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  • 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
    About the Society, RAS Collections, RAS Lecture Series, Recent
  • 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
    About the Society, Bayly Prize, Book Launches, RAS Awards and Medals, RAS Lecture Series, Recent, Richard Burton Memorial Medal
  • Society Activities – Update from RAS Director Dr Ohta

    First, greetings to all in this week of Diwali which provides some light before the darkness of winter establishes itself.  The Society has had a very busy October. Giles Tillotson started the…

    28 October 2022
    lectures, RAS Lecture Series, Recent
  • 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
    2021-2022 lecture series, Burton Memorial Lecture, RAS Awards and Medals, RAS Collections, RAS Lecture Series, Richard Burton Memorial Medal
  • Returning to the Royal Asiatic Society

    As you will have read in last week’s blog post, I returned to the Royal Asiatic Society as the Archivist at the beginning of the year. In a series of coincidences I…

    14 January 2022
    About the Society, Archivist, RAS Collections, RAS Lecture Series
  • Happy New Year

    We would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year and hope that Covid did not intervene to prevent your celebrations.  The Society re-opened on the 4th January and we are delighted…

    7 January 2022
    Armenia, Manuscripts, RAS Lecture Series, RAS Library
  • West Papers now live on Archives Hub

    We are happy to announce that the personal papers of the West brothers - Edward William, Arthur Anderson, Henry, Clement and Walter - have now been catalogued and are available for readers…
    22 July 2021
    Archives, Archives Hub, RAS Lecture Series, virtual events, West collection
  • The Roar of Silence

    The Society is pleased to announce that the latest edition of the journal is now available for Fellows to view on Cambridge Core. ‘The Roar of Silence’ is a Festschrift in honour…

    9 July 2021
    Archives, Collections, Edward William West, festschrift, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, RAS Lecture Series, virtual events
  • Changing of the guard as RAS welcomes new President

    On Thursday 27th May, the Society’s AGM was held over Zoom. Professor Stockwell stepped down as President having completed his term and Professor Sarah Ansari was elected making her the first woman President…

    4 June 2021
    Anniversary General Meeting, editorial board, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, ophthalmology, RAS Lecture Series, virtual events
  • Mandalay and the Art of Building Cities

    The Royal Asiatic Society and the National University of Singapore Press are pleased to announce the forthcoming release of the publication, ‘Mandalay and the Art of Building Cities in Burma’ by François…

    30 April 2021
    Book Launches, Events, Publications, RAS Lecture Series, Rustaveli Day, virtual events
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