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Category / 2021-2022 lecture series / anniversary / book launch / Collections / James Tod / Manuscripts / Paintings and Drawings

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  • James Tod and the ‘Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han’

      This Thursday (18th November) marked the anniversary of the death of the Oriental Scholar, Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod (20 March 1782 - 18 November 1835). Painting of Lt. Col James Tod from,…
    19 November 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, anniversary, book launch, Collections, James Tod, Manuscripts, Paintings and Drawings
  • Cataloguing the Collections

    Cataloguing Update: Progress is being made on the cataloguing of collections material in the institutional archive with descriptions now ready to be uploaded onto Archives Hub. I have discovered several interesting finds…
    12 November 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, About the Society, Archives, Bayly Prize, Cataloguing, Collections
  • Halloween Update

    There’s a chill in the air as we enter the second half of Autumn, but the Society’s events programme is running at full steam with several events planned between October and November.…
    22 October 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, book launch, Collections, courses, Events, fellowships, iran, Journal, lectures, Malay Manuscripts, Manuscripts
  • Translating an Ottoman Railway Map

    This week’s blog is written by Philip Jagessar who gives us an update on an interesting find he discovered within the Society’s map collections.   Among the Society’s eclectic collection of foreign…
    30 September 2021
    2023, Acquisitions, Cartography, Collections, Events, lectures, Maps, RAS Collections, RAS History, Visits
  • Oscar Eckenstein and the Richard Burton Collection

    This Thursday marked the 162nd anniversary of the birth of the mountaineer, Oscar Johannes Ludwig Eckenstein (9th September 1859 - 8th April 1921). Portrait of Oscar Eckenstein held in the Society’s collections…
    10 September 2021
    anniversary, Archives, book launch, Collections, Oscar Eckenstein, Richard Burton, Uzbekistan
  • The Roar of Silence

    The Society is pleased to announce that the latest edition of the journal is now available for Fellows to view on Cambridge Core. ‘The Roar of Silence’ is a Festschrift in honour…

    9 July 2021
    Archives, Collections, Edward William West, festschrift, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, RAS Lecture Series, virtual events
  • Collections Summer Update

    Traditionally, the Society is quieter than usual during the Summer months, due to the lower number of Events. But staff continue to work busily away, and in recent weeks we have been…

    2 July 2021
    Acquisitions, Archives, Collections, collections update, Digital Library, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, Library, Maps, virtual events
  • Cataloguing the Institutional Archive

    Whilst many of the Society’s collections of personal papers have now been catalogued, there is still a great deal of work to be done to make accessible items from the Society’s institutional…

    25 June 2021
    Archives, Archives Hub, Cataloguing, Collections, Events, institutional archive, lectures
  • Cataloguing the Duncanson Collection

    Over the last year, one of our volunteers has been working on the cataloguing of the personal papers of the former President and Director of the Society, Dr John Dennis Duncanson, O.B.E…

    7 May 2021
    Archives, Archives Hub, Cataloguing, Collections, Duncanson Collection, Events, lectures
  • 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
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