Dear colleagues and friends, I’m writing on the first day of the Year of the Fire Horse. May your year gallop forward with energy and shine with brightness. The AAS is around the corner, and we hope to see many of you in Vancouver. Please join the SSYCDS annual meeting in *Waterfront Ballroom B at the Fairmont Waterfront on Saturday, March 14, 12:45-1:45PM.* We are ordering dim sum this year. Please come early for a hot lunch and a chance to catch up with colleagues! If you have a publication from the past year and would like to share the news, please send the details to our secretary, Professor Yiwen Li, at yiwenli@cityu.edu.hk. We look forward to celebrating your new articles and books with the community. We are glad to again sponsor two panels this year: “Responses to War and Conquest in Middle Period China (916-1368): Emotion, Ideology, Politics and Practice,” Friday, March 13, 3:30-5PM, VCC, Room 206 “Travel, Dwell, Mull: Embodied Experiences of Land and Landscape in Middle Period China,” Saturday, March 14, 4-5:30PM, VCC, Room 213 Please come support our wonderful colleagues! Warm wishes, Ya Zuo President, Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies [image: SSYCDS 2026 poster.png]

Dear colleagues and friends, Please allow me to correct an error in my previous email. One of the panels sponsored by our society, “Travel, Dwell, Mull: Embodied Experiences of Land and Landscape in Middle Period China,” will take place on Saturday, March 14, from 8:30-10AM, Pacific Time. I hope you'll be able to join us for this wonderful event. Warm wishes, Ya President, Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM Ya Zuo <leahyzuo@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear colleagues and friends, > > I’m writing on the first day of the Year of the Fire Horse. May your year > gallop forward with energy and shine with brightness. > > > > The AAS is around the corner, and we hope to see many of you in Vancouver. > Please join the SSYCDS annual meeting in *Waterfront Ballroom B at the > Fairmont Waterfront on Saturday, March 14, 12:45-1:45PM.* We are ordering > dim sum this year. Please come early for a hot lunch and a chance to catch > up with colleagues! > > > > If you have a publication from the past year and would like to share the > news, please send the details to our secretary, Professor Yiwen Li, at > yiwenli@cityu.edu.hk. We look forward to celebrating your new articles > and books with the community. > > > > We are glad to again sponsor two panels this year: > > > > “Responses to War and Conquest in Middle Period China (916-1368): Emotion, > Ideology, Politics and Practice,” Friday, March 13, 3:30-5PM, VCC, Room 206 > > > > “Travel, Dwell, Mull: Embodied Experiences of Land and Landscape in Middle > Period China,” Saturday, March 14, 4-5:30PM, VCC, Room 213 > > > > Please come support our wonderful colleagues! > > > Warm wishes, > > Ya Zuo > > President, Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies > > > [image: SSYCDS 2026 poster.png] > > > >