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Major James Caulfeild’s Donation
Sometimes, as a break from the large projects I am working on, I tackle some of our more individual items. Having just completed the catalogue for the Richard Burton Memorial Medal, I…
15 February 2019 -
Happy Birthday Sir Henry Miers Elliot
March 1st marks the commemoration of the birth of Henry Miers Elliot, born this day in London, in 1808. I wonder if it was a similarly snowy day? He was educated at…
1 March 2018 -
Digitized Versions of three RAS Manuscripts available thanks to Cambridge Digital Library
On Monday 3 July 2017 we travelled to Cambridge for the launch of digitized versions of three important manuscripts belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society. These are held on long-term loan at Cambridge…
4 July 2017 -
Collections Open Evening
Do you know how to repair an Indian painting? Or mend a Persian manuscript? Do you know the story of Nana Fadnavis and the Maratha Peshwa, Madhu Rao Narayan, or the how…
25 May 2017 -
You Can Take the Archivist Out of the Archive…
…but you can’t take the Archive out of the Archivist to misquote a well-known phrase. I was on holiday in Ireland a couple of weeks ago, enjoying the magnificent Galway coastline. It…
6 October 2016 -
Dr Ben Outhwaite lectures on “Lewis, Gibson and the Discovery of the Cairo Genizah”
The RAS was delighted to host a lecture yesterday evening by Dr Ben Outhwaite ( University of Cambridge) titled “Lewis, Gibson and the Discovery of the Cairo Genizah”. Dr Outhwaite’s lecture highlighted…
13 November 2015 -
Conservation of Latin-Chinese manuscript dictionary: a progress report
Over the course of the year, a team of conservators has been working hard at the Society to conserve a rare 1745 Latin-Chinese dictionary. This project was funded thanks to generous support from…
11 November 2015 -
Saved for the nation: RAS acquires Thomas Manning Archive
The Royal Asiatic Society has acquired the archive of sinologist Thomas Manning (1772-1840), one of Britain’s first scholars of Chinese language and culture. The archive consists of over 400 letters to and…
20 October 2015
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