Ballots for the election of the CMHS board of directors for 2016 will be sent to members in mid-January. If you wish to nominate a candidate (including yourself), please send the
nomination to David Graff (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
"Waging Peace" Conference 2016

Kenneth Swope is organizing two panels for the "Waging Peace" conference that will be held in New Orleans, LA on September 8-10, 2016. One will likely focus on the 20th century while the other deals with earlier periods. Those interested in participating should contact Professor Swope directly (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). For more information about the conference, go to:
https://www.usm.edu/war-society/waging-peace-conference-2016
Panel on desertion for the coming AAS conference in Seattle
Elad Alyagon is putting together a panel on desertion for the coming AAS conference in Seattle. His period of interest is the Song dynasty. It would be great to have people whose research focus is 20th-21st centuries, the Ming, or early China. If you're interested, contact Elad at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Issue 4.1 of the Journal of Chinese Military History
Issue 4.1 of the Journal of Chinese Military History has just been published. This is a special issue devoted to the Qing period, with YIngcong Dai as the guest editor. It includes the following articles:
James Bonk, "Patronage and Personal Bonds in the Early Nineteenth Century Green Standards," 5-43.
Loretta E. Kim, "A Garrison in Time Saves Nine: Frontier Administration and 'Drawing In' the Yafahan Orochen in Late Qing Heilongjiang," 44-79.
Eric Setzekorn, "Chinese Imperialism, Ethnic Cleansing, and Military History, 1850-1877," 80-100.
Plus book reviews by Allan Millett, Stephen Platt, R. Keith Schoppa, Peter Worthing, and Harriet Zurndorfer.