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A New Edition of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society is now available
The latest edition of the Journal is now available online with Cambridge University Press. All Fellows of the Society can access the articles using their login on our website. For those not…
5 April 2024Honouring Professor Francis Robinson
On Thursday 18th January, the Society celebrated the release of a special edition of its Journal – a festschrift in honour of Professor Francis Robinson. Professor Robinson has worked within the field…
22 January 2024Journal, Book Launches and Reviews
This week’s blog begins with an update from the Archivist: I am currently creating the catalogue for the records of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. It has been interesting to…
15 July 2022Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Special Issue on Sanskrit Literature
The January 2022 JRAS (vol 32:1) contains (among other essays) five related articles about Sanskrit literature during the 500 years or so when Persian was the dominant language of culture in north…
21 January 2022Studying the Sanskrit Language
Friedrich Max Müller: This Thursday (28th October) marked the anniversary of the death of the philologist and Orientalist, Friedrich Max Müller (6th December 1823-28th October 1900). Friedrich Max Müller by…29 October 2021Silk Road Summer School and other Updates
Collections Update: The Society is pleased to announce that from next week (week commencing the 19th July), the Society’s Library will be open to readers on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Readers are…16 July 2021The Roar of Silence
The Society is pleased to announce that the latest edition of the journal is now available for Fellows to view on Cambridge Core. ‘The Roar of Silence’ is a Festschrift in honour…
9 July 2021Collections Summer Update
Traditionally, the Society is quieter than usual during the Summer months, due to the lower number of Events. But staff continue to work busily away, and in recent weeks we have been…
2 July 2021Changing of the guard as RAS welcomes new President
On Thursday 27th May, the Society’s AGM was held over Zoom. Professor Stockwell stepped down as President having completed his term and Professor Sarah Ansari was elected making her the first woman President…
4 June 2021New Blog Post
New text Image of the second half of the scroll The scroll was not accessible for viewing without risking further damage. The condition it was in came both from the inherent vice…28 April 2021