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Category / 2023 / About the Society / Bicentenary / RAS Collections / Recent / Royal Asiatic Society / Volunteering

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  • Farewell 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 2024
    2023, About the Society, Bicentenary, RAS Collections, Recent, Royal Asiatic Society, Volunteering
  • From Myanmar to Georgia – highlighting the breadth of the Society’s activities

    On Thursday 29th June we welcomed Stephen Simmons for a launch of his book, Maymyo Days: Forgotten Lives of a Burma Hill Station. The book relates the forgotten lives of people who summered at…

    14 July 2023
    2023, Acquisitions, Cataloguing, China, Egypt, RAS around the world, RAS Collections, RAS Lecture Series
  • 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
    2023, About the Society, Archives Hub, Archivist, Cataloguing, Collections, collections evening, RAS Collections, RAS Lecture Series
  • James Tod’s ‘Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han’ 2023 subscription

    To commemorate its bicentenary, the Royal Asiatic Society has commissioned a limited edition re-issue of Lt.-Col. James Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han, with a new Companion Volume by Norbert Peabody (to…

    14 October 2022
    2023, James Tod, Publications, Recent
  • Celebration [in] Style: A Comparison of Anniversaries at the Royal Asiatic Society

    Earlier this month, I, Nancy Charley, presented a paper at the conference for the International Council of Archives’ Section for University and Research Institution Archives. The theme of the conference was Commemoration,…

    23 September 2022
    2023, About the Society, RAS Collections, RAS History, RAS Patronage
  • Translating an Ottoman Railway Map

    This week’s blog is written by Philip Jagessar who gives us an update on an interesting find he discovered within the Society’s map collections.   Among the Society’s eclectic collection of foreign…
    30 September 2021
    2023, Acquisitions, Cartography, Collections, Events, lectures, Maps, RAS Collections, RAS History, Visits
  • Preparing for 2023

    This week brought a greater sense of optimism with the advent of spring and the proposed plans for the easing of restrictions in the coming months.  We look forward to welcoming you…

    26 February 2021
    2023, Bayly Prize, RAS Lecture Series, virtual events

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