Gregory Sattler
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Biography
My research is focused on sea merchants, government officials, and diaspora communities in the history of maritime Asia from the eighth to twelfth centuries. I am particularly interested in maritime trade, the social history of merchants, connections between merchants and officialdom in various societies, immigration, and diplomacy.
Advisor: Richard von Glahn
Publications
Articles
- “Literate Merchants in Southeast China and Overseas, c. 800–1100.” T’oung Pao 111:1 (forthcoming).
- “Zhedong Sea Merchants and the China-Japan Trade, ca. 800–1000 CE.” Journal of Song-Yuan Studies 53 (2024), pp. 59–92.
- “Temple Diplomacy, Sacred Rites, and Overseas Chinese during the Reign of Song Emperor Zhenzong (997–1022).” Religions 15 (2024), pp. 1–27.
- “The Ideological Underpinnings of Private Trade in East Asia, ca. 800–1127.” Journal of Asian Humanities at Kyushu University 6 (2021), pp. 41–60.
Awards & Grants
- 2023 Terasaki Center Fellowship, Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies
- 2023 Taiwan Studies Lectureship Graduate Fellowship, Asia Pacific Center
- 2019 From the Ground Up Scholarship, The University of British Columbia and Peking University
- 2017 – 2019 Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Scholarship, Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation
Conference Presentations
Lectures
- “Consideration of New Evidence Demonstrating Diplomatic Relations between Japan and China (Wu-Yue) in the Tenth Century.” Kyushu University, October 21, 2024.
Academic Conferences
- “New Interpretations on the Global Distribution and Decline of Yue Ware Ceramics.” Association for Asian Studies 2024 Annual Conference. Seattle, WA, March 14-17, 2024.
- “Assessing the Earliest Indications of Chinese Diaspora Communities in Southeast Asia.” 3rd Biennial Indian Ocean Studies Conference ‘Pathways and Passages: Faith and Migration in the Indian Ocean Region.’ Sheridan Institute of Higher Education, November 17-18, 2023.
- “Rethinking Tenth-Century Diplomacy in East Asia: New Perspectives on Relations between Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and a Politically Fragmented China.” Beyond the Spice Route Symposium: Knowledge Transmission and Material Culture in Pre-Modern Maritime Asia (700–1400CE). King’s College, University of Cambridge, November 6-7, 2023.
- “Zhedong Sea Merchants and the China-Japan Trade, ca. 800–1000 CE.” The Conference on Tang-Song Transitions. Princeton University, June 16-18, 2022.
- “Poets Without Borders: Literate Merchants and a Shared Culture of Writing in East Asia, ca. 800–1200 CE.” Medieval Cultural Heritage Around the Globe: Monuments, Literature, and the Arts, Then and Now. Binghamton University, October 22-23, 2021.
- “Assessing Change and Continuity among Chinese Sea Merchants during the Tang-Song Transition.” Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Brigham Young University, October 9, 2021.
- “The Rise of Fujianese Sea Merchants and the First Chinese Trans-Asiatic Sea Network.” The Sea: Mobility, Ingenuity, and Ecology in the Early Modern World. UCLA-UC Irvine, May 1, 2021.
