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Spotlight on our Collections
Last Thursday, 25 March, the Society held its second online Collections Evening, when several talks highlighted how work with the collections has continued during the pandemic. While many of our activities have…
30 March 2021The Founding of the RAS
Anniversary of the Inauguration of the RAS: This Monday (15th March), marked the 198th anniversary of the inauguration of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The Society was founded…
19 March 2021RAS around the World
This week’s blog post is kindly written by Rev. Steven L. Shields who has recently become the President of the RAS Korea branch, following Brother Anthony of Taizé who stepped down after…
12 March 2021Preparing for 2023
This week brought a greater sense of optimism with the advent of spring and the proposed plans for the easing of restrictions in the coming months. We look forward to welcoming you…
26 February 2021Latest additions to the Digital Library
A reminder to all our readers that we have two online events to look forward to next week. The first, on Tuesday 23rd February at 6.30pm, will see Dr Erin O’Halloran lecture…
19 February 2021Does the sun ever set on our Editorial Board?
At the end of last year, we were pleased to announce that four additional scholars (Associate Editors) would be joining the Editorial Board and our editorial team. After Christmas, I welcomed each…
5 February 2021Warmest Wishes for the New Year
The Society would like to extend our warmest wishes to everyone in the New Year and mostly importantly, health and happiness in the year ahead. We start the year with the news…
8 January 2021Celebrating our Achievements
For this week’s blog post, we wanted to celebrate some of the work that has been carried out at the society over the last year, amidst such challenging circumstances. One of these…
11 December 2020Presenting the first virtual collections evening
On Wednesday 25th November, we held our first virtual collections evening over Zoom. This was originally billed to take place in March but was cancelled due to the first lockdown. We were…
27 November 2020