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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 -
Intertextual and Material Culture: Researching the RAS Collections
This week’s blog post is by Ruth Westoby. Handwritten on paper in Sanskrit, using devanāgarī script, is a manuscript of the Śārṅgadharapaddhati which forms part of the Royal Asiatic Society’s Tod collection.…
16 December 2022 -
William Jones
William Jones, one of the greatest linguistic prodigies of the eighteenth-century, thoroughly fluent in English, Welsh, Greek, Latin, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Sanskrit, was through the influence of his patron, the Earl…
12 December 2022 -
A Tribute For The Legacy Of James Tod
We are pleased to introduce this tribute from Dr Shuchi Gupta (CCS University, Meerut), who has generously sponsored the digitization of our manuscript RAS Tod 126, comprising two texts on Indian history…
2 December 2022 -
A Qurʾan manuscript with full Malay translation
We are pleased to introduce this week’s blog by Dr Annabel Teh Gallop, a member of RAS Council. The Royal Asiatic Society holds a Qurʾan manuscript (Arabic 4), which is of exceptional…
25 November 2022 -
Digitization Sponsorship for RAS Bicentenary
Over the past several years, the Society has digitized some of the most important parts of its collection, and has made digital facsimiles of manuscripts, archives, and artworks freely available via the…
30 September 2022 -
Celebration [in] Style: A Comparison of Anniversaries at the Royal Asiatic Society
Earlier this month, I, Nancy Charley, presented a paper at the conference for the International Council of Archives’ Section for University and Research Institution Archives. The theme of the conference was Commemoration,…
23 September 2022 -
The Society’s 100th Anniversary in 1923
As well as researching the Society’s past, and its collections for the forthcoming exhibition at the Brunei Gallery, I am also researching the past anniversaries of the Society to present a paper…
12 August 2022 -
The Approach of the Royal Asiatic Society’s Anniversary
Often when I, Nancy Charley, write the blog post I include information of some anniversary – either commemorating the birth or death of a person who has been involved with the Royal…
29 July 2022 -
Journal, Book Launches and Reviews
This week’s blog begins with an update from the Archivist: I am currently creating the catalogue for the records of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. It has been interesting to…
15 July 2022