Author / Nancy Charley
The 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 2017Marwar – Architecture and Presentation of the Universe
On Friday 7th April, the RAS welcomed Dr Giles Tillotson, Dean of the Sushant School of Liberal Arts, Ansal University, to lecture on the Architecture and Landscape in Marwar. Dr Tillotson spoke…
11 April 2017Palmyra
On Tuesday 28th March, in association with Cornucopia, we were delighted to welcome Professor Robert Ousterhout to talk on “Palmyra through the Lens of John Henry Haynes: Legendary City, Forgotten Photographer and…
30 March 2017More Birthdays and a Death
This week sees the birthdays of three people associated with the RAS and the death of another… Richard Burton was born on 19th March 1821 in Torquay, Devon and his wife Isabel…
21 March 2017Happy Birthday Royal Asiatic Society
The Royal Asiatic Society was founded on the 15th March 1823, so this week marks its 194th birthday. Its inaugural meeting was held in the Thatched House Tavern on St James Street,…
16 March 2017Book Launches and Lectures
Over the past couple of weeks we have been pleased to host a number of events at the RAS. On Thursday 2nd March there were two separate events. In the Lecture Theatre,…
10 March 2017William Pettigrew and Frederic John Goldsmid
Over the last six months, one of our volunteers, Ali Ahsan, has been working with our Collections. His work is now catalogued and available on Archives Hub. In this blog post he…
9 March 2017