Author / Nancy Charley
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The Early Research of Reginald Campbell Thompson
In 2024 the Society acquired some papers belonging to Reginald Campbell Thompson. They had originally been given to John Nicholas Postgate, former professor of Assyriology at the University of Cambridge, by Reginald…
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Happy Chinese New Year – Year of the Snake
We would like to start this blog post by wishing a Happy New Year to all those who celebrated the Chinese New Year this week. The featured image at the head of…
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Commemorating John Drew Bate
This Sunday, 26 January, marks the 102nd anniversary of the death of the missionary John Drew Bate. He died on the 26th January 1923. In the 1923 Journal of the Royal Asiatic…
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The Asiatic Society and William Jones
This week, on 15 January, the Asiatic Society, Kolkata, celebrated the anniversary of its founding. The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland would like to send their congratulations to the…
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Happy New Year 2025
We would like to wish all our readers a Happy New Year with the hope that 2025 will bring much joy to your lives. However we start this first blogpost of 2025…
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Seasons Greetings from the Royal Asiatic Society
The Society would like to send seasons greetings to all of you who read our blogposts with the hope that you will have a good festive season and that 2025 will be…
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The James J. Busuttil Medal and Prize for Human Rights
On Tuesday 10 December 2024, the Royal Asiatic Society was delighted to announce the launch of the annual James J. Busuttil Medal and Prize for the publication of a book on human…
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RAS Fellow Joya Chatterji wins the Wolfson History Prize 2024
A few weeks ago we announced that Asian historians, Joya Chatterji and Nandini Das were both shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2024. It is our great delight to inform you that…
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Tod Tour Part Two
Every day I am just overcome with the vastness of India as I follow our journey on the map. We travel for 6 or 8 hours and in my mind, I feel…
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James Tod: Life and Works
The Society remembered Lt-Col James Tod on the anniversary of his death, 18 November 1835. James Tod was one of the Society’s most famous early Fellows. He was elected a member in…
