Dear All, AAS is just over a month away! As you confirm your plans for the upcoming conference in Boston, please remember to put the Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasty Studies on your calendar. We have two sponsored events: 1. SSYCDS Annual Meeting and Reception Time and Date: Saturday, March 21, 2020, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm* Location: Sheraton: Berkeley We look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new as we celebrate the scholarship and accomplishments of our colleagues over light snacks and drinks. *Please note that our annual meeting has been moved this year from lunchtime to Saturday evening. 2. SSYCDS Sponsored Panel Title: Making Space in Song-Yuan China Location: Sheraton: Beacon F, 3rd Floor Date and Time: Thursday, March 19, 2020, 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm Participants (in alphabetical order): * Jim HARGETT (Chair) * Ming Tak Ted HUI, “Hostility and Hospitality: The Literary Imaginations of Annam in the Mongol-Yuan Dynasty” * Xiuyuan MI, “Poetic Geography: Building Literary Space in Song Local Gazetteers” * Jeffery MOSER, “Visual Kinetics in the Qingming Handscroll” * Steven WEST (Discussant) * Cong Ellen ZHANG, “Building and Representing the Government Office Compound in Northern Song China: Han Qi in Xiangzhou” For more information on membership and other activities of the Society, please visit us at: https://www.songyuan.org/. Remember also: AAS preregistration ends tomorrow, 2/18/2020. You can still register for the discounted rate at: https://www.asianstudies.org/conference/attend/register20/ We look forward to seeing you at AAS! Best wishes, Tracy Tracy Miller, PhD Associate Professor, History of Art and Asian Studies Vanderbilt University President, Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasty Studies