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Bayly Prize 2023 and a New Archives Catalogue for the Society
Last evening, Thursday 25th April, the Society were pleased to welcome the winner and shortlisted candidates of the Bayly Prize 2023 to celebrate their achievements and hear about their research. As mentioned…
26 April 2024Honouring Joe Cribb
Last evening, April 18th, a special event was held at the Society to honour Joe Cribb, the eminent numismatist. Arranged by his colleagues, Helen Wang and Robert Bracey, the lecture theatre was…
19 April 2024Sir George Leonard Staunton and William Alexander
Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801) was born in Ireland, on 10th April 1737. He became a physician and diplomatist after studying medicine in France, graduating in 1758. After his return to England,…
12 April 2024A 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 2024The Royal Asiatic Society, Trinity College, Dublin, and the Chester Beatty Lecture
Further to the information in last week’s blog we are now pleased to give full details of the lecture to be held in Dublin. As part of its continuing bi-centenary celebrations, the…
21 March 2024The 201st Anniversary of the Royal Asiatic Society
Last year, 2023, we celebrated the Society’s bicentenary – celebrations that are continuing into 2024. However today, 15th March 2024, marks the 201st anniversary of the inauguration of the Society. Therefore I…
15 March 2024William P. Floyd views of Hong Kong
This week’s blogpost is provided by Dr Angela Cheung (Research Fellow in photography at The National Archives). We are very grateful to her for not only initiating the work described in the…
8 March 2024Postcard from Cairo by RAS Director, Dr Alison Ohta
When people come to Cairo the first thing that comes to mind is a visit to the pyramids and the Egyptian Museum. However, Cairo’s rich heritage of Islamic architecture spanning a period…
1 March 2024Callout for Submissions for the Surya P. Subedi Prize 2024
The Royal Asiatic Society is inviting submissions for the second award of the Surya P. Subedi Prize for the publication of a book or article on Nepal in English in any one…
9 February 2024Rehanging Artworks at the Society
Over the last couple of weeks, there have been changes taking place on the Society’s premises. Many artworks were removed from the walls for redecoration. But now some of these, and some…
2 February 2024