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.
Our meeting will be held in the UNION B Room on the Second Floor of the Hyatt, from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM on Friday, March 14. We expect it to be an informal event, where we share news and updates with each other. We look forward to connecting with friends old and new in Manchu Studies!
From Jaymin Kim, president of the Manchu Studies Group:
Other than our usual program of updates from the past year, discussion, and announcements, we are introducing two new sessions that have been suggested by our members. During the first session (lightning talks), Forrest McSweeney (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) and Nora Yitong Qiu (University College London) will share their current research projects. The second session (roundtable on Manchu studies) will feature He Bian (Princeton), Lars Laamann (SOAS), Nora Yitong Qiu (University College London), and Seonmin Kim (Research Institute of Korean Studies). They will be talking about Manchu studies at their institutions and having an informal discussion on the paths forward, etc.
In addition, we encourage you to attend the following Manchu-related panels/talks at AAS. All times given in Columbus local time.
Friday, MARCH 14
- Panel 4-003. “Women, Slaves, and Soldiers: Underrepresented Experiences in Qing Mongolia.” 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM. Room A123 (Level 1, Convention Center)
- Aliya Huislig (Waseda University), “Qing Administration of the Hulun Buir Region: A Case Study of Solon Barga Soldiers Serving in Karun.”
- Sam H Bass (University of Toronto). “Women and Family Strategies in Late Qing Mongolia.”
- Udaanjargal Chuluunbaatar (University of North Carolina, Wilmington). “Qing Policy on Women: The Purchase of Oirat Women.”
- Sachraa Sergeleng (University of Washington, Seattle). “Female Chastity and Legal Practices in 19th-Century Inner Mongolia.”
- Panel 4-018. “Figures of Buddhist Diplomacy in Modern Asia: Five Case Studies.” 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM. Union D (2nd Floor, Hyatt).
- Daigengna Duoer (Boston University). “The Lama Diplomat: The 7th Changkya Khutukhtu’s Diplomat Legacy from Empire to Exile.”
- Panel 5-002. “Being Han in Xinjiang: Migration, Identity, and Colonialism on China’s Northwestern Frontier.” 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM. Room A210 (Level 2, Convention Center).
- Kevin W Kind (Johns Hopkins University). “Abandoned by the Empire: Han Soldiers and Demobilization in Postwar Xinjiang, 1877-1890.”
- Panel 5-007. “Migration and Empire Building: New Insights into Movement Dynamics in Qing Dynasty Manchuria.” 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM. Room A125 (Level 1, Convention Center).
- Xiao Chen (University of California, Riverside), “Frontier, Convicts, and Slavery in the Early Qing Empire.”
- Chenxi Luo (Reed College), “Leaving Manchuria: Imperial Artisans and Post-Conquest Migration in the Early Qing Dynasty.”
- Yuanchong Wang (University of Delaware), “The Birth of Andong: Cross-Border Commerce and Immigration to Qing Manchuria.”
- Shuang Chen (University of Iowa), “Navigating Surveillance: Individual Lives and State Control in Nineteenth-Century Manchuria.”
Saturday, MARCH 15
- Panel 6-005. “Ambans, Lamas, and Railway Workers: Transregional Perspectives on Bureaucracy, Diplomacy, and Theocracy in Qing Borderlands.” 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM. Room B246 (Level 2, Convention Center).
- Lei Lin (Duke Kunshan University). “Frontier Justice: Power, Corruption, and the Dynamics of Qing Imperial Authority in the Ambans’ Mutual Accusation Controversy of 1790 Tibet.”
- Matthew W King (University of California, Riverside). “Nomads and Vagabond Monks: Collaborative Reading in the Qing’s Republic of Buddhist Letters.”
- Tashi Namgyal (Pennsylvania State University). “When the Preceptor Meets the Patron: The 13th Dalai Lama’s Journey Through the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands and His Sojourn in Beijing.”
