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Charles H. Norchi Prize Ceremony
The Society held a ceremony to award its inaugural Charles H. Norchi Prize yesterday evening. It was a joyful occasion filled with engaging discussions, celebrations and drinks, and the event was well-attended…
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The RAS Membership Archive
I am pleased to say that the catalogue for the Society’s Membership archive has now been published here. This collection forms part of the Society’s institutional archives, and contains mainly 20th-century material…
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Anniversary General Meeting and Lecture 2025
The Society had its Anniversary General Meeting yesterday evening, 15 May. Open to all current Fellows of the Society, the meeting is convened annually to present a report and accounts of the…
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Object Cataloguing and New Library Donation
Object Cataloguing If you stopped by our Reading Room in the last couple of weeks, you might have seen a few curious objects dotting around the room. We have recently begun to…
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Collections Evening and Bayly Prize
Collections Evening 2025 The Society held its annual Collections Evening last Friday (10 April). This year, we were pleased to host three presentations dedicated to different parts of the Society’s important manuscript…
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The Surya P. Subedi Prize – Winners Announced and Calling for Nominations
The Royal Asiatic Society is delighted to announce the winners of the Surya P. Subedi Prize 2024. The first prize has been awarded to Professor Sara Shneiderman (University of British Columbia) and…
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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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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…
