Dear colleagues and friends, Please join me in welcoming a new member to the SSYCDS listserv, Sébastien Desquines. Below please find Sébastien's self-introduction. Welcome to our community! My name is Sébastien Desquines, I am a French student, from Paris Nanterre University, and this year is my first year in Master Degree. I already had a bachelor degree diploma in Chinese language, literature and civilization. So I choosed to continue my studies in Master with medieval history as speciality. My topic will be about the Yuan Dynasty, and especially the relationships between the Mongols and the Nanren. Sincerely, Yiwen Li Secretary, Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies Associate Professor of History, City University of Hong Kong