A conversation with Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom, chaired by Professor Robert Hillenbrand and Professor Carole Hillenbrand In their own words, Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair espouse ‘things and thinginess rather than theories and isations’. Its many insights, firmly anchored in artistic practice, are supported by ample technical know-how. The range is wide –…
Reflections on Mughal Art and Culture, recently published, explores the rich aesthetic and cultural legacy of the Mughal Empire with new, insightful material researched by 13 leading scholars in the field. The articles in the book discuss varied subjects under the Mughal umbrella, challenge long-held ideas and draw comparisons between the artistic expressions and…
Few images are as evocative as the silhouette of the Arab dhow as, under full sail, it tacks to windward on glittering waters of Red Sea before moving across the face of the rising or setting sun. In this authoritative new book, Dionisius A. Agius, one of the foremost scholars of Islamic material culture, offers…
Join us at 6.30pm on Monday 13th December for the book launch of Leena Dhingra's Exhumation: The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra. On 17th August 1909, Madan Lal Dhingra was executed in Pentonville Prison for the assassination of Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, a high-ranking official from the British India office. Viewed as a…
Thursday 19th May at 6.30pm Cartooning China" Punch, Power, and Politics in the Victorian Era explores the series of cartoons of China and the Chinese that were published in the popular British satirical magazine Punch over a sixty-year period from 1841 to 1901. This talk will give an overview of the book by taking a look at…
Please join us at 6.30pm on Friday July 8th for the book launch of Modern Transnational Yoga: The Transmission of Posture Practice by Dr Hannah Bartos. When you register, please specify whether you plan to attend at the Society ‘in person’ or ‘online only’. You can register by emailing Matty Bradley at mb@royalasiaticsociety.org Free and open to…