- Panel 6-007. “Medicine of Empire: Disease, Healing, and Pluralism in the Manchu Ruling Qing State.” 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM. Room B230 (Level 2, Convention Center).
- Sining Lyu (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London). “Confronting Infectious Disease in the Qing Empire’s Borderland.”
- Forrest McSweeney (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). “Medical Patronage Among the Manchus: Pluralism, Mental Health, and the Internal Evolution of Banner Medicine.”
- Nora Yitong Qiu (University College London). “Ruling and Healing: Distribution and Use of Medicine in Qing Governance, 1700-1912.”
- Stephen Garrett (University of Pennsylvania). “Bannermen of the Cosmos: Shamanic Healing and Ritual Orthopraxy on the Qing’s Northern Frontiers.”
- Panel 8-012. “Resource Management in Qing China (1644-1912).” 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM. Room B140/B141 (Level 1, Convention Center).
- Yijun Wang (New York University). “The Power of Sweetness: The Tribute of Orange in Late Imperial China.”
- Yulian Wu (Michigan State University). “Precious Sand: Qing Court Management of Chiseling Mineral in Production.”
- James Gerien-Chen (University of Florida). “Camphor Capitalism: Sovereignty, Nationality, and the Politics of Production in Early 20th Century Fujian.”
- Panel 8-023. “Water Cosmologies in Modern Asia: Gods, Science, and Social Relations in Environments of Uncertainty.” 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM. Room A121 (Level 1, Convention Center).
- Xue Zhang (Reed College). “Taming Water: The Qing Worship of River and Weather Gods in Central Asia.”
- Panel 8-024. “Beyond Sinography: Plural Modernities and Heterographic East Asia.” 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM. Room A122 (Level 1, Convention Center).
- Elvin Meng (University of Chicago). “Always Already Alphabetic: The Persistence of Heterographic Asia in Modern Chinese Grammatology.”
Sunday, MARCH 16
- Panel 11-003. “Reinventing Tradition in the New Media Era.” 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM. Room A123 (Level 1, Convention Center).
- Nan Ni (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London). “Popcorn of the Sacred: Tracing Molianzhe in Buddhist Translations and Rituals.”
- Panel 11-007. “The Poetics and Politics of Information in China: From the Ming Dynasty to the Present.” 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM. Room A121 (Level 1, Convention Center).
- Jiaqi Wang (Columbia University). “Recounting the Recent History of Manchu Invasions: Rumor, Storytelling, and Local Community in 17th-Century Jiangnan.”
- Panel 11-009. “From Elephants to Camels: The Role of Animals in the Qing Empire’s Governance and Social Transformation.” 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM. Room A124 (Level 1, Convention Center).
- Yuanyuan Qiu (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences). “From Hunting to Farming: The Transformation of the Duyusi Households Under the Imperial Household Department in Qing China.”
- Hua-yen Lee (National Changhua University). “Qing Administration of Inner Mongolia as Seen from Animal Theft Cases.”
- Xiaoshan Victor Pei (Chinese University of Hong Kong). “Elegy of the Elephants: A Study of The Demise of the Imperial Elephant System During the Late Qing Dynasty.”
- George Zhijian Qiao (Amherst College). “From Nomadic Roots to Commercial Enterprise: The Development of Chinese Camel Caravan Trade in Qing Inner Asia.”
- Panel 11-012. “Beyond Instrumentalism: Religion in the Governance of the Qing Empire (1636-1912).” 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM. Room A112 (Level 1, Convention Center).
- Mimi Khaing (University of North Florida). “‘Venerating Heaven, Cherishing the People’: The Qing State as a Religious Institution.”
- Ling-Wei Kung (Academia Sinica). “Imperial Espionage and the Religious Nature of Qing Authority in Tibet.”
Please let us know if we’ve missed something! We hope to see you at some of these panels/talks and around the conference – as well as at the Manchu Studies Group Meeting!