Author / James Liu
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New Donation – South Indian Temple Photographs
For this week’s blog, we’re delighted to share some exciting news about our collections. Professor Christopher Fuller, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political…
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The Arab Hall, Mongolian Artwork, Journal and Member Profiles
The Arab Hall – Frederick Leighton: Traveller and Collector Yesterday evening, we had the pleasure of celebrating the launch of Dr Melanie Gibson’s brand‑new publication, The Arab Hall – Frederick Leighton: Traveller…
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Staff Intro, Noh Theatre Chants and Prize Reminder
This week, we open our blog with a piece written by Evelyn Dodds, who joined the Society last week as our new Outreach and Communications Officer. Some of you may already recognise…
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2026 Bayly Prize, New Starter, Book Launch and NACIRA Conference
For this week’s blog post we’re giving you a roundup of updates on the activities taking place at the Society and across our wider community: 2026 Bayly Prize While we’re still…
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Chinese Scrolls and Staff News
In a previous blog post, I promised to share more about the Chinese scrolls I’ve been working on, so this week I’m diving deeper into two of them, both of which have…
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A Message from Udaipur
This week, we’re delighted to share a message from our President, Dr Norbert Peabody, who is currently travelling through Rajasthan, India. One of the highlights of his trip has been his visit to…
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Maruyama Okyo’s Fierce Tiger
The Society has had an lively and eventful week. On Monday 9 February, we were delighted to welcome Professor Agus Suwignyo from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia. His lecture traced the evolution of…
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In Memory of Christopher C. F. Naylor
Kit Naylor (1929–2026) The Society was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Christopher Charles Francis Naylor, known to all as Kit. He was a long-standing and devoted member of the…
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Happy New Year & Upcoming Bayly Prize Ceremony
This is our first blogpost in 2026 so we’d like to wish our readers a very Happy New Year! We hope everyone is having a great start to the new year. Here…
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New Issue of JRAS Now Online
As 2025 comes to an end, we’re delighted to say that the whole of the July issue of our Journal for this year has been released on Cambridge Core. This issue brings…
