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Treasures Uncovered
Yesterday, a researcher came to look at some of our maps. The maps are an area of the Collections which still need some sorting and ordering, so I needed to work through…
13 September 2019On the Silk Road in London
The Society held its first summer course on the ‘Silk Road’ from the 8th – 11th July. We had 8 attendees and Dr Susan Whitfield lectured on the history of the Silk…
22 July 2019Sinologists of yore: traces spotted during a few days in Hong Kong
I recently visited Hong Kong to participate in a conference, Crossing Borders: Sinology in Translation Studies, organized by the Department of Translation and Research Centre for Translation at the Chinese University of…
12 July 2019Hippisley Collection of Chinese classics now on loan at the RAS
The Society is delighted to have received a collection of Chinese books on long-term loan from the London Library. The books were collected by Alfred Hippisley (1848-1939), who worked for the Imperial…
14 December 2018Ming Dynasty Arrow Vase now on loan at RAS
The Society is delighted to have received this stunning “Arrow Vase” on loan from the Horniman Museum. The loan is made possible thanks to the “Object in Focus” programme, supported by the…
14 September 2018Royal Asiatic Society acquires A.C. Graham Collection
The Society is delighted to have acquired the A.C. Graham Library and Archive, which has been donated by the Graham family. Angus C. Graham (1919-1991) was a central figure in the field…
2 August 2018Chinamania in the 1870s
On Tuesday 20th February, Amy Matthewson (SOAS) lectured on “Mr Punch and Chinamania: Blue Willow China and Consumer Consumption in ‘Punch’ Magazine, 1874-1880”. In that period Punch had run a series of…
22 February 2018Working with the Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales
This week we are grateful to Alphawood Scholar, Pawinna Phetluan, for our blogpost. In it she writes of the seven weeks that she has spent with us: When I heard about the internship…
15 December 2017NACIRA conference shines light on resources for Science in Asia
This week saw the annual conference of NACIRA (National Committee for Information Resources on Asia). Titled Science in Asia: Shining a light on resources, the conference was appropriately hosted by the Science Museum, on…
30 November 2017The Last Items of Miscellaneous Box M
There are two packages left in Miscellaneous Box M. The first when opened reveals a manuscript – it is made of paper but set out like a palm leaf manuscript and housed…
19 October 2017