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Iraq Photographs
On this day in 1958 a coup d’état, took place in Iraq, resulting in the overthrow of the monarchy in Iraq that had been established by King Faisal I in 1921. As…
14 July 2020 -
Snapshot of Collections Care
We are pleased to announce that a three year project of caring and cataloguing our photographs has been completed. Nearly all the photographs within our Collections have been appropriately packaged and catalogued…
7 December 2018 -
On this day in 1967
On this day (November 30th) in 1967, South Yemen gained its independence from Britain. Formerly the Colony of Aden, this had been ruled as part of British India from its invasion by…
30 November 2018 -
Commemorating the Declaration of Indonesian Independence
Today, 17th August, marks the anniversary of the proclamation of independence in Indonesia, This marked the start of diplomatic and armed resistance against the Dutch until final independence was acknowledged in 1949.…
17 August 2018 -
Celebration of Historic Photographs
The RAS hosted a couple of events this week. The first, though not a celebration of photographs, was certainly a celebration. Tuesday 10th April marked the launch of Memory, Identity and the Colonial…
13 April 2018 -
Dr Andrew Arsan talks on Beirut and Hong Kong
On Thursday 9th November, Dr Andrew Arsan, from the University of Cambridge, gave the next lecture in our RAS Lecture Series. His lecture was entitled “Beyond Formal and Informal Imperialism: Beirut, Hong…
10 November 2017 -
Working with the Stein Collection and end of placement
We are grateful to Carly Bishop, MA University of Sussex placement student, for her time spent with our photograph collections, and for writing the blog this week: As I come to the…
20 July 2017 -
Placement at The Royal Asiatic Society
This week’s blog post is written by Carly Bishop, our current placement student: I am currently studying for an MA in Art History and Museum Curating with Photography at the University of…
8 June 2017 -
Afghanistan in the Mid-Twentieth Century
On Thursday 26th January we welcomed Elisabeth Leake as she launched her new book, “The Defiant Border: The Afghan-Pakistan Borderlands in the Era of Decolonization, 1936-1965”. She gave an interesting talk upon…
2 February 2017 -
From river to well, sea to canal…
Next Wednesday, 23 November we will be holding a Creative Writing Workshop in the Reading Room here at the RAS. This event is in celebration of Explore Your Archives Week, a national…
18 November 2016
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