News
Recent news and updates relating to Manchu Studies
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Saksaha Flies East
The final printed edition of Saksaha: A Review of Manchu Studies has arrived. With this final issue (No. 11) of Saksaha in print, we here at MSG are excited to inherit the…
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March in Review
It was a good month for MSG. In case you missed the news, we had a wonderful inaugural meeting at the Association for Asian Studies in San Diego. Please visit…
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We’re Official
We are proud to announce the official establishment of the Manchu Studies Group! On Thursday March 21, 2013 we held our inaugural meeting in conjunction with the Association for Asian Studies annual…
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Traumatic Arts
The Asia Society is currently featuring a show entitled “The Artful Recluse: Painting, Poetry, and Politics in Seventeenth-Century China.” The show features paintings by Ming loyalists produced during the early…
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Young Manchus Online
Everyone is aware of the considerable volume of material pertaining to Manchu studies and Manchu culture that is available online, including a number of sites that aim to increase popular…
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February in Review
Dear friends and members, This February saw a flurry of activity at MSG. We are happy to report that the blog is expanding rapidly, and our goal is to post…
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The Manchu-language conquest of Xinjiang
For some time anticipation has been building over the publication of a major collection of Manchu-language documents on Xinjiang, Qingdai Xinjiang Manwen dang’an huibian 《清代新疆满文档案汇编》. The good news is that…
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Manchu Roots
On January 30, the LA Times reported on the reemergence of Manchu identities in the PRC. To read the full article visit their website.
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PRC Manchu studies at a turning point?
Two news items from the past year, linked below, suggest that with the oft-reported demise of the last “native speakers” of Manchu in Heilongjiang, new attention is being brought to…
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Why the Manchus Matter
An excellent interview with Mark Elliott tells readers why the Manchus are so important for understanding Chinese history: “In the particular case of the Qing we can see pretty clearly…