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Charles Ambrose Storey
I am delighted to announce that the catalogue for the Papers of Charles Ambrose Storey is now available. These papers were donated to the Society as part of Storey’s bequest and have…
25 October 2024Latest Special Edition of the Journal now Available
The latest edition of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society is now available. All members of the Society have access to it online by logging into our website and then navigating…
18 October 2024Haegue Yang: Leap Year
This week, members of the staff at the Royal Asiatic Society were invited to the press view of the latest exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank, London. So instead of our usual…
11 October 2024From Singapore to Windsor Castle
This week’s title reflects the breadth of activities which have been happening at, or associated with the Society, its staff and fellows: Donna Maree Brunero of the National University, Singapore gave a…
4 October 2024Happy Birthday, Horace Hayman Wilson
Yesterday, 26th September, marked 238 years since the birth of Horace Hayman (H.H.) Wilson who was born in 1786 in London. He went to school at the Soho Academy. He was an…
27 September 2024Farewell to Dr Roger Parsons, our Longstanding Volunteer
On Friday 6 September we held a farewell lunch for Roger Parsons, a volunteer who has served the Society for nearly 20 years. At the lunch we were joined by Kathy Lazenbatt,…
20 September 2024Siebold’s Japan and Cataloguing the Elephant Volumes
One of the Society’s major long-term projects is the retrospective cataloguing of its printed collections. The Society’s library contains over 50,000 books, journals, and pamphlets, most of which were acquired in the…
13 September 2024A Season of Success: The Royal Asiatic Society of Georgia’s Summer Highlights
Recently Professor Giorgi Kalandia, President, and Tamar Latsabidze, Vice-President, of the Royal Asiatic Society of Georgia, have been in touch to provide the latest news about the activities of the Society. Since…
6 September 2024Terence Gray in Egypt
In 2022 the Society acquired a large collection of Papers relating to Terence Stannus Gray, known in his later life as Wei Wu Wei. Since the acquisition the material has all been…
30 August 2024September 2024 – Lectures and Events
The Society is programming an interesting lecture series for 2024-2025, the start of which will soon be upon us. So this week the blogpost will highlight the lectures and events coming up…
23 August 2024