseas. https://t.co/rJWMAStluG
@LWestwoodAuthor Thank you kindly! And apologies for the delayed response, as I have just been focused on writing my dissertation lately. I will email you another article of mine that was published this week, which provides much detail on Tang dynasty society beyond the court and aristocrats.
My article “Zhedong Sea Merchants and the China-Japan Trade, ca. 800–1000 CE” was just published in JSYS. I present new findings on merchant networks, China-Japan diplomacy, and trade administration within.
Free access:
https://t.co/yuwIj9utYT
For those interested in the early history of overseas Chinese or religion and diplomacy across maritime Asia, please check out my new article "Temple Diplomacy, Sacred Rites, and Overseas Chinese During the Reign of Song Emperor Zhenzong (997–1022)":
https://t.co/FGTYjExwQE
I just finished my first tour of archaeological sites in Indonesia, and I am absolutely baffled by the opportunities here for scholars of various fields and disciplines.
Our 1st Brown Bag of Spring 2024 was with Prof Silvana Rachieru, Visiting Fulbright Scholar at @UCBHistory (hosted by @chrisphilliou)! Prof Rachieru workshopped her paper “From “the Bad Foreigner to the Good Relative”:Romanian Elite and #Ottoman Greeks at the End of the 19th C"!
I will be presenting on the global circulation and decline of Yue ceramics at the panel "Materiality, Mobility, and Connectivity: Object-Centered Studies of Middle and Late Imperial Chinese History," Seattle Convention Center, Room 603, 7:00-8:30 PM, March 14. Feel free to join!