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Archivist Update: Next Friday (17th December) will be my last day working as Archivist at the Society. I have enjoyed my time working with the collections over the last year…10 December 2021 -
James Tod and the ‘Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han’
This Thursday (18th November) marked the anniversary of the death of the Oriental Scholar, Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod (20 March 1782 - 18 November 1835). Painting of Lt. Col James Tod from,…19 November 2021 -
Studying the Sanskrit Language
Friedrich Max Müller: This Thursday (28th October) marked the anniversary of the death of the philologist and Orientalist, Friedrich Max Müller (6th December 1823-28th October 1900). Friedrich Max Müller by…29 October 2021 -
Halloween Update
There’s a chill in the air as we enter the second half of Autumn, but the Society’s events programme is running at full steam with several events planned between October and November.…22 October 2021 -
Oscar Eckenstein and the Richard Burton Collection
This Thursday marked the 162nd anniversary of the birth of the mountaineer, Oscar Johannes Ludwig Eckenstein (9th September 1859 - 8th April 1921). Portrait of Oscar Eckenstein held in the Society’s collections…10 September 2021 -
Epic Iran Exhibition
In this week’s blog, RAS Director Dr Alison Ohta writes about the Epic Iran exhibition. Organised with the Iran Heritage Foundation in association with the Sarikhani Collection, this is currently running at…
6 August 2021 -
Re-opening our Collections
In light of the easing of restrictions, the Society is pleased to announce that we will be re-opening our collections to visitors for one day a week every Thursday starting next week…
9 April 2021
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