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.
Final version of the program for the 2015 conference
I am copying below what I hope is the final version of the program for the 2015 conference of the Chinese Military History Society, which will be held at the Renaissance Hotel & Spa in Montgomery, Alabama. If you are able to join us, we would be delighted to see you there.
David Graff
2015 Annual Conference of the Chinese Military History Society
Call for proposals on a joint project, “War and Society in Modern China.”