Dr. Marcus Milwright Book Launch (Joint RAS and IAC)
The Queen of Sheba's Gift: A History of the True Balsam of Matarea
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Book Launch: The Making of Islamic Art: Studies in Honour of Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom
ZoomA 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 & Culture
ZoomReflections 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…
Professor Marc Baer: The Ottomans book launch
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomProfessor Dionisius Agius: The Life of the Red Sea Dhow: A Cultural History of Seaborne Exploration in the Islamic World
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomFew 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…
Professor Alka Patel Booklaunch: Iran to India: The Shansabānīs of Afghanistan, c. 1145-1190 CE
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomDr. Bora Keskiner: Yāqūt al-Musta’simī and the Practise of Naql in Islamic Calligraphy
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomLeena Dhingra Book Launch: Exhumation – The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomJoin 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…
Book Launch – ‘Cartooning China: Punch, Power, and Politics in the Victorian Era’ By Dr Amy Matthewson
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThursday 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…