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James Tod: Life and Works
The Society remembered Lt-Col James Tod on the anniversary of his death, 18 November 1835. James Tod was one of the Society’s most famous early Fellows. He was elected a member in…
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News from the Second Tod Tour
The 2nd Tod Tour is well underway following in the footsteps of James Tod’s journey in Gujarat as described in his book Travels in Western India. You may remember Liz Driver’s lecture…
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On this Day – 15 November
On occasion, when writing a blog post I ally it with an event in history or an international day. However, this week I decided to take a different slant and discover within…
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Conservation of the Photograph Albums of Edward Walter Hutchinson
Last week, I had the great pleasure of going to Frome, Somerset, to pick up two photograph albums from the conservator, Sarah Allen, specialist photographic material conservator of Lux and Livre. These…
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The Charles H. Norchi Prize
The Royal Asiatic Society is delighted to announce the launch of the annual Charles H. Norchi Prize for the publication of a book on Afghanistan in English during the two previous calendar…
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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…
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From Singapore to Windsor Castle
This week’s title reflects the breadth of activities which have been happening at, or associated with the Society, its staff and fellows: Donna Maree Brunero of the National University, Singapore gave a…
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Happy Birthday, Horace Hayman Wilson
Yesterday, 26th September, marked 238 years since the birth of Horace Hayman (H.H.) Wilson who was born in 1786 in London. He went to school at the Soho Academy. He was an…
