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New discoveries in manuscript collections from India
The Royal Asiatic Society has an important collection of manuscripts from India, many of which can be explored through FIHRIST, an online catalogue of Islamic manuscripts in Britain. https://www.fihrist.org.uk/ FIHRIST does…
19 May 2023Asia’s Self-Discovery: How Different Regions of the Continent Came to Understand Each Other (Guest post by Prof Nile Green)
Nile Green The idea of ‘Asia’ lies at the foundation of the Royal Asiatic Society, as well as the many subdisciplines of Asian studies that emerged from such pioneering institutions. But…
12 May 2023Award of the 2023 RAS Medal to Robert Irwin
Last night the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was delighted to present the RAS Medal to Robert Irwin for his outstanding contribution to scholarship in the field of Asian…
5 May 2023Digitization of Documents from the Sufi Shrines at Dhar in India
The Society is delighted to announce the completion of its project to digitize documents related to the Sufi Shrines in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India. Funded by the Endangered Archive Programme at…
28 April 2023Cristeena Chitrakar: Nepal Remembered (guest blog)
This week we were delighted to host a photo exhibition and talk, followed by book signing of Nepal Remembered with author Cristeena Chitrakar. For those unable to join us on the night, the…
21 April 2023Pure Soul (Exhibition at the Brunei) / Dr Bill Hayton
The Society has loaned six items to a new exhibition, Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions, which runs from today (14 April) until 24 June 2023 at the SOAS Brunei Gallery.…
14 April 2023An Armenian Manuscript / Happy Easter from the RAS!
To celebrate Easter we are taking a look at an item from the collections: a 13th-Century Armenian biblical manuscript. Dated 1246, the manuscript contains the 14 Epistles of St Paul prefaced by…
5 April 2023The third annual joint event with the Levantine Heritage Foundation: Dr Gemma Masson
On Tuesday evening we were delighted to host a lecture by Dr Gemma Masson entitled Upstairs, Downstairs: British Diplomatic Travellers in 18th Century Istanbul. This was the third time that we have joined…
31 March 2023Working with the Royal Asiatic Society’s Collections
Yesterday evening (Thursday 23rd March) we held a Collections Evening. This is one of the highlights of the year for the Collections Team, librarian, Edward Weech, and myself, Nancy Charley, archivist. The…
24 March 2023Prof. Susan Whitfield guest blog – Nara to Norwich: Expanding our Silk Road Horizons
Nara to Norwich is a multi-year international research and exhibition project that aims to explore the Silk Roads beyond their current emphases on the Chinese and post-Roman worlds. Focussing primarily on the…
16 March 2023