Welcome to the Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies (SSYCDS) website. The Society is an international, scholarly, non-political, and nonprofit professional association of all persons interested in the study of Chinese, Jurchen, Khitan, Tangut, and Mongol history. Incorporated as a nonprofit corporation in 2011, the SSYCDS has been granted federal 501(c)3 nonprofit status.
The mission of the Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies is to create a dynamic resource for university professors, graduate students, and independent scholars interested in the cultures of China from the tenth century and the founding of the Song and Liao dynasties to the end of the Yuan dynasty in the fourteenth century.
The SSYCDS annual meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 24, from 6:30-8:30 pm EDT. The meeting is an opportunity to connect with friends old and new and learn of recent scholarship in the field. We will also be introducing new members of the Society leadership team. This event is free and open to the public--you do not need to be an AAS member, or register for the conference, to attend our annual meeting. The link to the ZOOM meeting has been sent via the society's listserv. Please join us and share news of your recent research projects!
Anyone needing access to the Zoom meeting, please join the SSYCDS listserv by 4 pm (EDT) Wednesday, March 24 for the final invitation and reminder with access information.
We are happy to announce that SSYCDS is able to support three panels at the virtual AAS annual conference this spring. Congratulations to panel organizers Wonhee CHO, Yunshuang ZHANG, and Xiuyuan MI! The panel dates and times are listed in chronological order below, along with a link to the conference schedule on the AAS Website. Please be sure to add them to your calendars.
Monday, March 22, 2021, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Organizer: Xiuyuan MI
Panelists: Cong Ellen ZHANG, Jeffery MOSER, Xiuyuan MI, Wanmeng LI
Chair/Discussant: Steven H. WEST
Tuesday, March 23, 2021; 8:30 am-10:00 am EDT
Organizer: Yunshuang ZHANG
Panelists: Yunshuang ZHANG, Xiaolin DUAN, Graham CHAMNESS, Einor K. CERVONE
Chair: Ronald Egan
Discussants: Ronald Egan and Peter Sturman
Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 8:30 am – 10:00 am EDT
Organizer: Wonhee CHO
Panelists: Wonhee CHO, Roslyn L. HAMMERS, Karl DEBRECZENY, Valerie HANSEN
Chair: Valerie HANSEN
Discussant: Johan ELVERSKOG