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The Founding of the RAS
Anniversary of the Inauguration of the RAS: This Monday (15th March), marked the 198th anniversary of the inauguration of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The Society was founded…
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Farewell
Today (1st October) is my last day at the Society. By the time I walk out of the door this evening, I will have been at the Society exactly 6 years. I…
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Remembering Charles Allen
It is with great sadness that we write of the death of Charles Allen who died from cancer on the 16 August 2020. Charles, born in India in 1940 (one of the…
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Succession Planning
I have spent a considerable number of my working hours this week reading through application forms for my potential successor as archivist at the Royal Asiatic Society. It is almost time for…
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Online Events and Archival Progress…
This afternoon, Tuesday May 26th, the Royal Asiatic Society in conjunction with the British Council, Georgia, hosted a zoom lecture by Zaza Purtseladze on the “Educational and Cultural landscape in Georgia –…
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Awards in Memory of Professor David O. Morgan and Sir Richard Burton
The Royal Asiatic Society is delighted to announce the launch of a prize in memory of Professor David O. Morgan, who died in October 2019. David was the editor of the Society’s Journal from the mid-1980s…
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President Tony Stockwell writes again…
Following lock-down we have cancelled events and closed the library. Compared with the plight of many organisations, however, the Society has been fortunate. The Director, collections staff, and editorial team are working…
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The Gibb Memorial Trust
The Gibb Memorial Trust was founded in 1902 in memory of Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, by his mother Jane Gibb. She wished to commemorate the untimely death of her son, a mainly…
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News of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
We start this week’s blog post with a message from Charlotte de Blois, Executive and Reviews Editor of our Journal, busy working from her home in Cambridge: The Journal of the Royal…
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A Message from RAS President, Tony Stockwell: more on Burton’s hat and stick
The Royal Asiatic Society President, Professor Tony Stockwell, writes: As Nancy Charley explained in her blog of 20 March, the Society remains closed for the foreseeable future. The Reading Room is shut…
