Dear colleagues, I would like to introduce another new member of the listserv, Nathan Woolley ( <mailto:nathan.woolley@anu.edu.au> nathan.woolley@anu.edu.au) of the Australian National University. According to his university web page, from which I stole this: Short biography: Nathan started work on his PhD at the CCR in 2005. He graduated in Chinese Studies from the ANU in 1997 and completed an MA at the University of Iwate, Morioka, in 2002. After finishing his studies in Japan, he worked as a translator in Osaka and subsequently with a newspaper in Seoul. Research Interests: His current research considers the forms of religious practice present in south-central China and the Yangtze region of the late ninth and tenth centuries, with a focus on non-clerical experience, and the writing of different forms of history for the period. Importantly, records of religious practice, including anecdotal material and temple inscriptions, can reflect the varying political outlooks of scholars during a period of short-lived states and shifting loyalties. The project also aims to demonstrate how the writing of the history of this period during the early Song and the fate of southern scholars reveal attitudes toward the conquered southern states under the newly unified empire. Yours truly, Michael