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The 201st Anniversary of the Royal Asiatic Society
Last year, 2023, we celebrated the Society’s bicentenary – celebrations that are continuing into 2024. However today, 15th March 2024, marks the 201st anniversary of the inauguration of the Society. Therefore I…
15 March 2024 -
Postcard from Cairo by RAS Director, Dr Alison Ohta
When people come to Cairo the first thing that comes to mind is a visit to the pyramids and the Egyptian Museum. However, Cairo’s rich heritage of Islamic architecture spanning a period…
1 March 2024 -
Making a Book: The Society’s Anniversary Edition of Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han.
This week’s blog post is provided by Dr Gordon Johnson, Vice-President of the Society: James Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han or the Central and Western Rajpoot States was published in 2…
16 February 2024 -
Bayly Prize 2023 Winner and Finalists
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Thomas Barrett has been awarded the Bayly Prize. The finalists included Dr.Mariano Errichiello, Dr. Kelsey Granger and Dr. Yui Lo. Dr. Thomas P.…
5 January 2024 -
Drawing to the end of our bicentenary year
This will be the last blog post of 2023, the year of the bicentenary of the Society, and though bicentennial activities are continuing into 2024, with further celebratory lectures and a forthcoming…
15 December 2023 -
Dr Norbert Peabody on the launch of the reissue of James Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han
On Wednesday the Society launched its three volume reissue of James Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han at the Brunei Gallery, with Maharaj Kumar Sahib Dr Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar of Udaipur in…
8 December 2023 -
The Mythic Society of Bangalore
As part of the bicentenary activities, we continue to renew our links with our sister societies. On the 21st of November we held a Zoom meeting with the Mythic Society of Bangalore.…
1 December 2023 -
Bayly Prize 2023 Shortlist Announced
The Society is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2023 Bayly Prize for a distinguished thesis on an Asian subject from a British or Irish University. The prize was established…
24 November 2023 -
Dr Hamid Keshmirshekan: The Art of Iran in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
On the evening of October 5th, attendees congregated at the Society to partake in an informative lecture by Hamid Keshmirshekan, a distinguished art historian, art critic, and Research Scholar at the Department…
17 November 2023 -
The Photography Collection at the RAS – Dr Amy Matthewson
If you have not yet had the opportunity to visit the Extraordinary Endeavours exhibition at the Brunei Gallery, do please come before it closes on the 15th of December 2023. The…
10 November 2023