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The Manchu Studies Blog is an informal place to share short write-ups related to Manchu Studies: conference reports, brief introduction to materials, translation, think-pieces, travelogues, or anything else too short or informal for the Saksaha journal but is nevertheless interesting and worth sharing.

To submit a piece of writing for the blog, please reach out to the web editor at emeng AT uchicago DOT edu.


  • Conversation with Brian Tawney: The Portland Manchu Reading Group and the English Translation of the Manzhou shilu

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    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…

  • Meet a Member: David Porter

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    In this website feature, we are having Manchu Studies Group members introduce themselves, their research, and the role of Manchu in their work. If you are a member who would…

  • Bukūri Yongšon: The Manchu Foundation Myth

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    Greetings from the Manchu Studies Group! We have a special gift for you.  Almost fourteen years ago, Dr. Loretta Kim, then a graduate student at Harvard, worked with students in…

  • Meet a Member: Loretta Kim

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    In this website feature, we are having Manchu Studies Group members introduce themselves, their research, and the role of Manchu in their work. If you are a member who would…

  • Meet a Member: Jaymin Kim

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    In this website feature, we are having Manchu Studies Group members introduce themselves, their research, and the role of Manchu in their work. If you are a member who would…

  • Meet a Member: He Bian (邊和)

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    In our new website feature, we are having Manchu Studies Group members introduce themselves, their research, and the role of Manchu in their work. If you are a member who…

  • One Manchu bibliographer dates the work of another, or “The Librairie Française and the Manchu books at Capital Library, Beijing,”

    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…

  • The Injustice of the Silk Thread

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      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…

  • Qianlong the Petty Tyrant

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    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…

  • Who were the Manchu mapmakers?

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    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…

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