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An Archival Reunion
Last month, we were contacted by the Archivist at the Royal Anthropological Institute about a set of institutional papers belonging to the Society that had been in their custody for some time.…
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New Donation – South Indian Temple Photographs
For this week’s blog, we’re delighted to share some exciting news about our collections. Professor Christopher Fuller, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political…
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RAS Collections Evening 2026
On Thursday 7 May, the Society will host its annual Collections Evening. This year, we are delighted to host three talks exploring manuscript and art collections from Malaysia, India, and Japan. Dr…
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New Book, Event Recap and Website Refresh
New Book We are delighted to announce the latest addition to our monograph series: The Picture Gallery (Nigaristan): A Persian Moral Miscellany. This new publication is the only known English translation of…
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Early-19th-Century Chinese Magazine and Gulistan of Sa’di in Hong Kong
I feel like the blog has become a space for me to share my spontaneous discoveries in the Library (which I very much enjoy!). Having grown up in Hong Kong, I have…
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Upcoming Lecture on Dvāravatī and Associated Collections
As the new academic year is fast approaching, the Society is programming an exciting line-up of lectures for the 2025-26 Lecture Series, which will commence in September. We are delighted to announce…
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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…![]()
Henry 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…
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I 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…
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Happy 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…
