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  • Member Profile: Rosane Rocher

    Rosane Rocher is a Sanskritist and a historian of Indology, and a Professor Emerita of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where she served as department chair, director of the…

    3 February 2023
    About the Society, Blog Update
  • Derek Davis on A S Pushkin’s A Journey to Arzrum during the Campaign of 1829 – Part 2

    On Tuesday 25 October RAS launches Derek Davis’ English edition of A S Pushkin’s A Journey to Arzrum during the Campaign of 1829. Mr Davis continues his account of Society contacts with…

    10 October 2022
    Blog Update, Recent
  • Commemorating Frederick Marryat

    August 9th marks the 174th anniversary of RAS member Captain Frederick Marryat’s death.   Marryat was born July 10, 1792 to MP and “merchant prince” Joseph Marryat and his wife Charlotte. As…

    5 August 2022
    Blog Update
  • RAS Acquires Terence Stannus Gray/Wei Wu Wei Archives

    The Royal Asiatic Society is delighted to have accepted two archive collections pertaining to the life and work of Terence Stannus Gray (1895-1986), who authored numerous works on Daoism and Chinese philosophy…

    8 July 2022
    Acquisitions, Blog Update
  • Interview with Pepita Seth (2022 Burton Medal Recipient)

    Over the past fifty years Pepita Seth has devoted her life to the exploration of the closed worlds of the Guruvayur Temple and Theyyam Rituals in Kerala.  She has undertaken her work …

    1 July 2022
    Blog Update
  • Interview with Peter Alford Andrews – recipient of the Sir Richard Burton Medal, 2022

    Peter Alford Andrews with the constant assistance of his wife, Mügül, has taken the study of the Eurasian tent to a totally new level. The material culture of the Eurasian nomad is…

    17 June 2022
    Blog Update
  • From the archive: The Seven Planets by Sayyid Mohammed Riza

    Our Librarian Ed Weech recently made a striking discovery in the Society’s archive, topical today and thoroughly evocative of the world in which the Society came into being.     The Seven…

    6 May 2022
    Blog Update
  • The Global Transmission of 20th Century Yoga Practice By Dr. Hannah Bartos

    Recently published as part of the RAS book series, Dr Bartos’ book Modern Transnational Yoga investigates the social organisation of modern yoga practice and analyses why certain styles have transcended geographical borders…

    11 February 2022
    Blog Update
  • Blog Update

    With the Society being quieter over the Summer months, the blog is taking a well-deserved break this week. However, we will be back next week with updates on the Digital Library and…
    30 July 2021
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