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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
    2021-2022 lecture series, Archives, Archives Hub, awards, Bayly Prize, Cataloguing, Christmas, collections evening, Digital Library, Events, Exhibitions, festschrift, JRAS, lectures, Library
  • The self-taught cartographer and his Hindi wall map of India

      In his final blog for the year, Philip Jagessar writes about a Hindi wall map of India which was sent to the Society by a Calcutta-based mapmaker. The Royal Asiatic Society’s…
    3 December 2021
    Acquisitions, Book Launches, Events, India, lectures, Maps, Mysore
  • 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
  • Looking forward to the Autumn

    Cataloguing Update: Over the past few weeks, I have been busy cataloguing material from the ‘lectures and events’ section of the institutional archive and this is now available for people to view…
    24 September 2021
    2021-2022 lecture series, Archives Hub, Books, Cataloguing, Events, lectures, Publications
  • Sir George Thomas Staunton

    This Tuesday (10th August), marked the anniversary of the death of Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet (26 May 1781- 10 August 1859) who was a former Vice President and one of…

    13 August 2021
    Archives, Book Launches, Cataloguing, institutional archive, lectures, Paintings and Drawings, Sir George Thomas Staunton
  • 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
  • Henry Thomas Colebrooke’s Legacy

    Tuesday (15th June) marked the 256th anniversary of the birth of the former President and founder of the Society, Henry Thomas Colebrooke (15th June 1765 -10th March 1837).   Colebrooke was born…

    18 June 2021
    Archives, Archives Hub, Book Launches, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Islamic History, lectures
  • Textiles and Manuscripts in the Islamic Tradition

    Director Presents on Textiles and Manuscripts in the Islamic Tradition: The Society’s Director, Alison Ohta took part in a virtual workshop on the 2nd and 3rd of June. The workshop was titled…

    11 June 2021
    archaeology, Book Launches, lectures, Manuscripts, silk roads, virtual events
  • 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
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