How do imperial societies talk about barbarian or ethnic groups? How might we identify those groups, when they are used so often in the rhetorical construction of Chinese / Roman "orthodox" identities? Can our two fields find a common language in which to discuss these questions? This episode of Byzantium & Friends features Ying Zhang moderating a discussion between Anthony Kaldellis and Shao-yun Yang as the examine how
China and Byzantium both saw themselves as civilizations menaced by "barbarians," and periodically established empires that ruled over them.

Go to https://www.medievalists.net/2020/08/ethnicity-and-empire-in-china-and-byzantium-with-shao-yun-yang-and-ying-zhang/ to view the show notes.