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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 -
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 -
Looking forward to the Autumn
Cataloguing Update: Over the past few weeks, I have been busy cataloguing material from the ‘lectures and events’ section of the institutional archive and this is now available for people to view…24 September 2021 -
Bayly Prize Update
The Society is delighted to announce that the adjudicators for the Bayly Prize have reached their decision about the winners for the 2021 competition. The judges report a gratifyingly strong field of submission…
27 August 2021 -
West Papers now live on Archives Hub
We are happy to announce that the personal papers of the West brothers - Edward William, Arthur Anderson, Henry, Clement and Walter - have now been catalogued and are available for readers…22 July 2021 -
Cataloguing the Institutional Archive
Whilst many of the Society’s collections of personal papers have now been catalogued, there is still a great deal of work to be done to make accessible items from the Society’s institutional…
25 June 2021 -
Henry Thomas Colebrooke’s Legacy
Tuesday (15th June) marked the 256th anniversary of the birth of the former President and founder of the Society, Henry Thomas Colebrooke (15th June 1765 -10th March 1837). Colebrooke was born…
18 June 2021 -
Cataloguing the Duncanson Collection
Over the last year, one of our volunteers has been working on the cataloguing of the personal papers of the former President and Director of the Society, Dr John Dennis Duncanson, O.B.E…
7 May 2021 -
Cataloguing the Gerald Tibbetts Collection
This week I have been busy finishing off the cataloguing of the Gerald Tibbetts papers that we have recently acquired. Tibbetts was renowned for his interest in early Arab navigation in the…
20 November 2020 -
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…
13 August 2020
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