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  • Events and Awards

    Through November and into the beginning of December the Society has been busy with lectures, book launches and the award of the Richard Burton Medal and the RAS Medal for 2019 (delayed…

    9 December 2022
    About the Society, Bayly Prize, Book Launches, RAS Awards and Medals, RAS Lecture Series, Recent, Richard Burton Memorial Medal
  • A Qurʾan manuscript with full Malay translation

    We are pleased to introduce this week’s blog by Dr Annabel Teh Gallop, a member of RAS Council.  The Royal Asiatic Society holds a Qurʾan manuscript (Arabic 4), which is of exceptional…

    25 November 2022
    Book Launches, Collections, RAS Collections, Recent, Uncategorised
  • The self-taught cartographer and his Hindi wall map of India

      In his final blog for the year, Philip Jagessar writes about a Hindi wall map of India which was sent to the Society by a Calcutta-based mapmaker. The Royal Asiatic Society’s…
    3 December 2021
    Acquisitions, Book Launches, Events, India, lectures, Maps, Mysore
  • December Events

    Before the Society closes for Christmas, there are several events taking place in December to look forward to. If you don’t fancy venturing out in the cold weather, most of these will…
    26 November 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, Book Launches, Christmas, Events, Rustaveli Day
  • Professor Francis Robinson is awarded the Sir Syed Excellence Award:

    The Society congratulates Professor Francis Robinson (RAS President, 1997-2000 and 2003-2006, Chair of the Monograph Board and long-standing member of Council) who will receive the Sir Syed Excellence Award from Aligarh Muslim…
    8 October 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, awards, Book Launches, Sir Syed Excellence Award
  • Sir George Thomas Staunton

    This Tuesday (10th August), marked the anniversary of the death of Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet (26 May 1781- 10 August 1859) who was a former Vice President and one of…

    13 August 2021
    Archives, Book Launches, Cataloguing, institutional archive, lectures, Paintings and Drawings, Sir George Thomas Staunton
  • 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
    Archives, Archives Hub, Book Launches, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Islamic History, lectures
  • Textiles and Manuscripts in the Islamic Tradition

    Director Presents on Textiles and Manuscripts in the Islamic Tradition: The Society’s Director, Alison Ohta took part in a virtual workshop on the 2nd and 3rd of June. The workshop was titled…

    11 June 2021
    archaeology, Book Launches, lectures, Manuscripts, silk roads, virtual events
  • Thomas William Rhys Davids and the Pāli Language

    This Wednesday (12th May) marked the 178th anniversary of the birth of Thomas William Rhys Davids (1843-1922) who was a scholar of the Pāli language and founder of the Pāli Text Society.…

    14 May 2021
    Archive, Book Launches, Oriental Translation Fund, Thomas William Rhys Davids, virtual events
  • Mandalay and the Art of Building Cities

    The Royal Asiatic Society and the National University of Singapore Press are pleased to announce the forthcoming release of the publication, ‘Mandalay and the Art of Building Cities in Burma’ by François…

    30 April 2021
    Book Launches, Events, Publications, RAS Lecture Series, Rustaveli Day, virtual events
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