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• March 22, 2022

  AAS 2022

  Here are the Manchu-related papers and panels at this year’s Association for Asian Studies meeting – we encourage you to check them out! (All times given in local Hawaii time)…

• January 5, 2022

  New Year’s Letter 2022

  Dear friends / gucuse: ice aniya amba urgun sebjen okini! New year’s greetings from the Manchu Studies Group! As we emerge from the crucible that is 2021, we welcome the…

• July 5, 2021

  Finding Manchu Studies Co-Panelists for AAS 2022

  If you are looking for co-panelists for the 2022 AAS conference, here is a collection of topics / abstracts we have received so far. Please feel free to contact any…

• July 5, 2021

  New Issue of Saksaha

  We’re excited to announce the publication of Volume 17 of Saksaha: A Journal of Manchu Studies, available open-access here: https://saksaha.org. The new issue begins with an article by Devin Fitzgerald,…

• May 25, 2021

  Summer Manchu Studies Workshop

  Learned Elementary Manchu but not sure how to incorporate it into your research? Got a bunch of primary sources in Manchu that you need to transcribe and translate but have…

• April 29, 2021

  A Manchu Folk Song Revival?

  

  Chao Lang Chao Lang is a PhD student in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University To date, few Manchu folk songs have attracted the attention…

• April 27, 2021

  2021 MSG Meeting Minutes

  For those who missed our March 24, 2021 business meeting, held in conjunction with the annual Association for Asian Studies meeting, the minutes are now available online here. If you…

• April 22, 2021

  On the Source Text of Ši ging ni bithe (1654)

  

  Chenyu Tu (涂辰宇) Chenyu Tu 涂辰宇 is a PhD student in the Department of Comparative Literature at Brown University. He works primarily on early modern European literature and is also…

• April 15, 2021

  An Exploration of “Knowing” in Manchu

  

  Jack Rabinovitch Jack Rabinovitch is a PhD student in the Department of Linguistics at Harvard University with a special interest in Manchu language. His research focuses on cross-linguistic approaches to…

• March 22, 2021

  AAS Meeting Agenda

  Dear Members and Friends of the Manchu Studies Group, We warmly invite you to participate in our meeting-in-conjunction at this year’s AAS conference, scheduled to March 24 (Wed) 2021, 8:30-10pm…