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Joy in the Archive – finding a misplaced letter
Over the last 2 years, on several occasions, we have highlighted the acquisition of the Thomas Manning Archive and some the material of interest in the Collection. It was a fascinating experience to…
1 September 2017Reflections on Chinese Porcelain Collectors
On Wednesday 18 January, the Society was privileged to host a lecture by The Hon. James Stourton (Senior Fellow, Institute of Historical Research, London University) titled “Reflections on Chinese Porcelain Collectors”. James…
20 January 2017Damascus, Joseph Banks, and an Evening for Volunteer Thanks
The above title could well represent the many projects with which are volunteers are engaged – the tasks which they willingly undertake in the course of their volunteering are many and varied.…
9 December 2016Dr Rose Kerr on Zhenwu, the Dark Warrior: Daoist beliefs and imagery in China
On Tuesday 27 September we hosted a lecture by Dr Rose Kerr (Former Keeper of East Asian Art, Victoria and Albert Museum) titled “Zhenwu, the Dark Warrior: Daoist beliefs and imagery in…
29 September 2016Zhenwu, the Perfected Warrior: RAS receives loan from Horniman Museum
We are very pleased that, courtesy of the Horniman Museum, we have received a statue on loan to exhibit in our Reading Room until 6 December. The object in question is a…
1 September 2016Reflections on work experience at the RAS
We were very fortunate to have the opportunity to do a week of work experience at the RAS. During the week, we researched and created a display on Sir George Thomas Staunton,…
19 August 2016From Mamluk Helmets to Timurid Iran via Han Administration
The title of this blog reflects the range of topics covered in recent events at the RAS. On Tuesday 21st June Shireen El Kassem gave a Guest Lecture in which she elucidated…
1 July 2016Two lectures at the RAS
The RAS hosted two lectures during the past week. On Thursday, 14 April, Dr. Jenny Balfour-Paul (University of Exeter) delivered a lecture on “Journeys in the Footsteps of Thomas Machell, forgotten explorer”.…
21 April 2016Manning and Marshman work together on Chinese translation
In 1810 Thomas Manning was in India. We know from a letter to his father, William Manning, Rector at Diss, Norfolk, that he sailed on board the Pellen from Canton to Bengal…
3 March 2016Transcribing archival documents at the RAS: a volunteer’s perspective
Thomas Bloomfield has been volunteering at the Society over the past months assisting us with the transcription of some historical documents from our archives while he is on his gap year. Below,…
16 December 2015