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Category / 2021-2022 lecture series / Burton Memorial Lecture / RAS Awards and Medals / RAS Collections / RAS Lecture Series / Richard Burton Memorial Medal

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  • Gertrude Caton-Thompson

    As we prepare to bestow the Burton Memorial Medal on new recipients this year, I thought I would take a look back at the recipient of just under seventy years ago. In…

    28 January 2022
    2021-2022 lecture series, Burton Memorial Lecture, RAS Awards and Medals, RAS Collections, RAS Lecture Series, Richard Burton Memorial Medal
  • Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Special Issue on Sanskrit Literature

    The January 2022 JRAS (vol 32:1) contains (among other essays) five related articles about Sanskrit literature during the 500 years or so when Persian was the dominant language of culture in north…

    21 January 2022
    2021-2022 lecture series, About the Society, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, JRAS, Sanskrit
  • Reflecting on 2021

    For the last blog post of 2021, we wanted to reflect on some of the work that has taken place across the Society over the last year. Before we mention these achievements,…
    17 December 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, Archives, Archives Hub, awards, Bayly Prize, Cataloguing, Christmas, collections evening, Digital Library, Events, Exhibitions, festschrift, JRAS, lectures, Library
  • December Events

    Before the Society closes for Christmas, there are several events taking place in December to look forward to. If you don’t fancy venturing out in the cold weather, most of these will…
    26 November 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, Book Launches, Christmas, Events, Rustaveli Day
  • James Tod and the ‘Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han’

      This Thursday (18th November) marked the anniversary of the death of the Oriental Scholar, Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod (20 March 1782 - 18 November 1835). Painting of Lt. Col James Tod from,…
    19 November 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, anniversary, book launch, Collections, James Tod, Manuscripts, Paintings and Drawings
  • Cataloguing the Collections

    Cataloguing Update: Progress is being made on the cataloguing of collections material in the institutional archive with descriptions now ready to be uploaded onto Archives Hub. I have discovered several interesting finds…
    12 November 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, About the Society, Archives, Bayly Prize, Cataloguing, Collections
  • A Cartographic “Guide for Strangers in Madras”

    This week’s blog is written by Philip Jagessar who provides an update on one of the earliest maps that the Society acquired which features a detailed town plan of Madras.   Full…
    5 November 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, Bayly Prize, Diwali, Events, Islamic Art, Maps, Visits
  • Studying the Sanskrit Language

      Friedrich Max Müller: This Thursday (28th October) marked the anniversary of the death of the philologist and Orientalist, Friedrich Max Müller (6th December 1823-28th October 1900).   Friedrich Max Müller by…
    29 October 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, anniversary, awards, book launch, Events, India, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund, RAS Collections, religion, Sanskrit
  • Halloween Update

    There’s a chill in the air as we enter the second half of Autumn, but the Society’s events programme is running at full steam with several events planned between October and November.…
    22 October 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, book launch, Collections, courses, Events, fellowships, iran, Journal, lectures, Malay Manuscripts, Manuscripts
  • Society News and Events

    Jeremiah Patrick Losty (21 May 1945 – 29 September 2021) It is with great sadness that we share the news of Jerry’s passing. Jeremiah Losty was for 34 years an outstanding curator…

    15 October 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, Archives, Exhibitions
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