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Epic Iran Exhibition
In this week’s blog, RAS Director Dr Alison Ohta writes about the Epic Iran exhibition. Organised with the Iran Heritage Foundation in association with the Sarikhani Collection, this is currently running at…
6 August 2021 -
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 -
Re-opening our Collections
In light of the easing of restrictions, the Society is pleased to announce that we will be re-opening our collections to visitors for one day a week every Thursday starting next week…
9 April 2021 -
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 -
Cataloguing the Abraham Poliak Papers
We start this week’s blog post on a sombre note with tributes to the lives of Dr. David Washbrook and Dr. Filiz Çağman. Dr. David Washbrook (1948-2021) It is with great sadness…
12 February 2021 -
Bayly Prize News
The Society is delighted to announce that the adjudicators for the Bayly Prize have reached their decision about the winners for the 2020 competition. The Society regrets that present regulations governing social events…
15 January 2021 -
Reflecting on the past year
For the last blog post of 2020, we are reflecting on the activities that have taken place around the Society during the past year. Having only joined the RAS towards the end…
17 December 2020 -
Burton, Tod and Coping with Covid
As most of you will know, or have guessed, the Royal Asiatic Society is now closed for the foreseeable future with the Reading Room shut to researchers and all lectures and events…
20 March 2020 -
Raffles in Java
On Tuesday 30th July, we welcomed Dr Sarah Tiffin to lecture on “Raffles and the Course of Empire: Decoding Ruin Imagery in The History of Java”. The lecture, reflecting some of the…
2 August 2019 -
General John Briggs (1785-1875)
John Briggs was an officer in the East India Company army. He entered the Madras army in 1801 and accompanied Sir John Malcolm on his mission to Persia in 1810. Briggs took…
26 April 2019