Author / Nancy Charley
On this day in 1967
On this day (November 30th) in 1967, South Yemen gained its independence from Britain. Formerly the Colony of Aden, this had been ruled as part of British India from its invasion by…
30 November 2018Translations and an Indian Prince
This week, two new small catalogues have gone live on Archives Hub. These are both connected to translations but in very different ways. The first catalogue is for Chinese Documents on Trade…
16 November 2018A Literary Quartet – from Raj Postcards to Architecture
In the past week we have been pleased to be part of the launches for four very different, but equally exciting, books. On Friday 2 November we welcomed George Michell and Helen…
9 November 2018Presentation of the Inaugural Bayly Prize
On Tuesday 30th October the Society celebrated the life and work of the late Professor Sir Christopher Bayly FBA, with the award of the inaugural Bayly Prize and the posthumous launch of Sir…
2 November 2018A Menagerie of Animals
This week’s lectures, by coincidence, both included animals into their titles – so through this week we negotiated quite a menagerie. On Tuesday 23rd October, Peter Hibbard, MBE, (RAS Shanghai) lectured from…
26 October 2018Cataloguing and Acquiring Collections
I am pleased to announce that another new catalogue is now available on Archives Hub. This brings the total number of archival catalogues currently available to thirty-two – of course these range…
19 October 2018Light, Music and Learning!
Last night, Thursday 11th October, the Society welcomed Dr. Mehreen Chida-Razvi from SOAS to lecture on “The Mughal Madonna: Representations of the Virgin in Jahangiri-era Architecture” in which she queried the reasons for…
12 October 2018New research on Sir Aurel Stein
Yesterday evening, 4 October 2018, the Society was delighted to host a lecture by Dr Rosie Llewellyn-Jones MBE, “‘My Dear Schomberg’: Letters from Sir Aurel Stein”. Highlighting a hitherto unstudied collection of…
5 October 2018Happy Birthday Sir William Jones
William Jones was born on this day, 28 September, in 1746. His father, also William Jones, was a mathematician from Anglesey, but living in Westminster when his son was born. Unfortunately William…
28 September 2018From Rituals to the Elite
On Tuesday, 18 September, the Society was delighted to be able to host a lecture by Dr Rose Kerr (former Keeper of the East Asian Department at the Victoria & Albert Museum)…
21 September 2018