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Changing of the guard as RAS welcomes new President
On Thursday 27th May, the Society’s AGM was held over Zoom. Professor Stockwell stepped down as President having completed his term and Professor Sarah Ansari was elected making her the first woman President…
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Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia receives English Heritage blue plaque
Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia (1808-1877), a pioneering naval engineer and former member of the Society has recently been awarded an English Heritage London blue plaque marking the 180th anniversary of being the first…
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Anniversary General Meeting in the virtual world
Last Thursday evening (22nd October), the society held its Anniversary General meeting, celebrating 197 years of its existence. For the first time in the society’s history, this meeting was held virtually due…
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The significance of The Oriental Translation Fund and the role of Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot
This week’s blog post focusses on the cataloguing of The Oriental Translation Fund papers. Very little has been published around the work of the fund which has been significant in funding published…
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Saladin at the Anniversary General Meeting
Last evening, Thursday 9th May, the Society held its Anniversary General Meeting, celebrating 196 years of its existence. President Anthony Stockwell opened the proceedings before handing over to Treasurer, Lionel Knight, to…
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A Burmese Theme
On 2nd May we welcomed author, Philip Davies, to lecture on his new book “Lost Warriors – Seagrim and Pagani of Burma – The Last Great Untold Story of WWII”. This book…
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Anniversary General Meeting and More Gold Medallists
In line with new Data Protection requirements, I start this blog post with a reminder to all of you who are signed up to receive notification of a new blog post, that…
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The Breadth and Depth of Asian Studies
Over the past few weeks the RAS has hosted several lectures and book launches which showcase some of the breadth and depth of current Asian Studies. On Thursday 4th May Dr Claude…
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“After the Fashion of their Country” – Thomas Manning Launch Event
Yesterday evening (28th April), the RAS hosted the official launch of the Thomas Manning Archive. We were delighted to welcome many guests, among whom were members of the Manning family, representatives of the…
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RAS Lecture – The Dardanelles Campaign from both sides of the trenches
Last Thursday, 14 May, saw a busy evening at the RAS. In addition to our Annual General Meeting, we hosted a lecture by Dr Eugene Rogan (Oriental Institute, University of Oxford), on…
