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So Many Beautiful Things
On Tuesday 18th June we welcomed Susan Stronge to lecture at the Society. She is Senior Curator in the Asian Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum. As you might expect her…
28 June 2019Sir William Jones and Systems of Morality
On Thursday 6 June, Edward Weech (the Society’s Librarian) delivered a lecture entitled “Systems of Religion and Morality in the Collections of the Royal Asiatic Society”. Edward’s lecture was a response to…
13 June 2019Working with the Ottoman Manuscripts
We are grateful to Yaren Sabah Sahili for this week’s blog post. Yaren is currently studying in for her Masters in Art History and Museum Curating at the University of Sussex. As…
6 June 2019Thailand and Other Collections’ Highlights
On Wednesday 29th May, we welcomed Dominic Faulder to the Society to lecture and launch his book, “Anand Panyarachun and the Making of Modern Thailand”. Dominic Faulder has been based in Bangkok…
31 May 2019A Big Thank You to our Burmese Manuscript Supporters
The Society is delighted to announce that we have successfully raised the £1820 necessary to fund the conservation of our Burmese Kammavaca manuscript and its rare woven braid (sazigyo). These funds have…
24 May 2019A Treasure Trove of Egyptian Cookery
On Monday 13th May, Nawal Nasrallah, introduced by Professor Doris Behrens Abouseif, provided a fascinating and entertaining introduction to her translation of a 14th century Egyptian cookbook entitled Treasure Trove of Benefits…
17 May 2019Saladin at the Anniversary General Meeting
Last evening, Thursday 9th May, the Society held its Anniversary General Meeting, celebrating 196 years of its existence. President Anthony Stockwell opened the proceedings before handing over to Treasurer, Lionel Knight, to…
10 May 2019A Burmese Theme
On 2nd May we welcomed author, Philip Davies, to lecture on his new book “Lost Warriors – Seagrim and Pagani of Burma – The Last Great Untold Story of WWII”. This book…
3 May 2019General John Briggs (1785-1875)
John Briggs was an officer in the East India Company army. He entered the Madras army in 1801 and accompanied Sir John Malcolm on his mission to Persia in 1810. Briggs took…
26 April 2019Benjamin Guy Babington (1794-1866)
Monday 8th April marked the anniversary of the death of Benjamin Guy Babington, who died on that day in 1866. Babington was born on 5 March 1794 in Guy’s Hospital, London, where…
11 April 2019