Category / Book Launches / RAS Lecture Series
The Early Ottoman Peloponnese
On Monday 24th February the Society was delighted to launch The Early Ottoman Peloponnese by Georgios Liakopoulas, the latest publication in the Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt series, published in collaboration with the…
28 February 2020Old Bagan, and The Human Odyssey
The last fortnight has seen perhaps the Society’s busiest period during this academic term. Following the three evening events last week, the Society was delighted to host another two lectures this week.…
22 November 2019Thailand and Other Collections’ Highlights
On Wednesday 29th May, we welcomed Dominic Faulder to the Society to lecture and launch his book, “Anand Panyarachun and the Making of Modern Thailand”. Dominic Faulder has been based in Bangkok…
31 May 2019A Literary Quartet – from Raj Postcards to Architecture
In the past week we have been pleased to be part of the launches for four very different, but equally exciting, books. On Friday 2 November we welcomed George Michell and Helen…
9 November 2018Presentation of the Inaugural Bayly Prize
On Tuesday 30th October the Society celebrated the life and work of the late Professor Sir Christopher Bayly FBA, with the award of the inaugural Bayly Prize and the posthumous launch of Sir…
2 November 2018Society News
We start this blog[post with warm congratulations to Amy Riach, our Outreach and Publicity Officer, and her husband, Olly, on the safe arrival of their son, Hamish, on the 18th June. We…
22 June 2018New Books – New Catalogues
On Tuesday 29th May, Dr Ashmita Khasnabish (Lasel College, Massachusetts) lectured at the Royal Asiatic Society on “Indian Imagination in a Postcolonial Context”, a talk based on her new monograph, Negotiating Capability and Diaspora:…
1 June 2018Silk Road Culture and More Gold Medallists
Last night, 24 May, the Society was privileged to be able to host a launch event for a new publication by Dr Susan Whitfield (Institute of Archaeology, UCL), titled Silk, Slaves and Stupas:…
25 May 2018Celebration of Historic Photographs
The RAS hosted a couple of events this week. The first, though not a celebration of photographs, was certainly a celebration. Tuesday 10th April marked the launch of Memory, Identity and the Colonial…
13 April 2018Rock-Cut Monasteries of the Western Ghats
Last night (Tuesday 27 March), the Society hosted a book launch for Buddhist Rock-Cut Monasteries of the Western Ghats, by Dr George Michell and Dr Gethin Rees. Published by the Deccan Heritage…
28 March 2018