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Category / 2023 / About the Society / Archives Hub / Archivist / Cataloguing / Collections / collections evening / RAS Collections / RAS Lecture Series

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  • Working with the Royal Asiatic Society’s Collections

    Yesterday evening (Thursday 23rd March) we held a Collections Evening. This is one of the highlights of the year for the Collections Team, librarian, Edward Weech, and myself, Nancy Charley, archivist. The…

    24 March 2023
    2023, About the Society, Archives Hub, Archivist, Cataloguing, Collections, collections evening, RAS Collections, RAS Lecture Series
  • Reflecting on 2021

    For the last blog post of 2021, we wanted to reflect on some of the work that has taken place across the Society over the last year. Before we mention these achievements,…
    17 December 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, Archives, Archives Hub, awards, Bayly Prize, Cataloguing, Christmas, collections evening, Digital Library, Events, Exhibitions, festschrift, JRAS, lectures, Library
  • New Blog Post

    New text Image of the second half of the scroll The scroll was not accessible for viewing without risking further damage. The condition it was in came both from the inherent vice…
    28 April 2021
    Collections, collections evening, Conservation, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society
  • Spotlight on our Collections

    Last Thursday, 25 March, the Society held its second online Collections Evening, when several talks highlighted how work with the collections has continued during the pandemic. While many of our activities have…

    30 March 2021
    Collections, collections evening, Easter, lectures, virtual events
  • Conservation of a 19th Century Shi’ite Pilgrimage Scroll

    This week’s blog post is kindly written by Mathilde Renauld who is currently working at the National Gallery of Ireland as a Paper Conservator. Mathilde previously completed a project for the Society…
    26 March 2021
    Collections, collections evening, Conservation, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society
  • The Founding of the RAS

    Anniversary of the Inauguration of the RAS: This Monday (15th March), marked the 198th anniversary of the inauguration of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The Society was founded…

    19 March 2021
    About the Society, Archives, Collections, collections evening, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Library, RAS History, virtual events
  • Latest additions to the Digital Library

    A reminder to all our readers that we have two online events to look forward to next week. The first, on Tuesday 23rd February at 6.30pm, will see Dr Erin O’Halloran lecture…

    19 February 2021
    Archives, Book Launches, Cataloguing, Collections, collections evening, Digital Library, Events, lectures, Library, virtual events
  • Presenting the first virtual collections evening

    On Wednesday 25th November, we held our first virtual collections evening over Zoom. This was originally billed to take place in March but was cancelled due to the first lockdown. We were…

    27 November 2020
    Cataloguing, collections evening, Conservation, Exhibitions, internships, RAS Collections, reading room, virtual events, Volunteering, Work Experience
  • Cataloguing the Gerald Tibbetts Collection

    This week I have been busy finishing off the cataloguing of the Gerald Tibbetts papers that we have recently acquired. Tibbetts was renowned for his interest in early Arab navigation in the…

    20 November 2020
    Acquisitions, Archives, Archives Hub, Book Launches, Cataloguing, collections evening
  • Japanese culture through rare books

    With Library services closed for the time being, I thought I would take the opportunity to enrol myself on some online courses to improve my skills and knowledge. A course that particularly…

    13 November 2020
    book binding, Book Launches, Collections, collections evening, Events, Japan, Japanese prints, lecture, rare books
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