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I Say Goodbye… and He Says Hello!
This will be the last blogpost that I write as the Society’s Archivist. After handing in my resignation at the beginning of the year, the process of finding my successor is now…
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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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Honouring Professor Tony Stockwell, and RAS Collections Evening 2025
Next week, on Thursday 13 March, the Society will host a lecture in honour of Professor Tony Stockwell, a three-time President of the RAS and leading historian of the late British Empire…
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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…
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Traditional Architecture in Arunachal Pradesh
We were delighted to recently receive news from the Adivasi Arts Trust, based in London, which has recently completed a project to survey traditional architecture in some of the Wancho villages in…
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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The Early Research of Reginald Campbell Thompson
In 2024 the Society acquired some papers belonging to Reginald Campbell Thompson. They had originally been given to John Nicholas Postgate, former professor of Assyriology at the University of Cambridge, by Reginald…
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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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The Asiatic Society and William Jones
This week, on 15 January, the Asiatic Society, Kolkata, celebrated the anniversary of its founding. The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland would like to send their congratulations to the…
