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NACIRA conference shines light on resources for Science in Asia
This week saw the annual conference of NACIRA (National Committee for Information Resources on Asia). Titled Science in Asia: Shining a light on resources, the conference was appropriately hosted by the Science Museum, on…
30 November 2017Coromandel – books, plants and snakes
This week we hosted the launch of Charles Allen’s book, Coromandel: A personal history of Southern India. This latest publication focuses on southern India. Charles spoke to a very full lecture theatre, giving…
3 November 2017A Trio of Books
We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest Royal Asiatic Society Book – Refugees and the Politics of the Everyday State in Pakistan: Resettlement in Punjab, 1947 -1962, by Elisabetta Iob.…
27 October 2017South Indian Sanskrit Manuscripts now catalogued online
Records for one of the lesser-known sets of manuscripts in the RAS have now been added to the online catalogue. Kathy Lazenbatt, who was the Society’s Librarian between 2004 and 2014, recently…
5 October 2017Goldsmid and Gordine at the RAS
Goldsmid and Gordine may sound like a firm of solicitors, estate agents or jewellers but in fact, they are the surnames of the creators of the latest sets of Personal Papers whose…
7 March 2017Dr Edward Anderson on Hindu nationalism abroad
We are pleased that our lecture series for 2017 is already underway, thanks to a lecture from Dr Edward Anderson, Smuts Research Fellow in Commonwealth Studies, University of Cambridge. Dr Anderson spoke…
13 January 2017John Griffiths and the Caves at Ajanta
December 1st marks the anniversary of the death of the artist, John Griffiths, who died on this day in 1918, aged 81. Born in 1837, Griffiths studied at what would become the…
1 December 2016The Personal Papers of Henry Thomas Colebrooke
Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765-1837) was the founder of the Royal Asiatic Society; the preliminary planning meetings were held in his house “to consider the expediency of instituting a Society for the encouragement of science,…
15 September 2016Reflections on work experience at the RAS
We were very fortunate to have the opportunity to do a week of work experience at the RAS. During the week, we researched and created a display on Sir George Thomas Staunton,…
19 August 2016A visit to the Madras Literary Society
We are very pleased to post below Chris Rudkin’s account of a recent visit to the Madras Literary Society. Chris is a Fellow of the RAS. In January this year (2016) I…
14 July 2016