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The third annual joint event with the Levantine Heritage Foundation: Dr Gemma Masson
On Tuesday evening we were delighted to host a lecture by Dr Gemma Masson entitled Upstairs, Downstairs: British Diplomatic Travellers in 18th Century Istanbul. This was the third time that we have joined…
31 March 2023 -
Working with the Royal Asiatic Society’s Collections
Yesterday evening (Thursday 23rd March) we held a Collections Evening. This is one of the highlights of the year for the Collections Team, librarian, Edward Weech, and myself, Nancy Charley, archivist. The…
24 March 2023 -
Prof. Susan Whitfield guest blog – Nara to Norwich: Expanding our Silk Road Horizons
Nara to Norwich is a multi-year international research and exhibition project that aims to explore the Silk Roads beyond their current emphases on the Chinese and post-Roman worlds. Focussing primarily on the…
16 March 2023 -
Next Collections Evening 23 March
On Thursday 23 March, the Society will hold its next Collections Evening. In addition to giving people a chance to see some of our collections at close hand, Collections Evenings show how…
10 March 2023 -
Now available on YouTube: Launch of Derek Davis translation of Pushkin’s ‘A Journey to Arzrum during the Campaign of 1829’
“There was a Poet whose untimely tomb…” Shelley Alastor Much has happened since the launch of my translation of Pushkin’s Arzrum [Erzurum] on 25 October. At RAS,…
3 March 2023 -
Cultural Worlds at the Jaipur Court
To celebrate the publication of Masterpieces at the Jaipur Court, edited by Mrinalini Venkateswaran and Giles Tillotson, the Society hosted a study day on the topic of Cultural Worlds at the Jaipur…
24 February 2023 -
New Digitization and New Discoveries in the Photograph Collection
The Society’s collection is diverse not only in the places and topics it covers, but also in the formats and media it contains. Once upon a time, the Society even held a…
17 February 2023 -
New Digitization, and a Festschrift for Dr Barbara Brend
We are delighted to announce that two manuscripts have been added to the Society’s online collections and can now be read in full on our Digital Library. These are a Bustan of…
10 February 2023 -
Member Profile: Rosane Rocher
Rosane Rocher is a Sanskritist and a historian of Indology, and a Professor Emerita of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where she served as department chair, director of the…
3 February 2023 -
Guest post: Olly Akkerman – A Neo-Fatimid Treasury of Books
Given the highly digitalized world we find ourselves in, it may be hard to imagine that handwritten manuscripts continue to play a central role among communities today, not only as books that…
27 January 2023
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- The third annual joint event with the Levantine Heritage Foundation: Dr Gemma Masson
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- Prof. Susan Whitfield guest blog – Nara to Norwich: Expanding our Silk Road Horizons
- Next Collections Evening 23 March
- Now available on YouTube: Launch of Derek Davis translation of Pushkin’s ‘A Journey to Arzrum during the Campaign of 1829’