Dear Members and Friends of SSYCDS, As I am sure you know, today is Giving Tuesday! This is just a reminder that the Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasty Studies is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so your donations are tax-deductible. Please consider donating to SSYCDS today for tax benefits and the benefit of knowing you are supporting the field of Song-Yuan studies. Because our membership is also tax-deductible, you may also support the Society by simply becoming a member or renewing your membership. These funds are used to support the publication costs of JSYS (including color reproductions of select images in print and digital formats), panel participant subventions and receptions at the AAS Annual Conference, and other activities which encourage scholarly exchange and the growth of the field. An added incentive: Our Golden Anniversary Issue JSYS, Volume 50 (2021), is currently in press, and digital access is already available. Thus, if you renew your membership today, we will send you a paper copy of Volume 49 (2020), and you will have early digital access to Volume 50. Remember, annual SSYCDS memberships follow the calendar year, so that paper copies of Volume 50- and, at minimum, digital copies of Issue 51- will be included with memberships received during calendar year 2022. However, if you pay for a multi-year membership now, the larger membership tax benefit would fall entirely in 2021. If you would like to donate to SSYCDS, or renew your membership, you may do so using Paypal, or by sending a check to our Treasurer XU Man. Details for both methods can be found here: https://www.songyuan.org/membership.html<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.songyuan.org%2Fmembership.html&data=04%7C01%7Ctracy.g.miller%40Vanderbilt.Edu%7Cea6cc4ec572f488e911f08d895b03ae5%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C637423931445493419%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=1SSQ%2Fg%2Bi9wL%2BNhBCpG3Zo1fp6qqRKfIQBlD8LFjVEDQ%3D&reserved=0>. Thank you for your continued support, and best wishes for the winter holidays and the new year. Best, Ari ____________________________ Ari Daniel Levine Horace Montgomery Professor Department of History University of Georgia President, Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies