The Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasty Studies is an organization that promotes scholarship on the cultures of China from the 10th-14th centuries.
Our Editor Douglas Skonicki has prepared a New Years gift for everyone: the new issue of the Journal of Song-Yuan Studies, Volume 52! The full text is available on Project Muse: https://t.co/SkJxd7X82h
It’s that time of year! Congratulations to everyone accepted by the AAS! If your panel or papers cover topics from 10th–14th century China, consider applying for sponsorship from the Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies. For details: https://t.co/46Z8plpoHB
If you wish to participate and need to renew your membership, you can certainly do that. Please send a message to our secretary Yiwen Li at [email protected], so she can add you to the voting system.
Our election for board members has officially kicked off this morning. This year we have a historic slate of 10 candidates running for 3 positions. Your vote is crucial, so please come and make your voice heard! The election will remain open through June 17.
If you wish to participate and need to renew your membership, you can certainly do that. Please send a message to our secretary Yiwen Li at [email protected], so she can add you to the voting system.
Our Society is holding an election for three board members. We are looking for one graduate student representative and two faculty members. Please consider running and joining us! (You must be a member of the society to run. If you aren't a member yet, you are welcome to join!).
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Wang Teh-yi 王德毅, a renowned scholar of Song history. Below is a eulogy written by Professor Hoyt Tillman. https://t.co/AXC6o9UanU
To renew your membership, or to join the Society for Song-Yuan Studies for the first time, so that you'll receive the new issue when it's published: https://t.co/dxXdtgM6xO
Our Editor Douglas Skonicki has prepared a New Years gift for everyone: the new issue of the Journal of Song-Yuan Studies, Volume 52! The full text is available on Project Muse: https://t.co/SkJxd7X82h
The newest “Asia Major” (35, p.1) is out! Four articles concern cultivating the Central Yangzi basin, the “juan” of ancient Chinese books, a study on the “Commentary on the River Classic,” and legal documents of the Qin dynasty. Download: https://t.co/k83UkaiIhA
For #TombTuesday I can't resist posting one of the most vibrant tombs in premodern China, the 11th c. family tombs at Baisha (Henan province). Its murals are quite stunning and I always look forward to covering it in class. 😊
The first three posts in @ERC_Research project on the social history of material infrastructures have just been advertised. This concerns three positions @EMHLeuven.
1. PHD position in the social history of material infrastructures
https://t.co/AQiVqXVvHU
Our next event of the Robert Ho Foundation Lecture Series in Chinese Buddhism is coming up in early May!!
Very looking forward to welcoming Megan Bryson and listening to her fascinating research on the Dali Kingdom!
Lecture and seminar will be held on campus, at SOAS.
Volume 50 of the Journal of Song-Yuan Studies, our Golden Anniversary Issue, is now available to members. To get yours, become a new member (or renew your membership at https://t.co/VYPQvABZd6
"Mathews" Chinese-English Dictionary was compiled by Robert Henry Mathews. This copy in our rare books collection, was owned by Sinologist Edward Shafer (1913-1991) and contains his handwritten annotations. It was presented to the Elling Eide Center by Dr. Paul Kroll in 2019.
Dr. Hsiao-wen Cheng and I will hold a joint book launch this Friday (10-11:30am, ET, online). We are honored to have Marta Hanson and Chen Hao to be the discussants. The Zoom link is: https://t.co/DhSc5GSLHJ (passcode: 102221). Everyone is welcome!