Author / Nancy Charley
Snakes and Ladders
Within the RAS Collections we have two versions of a Snakes and Ladders game. This game, now popular in many countries, is of Indian origin dating back to the 13th century. Our more…
13 July 2017Digitized Versions of three RAS Manuscripts available thanks to Cambridge Digital Library
On Monday 3 July 2017 we travelled to Cambridge for the launch of digitized versions of three important manuscripts belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society. These are held on long-term loan at Cambridge…
4 July 2017A Warm Welcome from the RAS Shanghai Branch
Recently our Director, Alison Ohta, received an email from Tracey Willard, the Membership Director at the Royal Asiatic Society in Shanghai. We wanted to share, with a wider audience, their words of welcome…
23 June 2017Placement at The Royal Asiatic Society
This week’s blog post is written by Carly Bishop, our current placement student: I am currently studying for an MA in Art History and Museum Curating with Photography at the University of…
8 June 2017Daniel John Gogerly (1792-1862) – Early Pali Scholar
We are very grateful for the many volunteers who give of their time to help with our Collections. Recently Ginte Serenaite spent several months with us working on the Papers of Daniel…
30 May 2017Collections Open Evening
Do you know how to repair an Indian painting? Or mend a Persian manuscript? Do you know the story of Nana Fadnavis and the Maratha Peshwa, Madhu Rao Narayan, or the how…
25 May 2017The Breadth and Depth of Asian Studies
Over the past few weeks the RAS has hosted several lectures and book launches which showcase some of the breadth and depth of current Asian Studies. On Thursday 4th May Dr Claude…
16 May 2017Tales of the Tribes and Mongol Women
The RAS held events on consecutive evenings last week, which demonstrated some of the different ways scholars and a wider public are engaging with Asian histories and cultures. On Thursday 27th April, we…
2 May 2017General John Briggs (1785–1875)
Today, 27th April, marks the death of General John Briggs in 1875, aged 89. Briggs entered the Madras Army in 1801 and served in the Second Mahratta War. In 1810 he accompanied…
27 April 2017Afghanistan: A Colonial Viewpoint
On Tuesday 18th April, we were pleased to host Dr Martin Bayly’s lecture on “Taming the Imperial Imagination: The Genesis of Colonial Knowledge on Afghanistan, 1808-1878”. In this he spoke concerning the…
20 April 2017
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