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Bayly Prize 2023 Shortlist Announced
The Society is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2023 Bayly Prize for a distinguished thesis on an Asian subject from a British or Irish University. The prize was established to…
24 November 2023 -
Bayly Prize and Biblical Archaeology
Yesterday evening, Thursday 19 January, the Society was delighted to host the prize giving for the 2022 Bayly Prize. The prize was initiated in 2018 to mark the outstanding contribution of Professor…
20 January 2023 -
Events and Awards
Through November and into the beginning of December the Society has been busy with lectures, book launches and the award of the Richard Burton Medal and the RAS Medal for 2019 (delayed…
9 December 2022 -
The Ottoman Sultan, Ali Raja Bibi of Kannur, and Compass Bearings
The three titles in the heading do not seem to have a lot in common. Two are people but from different parts of the world, and the other is a generic term.…
4 March 2022 -
Gertrude Caton-Thompson
As we prepare to bestow the Burton Memorial Medal on new recipients this year, I thought I would take a look back at the recipient of just under seventy years ago. In…
28 January 2022 -
Commemorating Richard Winstedt and Celebrating Volunteers
Four weeks ago, in his blog post RAS President, Tony Stockwell, wrote about Sir Richard Winstedt and his roles in the Malayan Civil Service, at SOAS, and as author of many publications…
2 June 2020 -
Awards in Memory of Professor David O. Morgan and Sir Richard Burton
The Royal Asiatic Society is delighted to announce the launch of a prize in memory of Professor David O. Morgan, who died in October 2019. David was the editor of the Society’s Journal from the mid-1980s…
12 May 2020 -
President Tony Stockwell writes again…
Following lock-down we have cancelled events and closed the library. Compared with the plight of many organisations, however, the Society has been fortunate. The Director, collections staff, and editorial team are working…
5 May 2020 -
The Gibb Memorial Trust
The Gibb Memorial Trust was founded in 1902 in memory of Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, by his mother Jane Gibb. She wished to commemorate the untimely death of her son, a mainly…
28 April 2020 -
The Freya Stark Glass Slide Collection
In the weeks before the Society closed, we were fortunate to be able to host another student from the MA in History of Art and Curation course at Sussex University. Imogen Holmes…
17 April 2020
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