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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
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
Welcoming students back to the Society

SOAS Visit to the RAS: On the 20th May, we welcomed the students from the MA in Art and Archaeology class at SOAS with Professor Anna Contadini. This was the first group…

28 May 2021

Burton Memorial Lecture, Manuscripts, Richard Burton Memorial Medal, Visits
Exploring the Middle East

This coming Sunday (31st January), marks the 128th anniversary of the birth of the explorer Dame Freya Stark (1893-1993). Dame Freya was renowned for her determination and bravery in travelling to countries…

29 January 2021

Dame Freya Stark, Middle East, RAS Lecture Series, Richard Burton Memorial Medal, Sir William Jones