Dear All, Please note the following announcement. If you have others that you would like to post, please do not hesitate. Yours truly, Michael From: Chu, M.K. [mailto:m.k.chu@hum.leidenuniv.nl] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 9:05 AM To: 'listserv@mail.songyuan.org' Subject: Announcement, Workshop “Letters and Notebooks as Sources for Elite Communication in Chinese History, 900-1300” Dear Professor Fuller, I would be grateful if you could forward the message below to the Song-Yuan Listserv list regarding a workshop to be held at Pembroke College, Oxford in January 2014. Many thanks, CHU Ming-kin Subject: Announcement, Workshop “Letters and Notebooks as Sources for Elite Communication in Chinese History, 900-1300” The research group “Communication and Empire: Chinese Empires in Comparative Perspective” (Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS)) will host the international workshop “Letters and Notebooks as Sources for Elite Communication in Chinese History, 900-1300” at Pembroke College, Oxford (January 9 and 10, 2014).The aim of the meeting is to discuss primary sources for political communication among elites, with letters and notebooks as the main focus. The workshop will be organised in three sessions devoted to letters and notebooks as sources for elite communication as well as digital readings of the texts. Please find the complete programme at: http://chinese-empires.eu/events/conferences/letters-and-notebooks-as-sources-for-elite-communication-in-chinese-history-900-1300-timetable-and-speakers/ For more information please visit: <http://chinese-empires.eu/events/conferences/international-workshop-letters-and-notebooks-as-sources-for-elite-communication-in-chinese-history-900-1300/> http://chinese-empires.eu/events/conferences/international-workshop-letters-and-notebooks-as-sources-for-elite-communication-in-chinese-history-900-1300/ There is a limited number of places for guest observers. If interested please RSVP to CHU Ming-kin (m.k.chu@hum.leidenuniv.nl) by Friday, 6 December 2013 and briefly explain why you would like to attend. We will notify you by Friday, 20 December, 2013.