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  • Manchu Studies at AAS 2025 – Columbus

    The Manchu Studies Group will once again be holding a social meeting in conjunction with the annual Association for Asian Studies conference, which takes place next month in Columbus, Ohio.…

  • Digital Humanities and the Study of Manchu: Inspiration from Leopard Manchu in the London Zoo

    By Chia Ning, Professor Emerita of History, Central College I participated in the “Hacking History: The Gale DH Skills Workshop,” organized by Gale (part of Gengage Group) on the Loyola…

  • New Resource for Manchu Self-Study

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    We are delighted to announce a collaboration with Xefjord’s Complete Language Series in creating an Anki deck for 200 commonly-used Manchu words and phrases, with the translations and audio recordings generously provided by Wanggiyan…

  • Manchu Studies Annual Bibliography: 2024

    Dear gucuse: ice aniya amba urgun sebjen okini! To mark the beginning of a new year, we have once again compiled a bibliography of English-language publications in Manchu studies from…

  • Volume 20 of Saksaha

    We are delighted to announce the publication of Volume 20 of Saksaha: A Journal of Manchu Studies, available open-access at https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/saksaha/. The table of contents is as follows: Translation: Research…

  • CfP: Athens Institute for Education and Research

    On behalf of Chia Ning, Professor of History, Central College. Dear Scholars in the Manchu Studies, Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President of Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), and Dr. David P.…

  • Qingshu quanji 清書全集, An Early Qing Manchu Language Book

    By Annie Zhanling Wang, Harvard University “Ice foloho manju-i geren bithe” Qingshu quanji 清書全集 is an early Qing Manchu language primer that has not yet received extensive scholarly attention. It…

  • Summer 2024 Online Manchu Courses

    We are pleased to announce the return of summer online Manchu courses offered by Manchu Studies Group members. Three courses will be offered this summer: a beginner course, a review/intermediate…

  • Stuck in the Middle: An Example of Ephemera in a Rebound Manchu book

    Sarah Bramao-Ramos is a Research Assistant Professor at the Society of Fellows in the Humanities at the University of Hong Kong. If you go to any library and ask to…

  • Qingwen buhui 清文補匯 and the Evolution of Women-Related Manchu Words

    By Annie Zhanling Wang, Harvard University[1]       How might a person living during the Qing talk about women? One way to approach this question is to think about women-related vocabulary.…

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