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Digitization of Documents from the Sufi Shrines at Dhar in India
The Society is delighted to announce the completion of its project to digitize documents related to the Sufi Shrines in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India. Funded by the Endangered Archive Programme at…
28 April 2023 -
Now available on YouTube: Launch of Derek Davis translation of Pushkin’s ‘A Journey to Arzrum during the Campaign of 1829’
“There was a Poet whose untimely tomb…” Shelley Alastor Much has happened since the launch of my translation of Pushkin’s Arzrum [Erzurum] on 25 October. At RAS,…
3 March 2023 -
New Digitization and New Discoveries in the Photograph Collection
The Society’s collection is diverse not only in the places and topics it covers, but also in the formats and media it contains. Once upon a time, the Society even held a…
17 February 2023 -
New Digitization, and a Festschrift for Dr Barbara Brend
We are delighted to announce that two manuscripts have been added to the Society’s online collections and can now be read in full on our Digital Library. These are a Bustan of…
10 February 2023 -
A Tribute For The Legacy Of James Tod
We are pleased to introduce this tribute from Dr Shuchi Gupta (CCS University, Meerut), who has generously sponsored the digitization of our manuscript RAS Tod 126, comprising two texts on Indian history…
2 December 2022 -
The Surya P. Subedi Prize
The Royal Asiatic Society is delighted to announce the launch of the Surya P. Subedi Prize for the publication of a book or article on Nepal in English in any one calendar…
28 November 2022 -
A Qurʾan manuscript with full Malay translation
We are pleased to introduce this week’s blog by Dr Annabel Teh Gallop, a member of RAS Council. The Royal Asiatic Society holds a Qurʾan manuscript (Arabic 4), which is of exceptional…
25 November 2022 -
Chinese Dreams in Romantic England: The Life and Times of Thomas Manning – Out Now!
This week’s blog post is by RAS Librarian Edward Weech. Many long-time readers of the Society’s blog will remember that, in 2015, the RAS acquired the archive of Thomas Manning (1772-1840). At…
18 November 2022 -
Happy birthday Michael Loewe!
Professor Michael Loewe was born a hundred years ago, on 2 November 1922. He has been a Fellow of the Society since 1959, and at various times during the past sixty-three years…
2 November 2022 -
Derek Davis on A S Pushkin’s A Journey to Arzrum during the Campaign of 1829 – Part 2
On Tuesday 25 October RAS launches Derek Davis’ English edition of A S Pushkin’s A Journey to Arzrum during the Campaign of 1829. Mr Davis continues his account of Society contacts with…
21 October 2022
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