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Latest Event Recordings now Available
We have now made available on YouTube, recordings of four of our lectures and book talks held in March. If you missed the opportunity to attend the event in-person or online last…
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Honouring Past and Present Council Members
Last night, Thursday 13th March, a special lecture was held in honour of Professor Tony Stockwell, who not only served as Royal Asiatic Society President for three terms but also served on…
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Remembering Joseph Ernest Renan
Friday 28 February marks 202 years since the birth of Joseph Ernest Renan in 1823 at Tréguier, Brittany. His father was involved in the fishing industry but died when Renan was just…
New Cairo Museums, and Society Events
This week’s blog begins with a post from Dr Alison Ohta, the Society’s Director, following a recent visit to Cairo. New Cairo Museums Since its establishment in 1902, The Egyptian Museum…
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Happy Chinese New Year – Year of the Snake
We would like to start this blog post by wishing a Happy New Year to all those who celebrated the Chinese New Year this week. The featured image at the head of…
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Commemorating John Drew Bate
This Sunday, 26 January, marks the 102nd anniversary of the death of the missionary John Drew Bate. He died on the 26th January 1923. In the 1923 Journal of the Royal Asiatic…
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RAS Fellow Joya Chatterji wins the Wolfson History Prize 2024
A few weeks ago we announced that Asian historians, Joya Chatterji and Nandini Das were both shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2024. It is our great delight to inform you that…
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Charles Ambrose Storey
I am delighted to announce that the catalogue for the Papers of Charles Ambrose Storey is now available. These papers were donated to the Society as part of Storey’s bequest and have…
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Latest Special Edition of the Journal now Available
The latest edition of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society is now available. All members of the Society have access to it online by logging into our website and then navigating…
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Haegue Yang: Leap Year
This week, members of the staff at the Royal Asiatic Society were invited to the press view of the latest exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank, London. So instead of our usual…
