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Don Wyatt is the John M. McCardell, Jr. Distinguished Professor of History at Middlebury College, specializing in the intellectual history of China with a focus on identity, violence, ethnicity, and slavery. He has taught at Middlebury since 1986, with courses cross-listed in Philosophy. His research explores intersections of Chinese history, cultural studies, and pre-modern social dynamics.
Wyatt holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University (1984), an A.M. in Regional Studies-East Asia (1978), and an A.B. in Religious Studies from Beloit College (1975). During sabbaticals, he was affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (2004, 2010).
His major works include Slavery in East Asia (2022), The Blacks of Premodern China (2010), and edited volumes such as Battlefronts Real and Imagined (2008). Recent publications address slavery in medieval China, Mongol Empire dynamics, and Confucian philosophical traditions.
Wyatt serves as co-executive editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas, chairs the Association for Asian Studies’ Diversity and Equity Committee, and mentors early career scholars in China studies.
