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Conservation students’ remarkable work on RAS collections
The Royal Asiatic Society has been collecting material for almost two centuries, and holds many objects whose origins date back far into the previous millennium. Looking after a diverse and important collection…
7 July 2016The Ram Raz Collection and Vastu Shastra
We are pleased to introduce a guest post by Dr Jennifer Howes, an art historian specializing in South Asia and author of The Courts of Pre-Colonial South India. The Ram Raz Collection In the…
24 May 2016Denis Sinor Medal and more lectures at the RAS
On Thursday, 12 May 2016, the Royal Asiatic Society presented Professor Nicholas Sims-Williams (SOAS) with the Denis Sinor Gold Medal for Inner Asian Studies. The Sinor Medal was inaugurated in 1993 with…
18 May 2016Two lectures at the RAS
The RAS hosted two lectures during the past week. On Thursday, 14 April, Dr. Jenny Balfour-Paul (University of Exeter) delivered a lecture on “Journeys in the Footsteps of Thomas Machell, forgotten explorer”.…
21 April 2016James Tod book launch
On Wednesday, 6 April we were delighted to host the launch of Knowledge, mediation and empire: James Tod’s journeys among the Rajputs (Manchester University Press), by Florence D’Souza. Florence gave an introduction…
8 April 2016Recent lectures at the RAS
We have been very fortunate to host two wonderful speakers during the past week. Last Thursday, 10 March, Professor (Emerita) Doris Behrens-Abouseif (SOAS) delivered a lecture on “Scribes and Libraries in the Mamluk…
16 March 2016Songs from behind the curtain: the influence of palace women on Hindustani music
On 20 October we were delighted to host a lecture by Dr Richard Williams, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. Dr Williams’ lecture, part of…
23 October 2015The RAS began its 2014-2015 Lecture Series last Thursday, 9th October with Criminalization of Politics in India, an interesting lecture by Professor (Emeritus) Paul Brass of the University of Washington. Having spent…
17 October 2014