Two Encounters on the Riverbank
By Eric Schluessel Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University Consider the Ili River. Along its southern banks, in what is now Cabcal Sibe Autonomous County in Xinjiang, the Sibe were resettled as garrison...
View ArticleWho were the Manchu mapmakers?
Mario Cams Ph.D. Candidate, KU Leuven When a large project to map the Qing territories was initiated early on during the 18th century, officials of various backgrounds were selected to form teams that...
View ArticleAltaic Storytelling
MSG is lucky enough to receive regular updates from Bruce Humes, author of the blog Altaic Storytelling. He recently sent us a few items of note. First, there is good news about the preservation of...
View ArticleNew issue of Manzokushi kenkyū is out
We have just received the latest issue of Manzokushi kenkyū 『満族史研究』(Volume 12, December 2013). As many readers will know, the journal began in 1991 as Manzokushi kenkyū tsūshin, and “graduated” from...
View ArticleQianlong the Petty Tyrant
David Porter Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University This post is based on a Manchu language lufu zouzhe (錄副奏摺) that I found in the First Historical Archives in Beijing on a research trip this summer....
View ArticleNotes from the Archives: The First Historical Archives of China
David Porter Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University I spent two months this summer at the First Historical Archives in Beijing. This post is intended to provide a few updates on Macabe Keliher’s superbly...
View ArticleThe New Saksaha
This December marked the re-release of Saksaha: A Journal of Manchu Studies. This has been a long time in the making, and we here at MSG are excited by the vision of its editors, Benjamin Levey and...
View ArticleAnnual Meeting
The Manchu Studies Group is happy to announce our annual meeting at the 2015 AAS Annual Conference, taking place in Chicago, Illinois, March 26-March 29, 2015. Meeting Location: Sheraton Chicago Hotel...
View ArticlePanels at AAS Chicago
MSG Members and/or Panels of Interest at the 2015 AAS meeting in Chicago This is a list (arranged alphabetically) we have drafted to help those with an interest in Manchu studies locate related panels...
View ArticleCall for Proposals
Planning to Propose a Manchu-Related Panel for the AAS 2016 Annual Conference? Read On! In anticipation of the 2016 Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference (March 31 – April 3 2016, Seattle,...
View ArticleThe Injustice of the Silk Thread
The Injustice of the Silk Thread[1] Translation by David Porter, Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University and Devin Fitzgerald Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University In an inner province of China, a man...
View ArticleBlog Away!
Dear gucuse, It’s been a while since our blog has been active, but with a new board (Carla Nappi, President; Max Oidtmann, Secretary; Devin Fitzgerald, (still) Website editor; and Matthew Mosca and...
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This year the Manchu Studies Group is sponsoring two panels at the AAS They are: #159: “The Qing Bannermen and Their Everyday Life,” meeting on Friday between 5:15 PM and 7:15 PM in Room 611, which has...
View ArticleCall for AAS Proposals
Planning to Propose a Manchu-Related Panel for the AAS 2016 Annual Conference? Read On! In anticipation of the 2017 Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference (March 16 – March 19 2017, Toronto,...
View ArticleAnnual Meeting
MSG hopes that those of you attending AAS in Toronto will join us for our annual meeting. Although this is mostly a meeting where we cover the business of our organization, it’s a wonderful place to...
View ArticleCFP: Manchu in Global History
Manchu in Global History: A Research Language for Qing Historians Keynote Lecture: Prof. Mark Elliott (Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Department of History, Harvard...
View ArticleOne Manchu bibliographer dates the work of another, or “The Librairie...
One Manchu bibliographer dates the work of another, or “The Librairie Française and the Manchu books at Capital Library, Beijing,” cont. Mårten Söderblom Saarela April 19, 2017 A little more than...
View ArticleConversation with Brian Tawney: The Portland Manchu Reading Group and the...
Ice aniya amba urgun okini, gucuse! ᡳᠴᡝ ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠ ᠠᠮᠪᠠ ᡠᡵᡤᡠᠨ ᠣᡴᡳᠨᡳ᠈ ᡤᡠᠴᡠᠰᡝ᠉ Happy new year of 2021 from the Manchu Studies Group! Wishing you all continued good health and good spirits as we prepare to…
View ArticleThe War of the Arrows as Seen through Qing Archery Manuals
Austin Hudgins Austin Hudgins is a PhD student in the Department of East Asian Studies at Princeton University as well as a traditional archery practitioner For those interested in Qing…
View ArticleManchu Studies at AAS 2021
Save the Date: Manchu Studies Group Meeting-in-Conjunction at AAS 2021! Dear members and friends: We are pleased to announce that the Manchu Studies Group will host a meeting-in-conjunction over ZOOM…
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