Category / Library & Archives
Placing Udaipur: the James Tod Collection at the RAS
The Society’s library recently received a kind donation from the Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) in Udaipur (Rajasthan, India) of its beautiful exhibition catalogue Picturing Place: Painted and Printed Maps at…11 July 2025Henry Faulds and his Japanese Buddhist Albums
We have had a few sweltering days in the Reading Room this week, but thankfully the weather has cooled off significantly, so it is a great relief. While the Society’s lecture programme…
4 July 2025I Say Goodbye… and He Says Hello!
This will be the last blogpost that I write as the Society’s Archivist. After handing in my resignation at the beginning of the year, the process of finding my successor is now…
21 March 2025Happy New Year 2025
We would like to wish all our readers a Happy New Year with the hope that 2025 will bring much joy to your lives. However we start this first blogpost of 2025…
10 January 2025Seasons Greetings from the Royal Asiatic Society
The Society would like to send seasons greetings to all of you who read our blogposts with the hope that you will have a good festive season and that 2025 will be…
17 December 2024Tod Tour Part Two
Every day I am just overcome with the vastness of India as I follow our journey on the map. We travel for 6 or 8 hours and in my mind, I feel…
29 November 2024James Tod: Life and Works
The Society remembered Lt-Col James Tod on the anniversary of his death, 18 November 1835. James Tod was one of the Society’s most famous early Fellows. He was elected a member in…
23 November 2024News from the Second Tod Tour
The 2nd Tod Tour is well underway following in the footsteps of James Tod’s journey in Gujarat as described in his book Travels in Western India. You may remember Liz Driver’s lecture…
19 November 2024Reflecting 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 2021Collections 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