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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 -
Society News and Events
Jeremiah Patrick Losty (21 May 1945 – 29 September 2021) It is with great sadness that we share the news of Jerry’s passing. Jeremiah Losty was for 34 years an outstanding curator…
15 October 2021 -
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 -
Moving to Mars and the Tod Panchanga Scroll
This week’s blog post has been kindly written by the Director of the Society, Dr. Alison Ohta, and Jenny Attemark, who is the Curator and Archivist at Tekniska museet – The Swedish…
22 January 2021 -
Celebrating our Achievements
For this week’s blog post, we wanted to celebrate some of the work that has been carried out at the society over the last year, amidst such challenging circumstances. One of these…
11 December 2020 -
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 -
Wall Paintings of Bhutan and RAS Collections
On Thursday 16th November we welcomed Professor David Park to give a lecture on “Preserving the Buddhist Wall Paintings of Bhutan”. Professor Park described some of the many different types of wall…
17 November 2017 -
Muhaqqaq: Furthering the Aesthetic of Faith.
Dr. Nassar Mansour, who was visiting London teaching a special class in calligraphy at the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, graciously consented to give a lecture on the 24th August to the…
8 September 2016