Category / Collection Highlights / Library & Archives
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New Donation – South Indian Temple Photographs
For this week’s blog, we’re delighted to share some exciting news about our collections. Professor Christopher Fuller, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political…
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The Arab Hall, Mongolian Artwork, Journal and Member Profiles
The Arab Hall – Frederick Leighton: Traveller and Collector Yesterday evening, we had the pleasure of celebrating the launch of Dr Melanie Gibson’s brand‑new publication, The Arab Hall – Frederick Leighton: Traveller…
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Staff Intro, Noh Theatre Chants and Prize Reminder
This week, we open our blog with a piece written by Evelyn Dodds, who joined the Society last week as our new Outreach and Communications Officer. Some of you may already recognise…
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Chinese Scrolls and Staff News
In a previous blog post, I promised to share more about the Chinese scrolls I’ve been working on, so this week I’m diving deeper into two of them, both of which have…
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Maruyama Okyo’s Fierce Tiger
The Society has had an lively and eventful week. On Monday 9 February, we were delighted to welcome Professor Agus Suwignyo from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia. His lecture traced the evolution of…
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RAS Collections Evening 2026
On Thursday 7 May, the Society will host its annual Collections Evening. This year, we are delighted to host three talks exploring manuscript and art collections from Malaysia, India, and Japan. Dr…
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View of Burma, from Two Perspectives
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been busy working on the Society’s art collection – enhancing metadata, sorting through long‑unprocessed items, and bringing catalogues online for easier access. This week, we thought…
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Reminder for Prize Submissions and Coin Catalogues Now Online
We begin this week’s blog post with a reminder to submit to two of the Society’s prizes, both currently accepting nominations. The first is the Charles H. Norchi Prize, awarded for the…
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Language and Culinary Culture – Dinner Menu for International Congress of Orientalists
Some time ago, a researcher visited us to consult the papers of the International Congress of Orientalists held in our collections. Although these papers are classified as part of our institutional archives,…
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Early-19th-Century Chinese Magazine and Gulistan of Sa’di in Hong Kong
I feel like the blog has become a space for me to share my spontaneous discoveries in the Library (which I very much enjoy!). Having grown up in Hong Kong, I have…
