Blog
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.
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Meet a Member: David Porter
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…
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Bukūri Yongšon: The Manchu Foundation Myth
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…
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Meet a Member: Loretta Kim
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…
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Meet a Member: Jaymin Kim
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…
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Meet a Member: He Bian (邊和)
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…
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The 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…
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Qianlong 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…
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Who 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…
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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…