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Book Launch
Charles Allen History and Myth: India and Britain Seventy Years On
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomA fascinating exploration of the roots of Indian history by the acclaimed author of Ashoka. Coromandel was the name given by European traders to India's south-eastern seaboard, a corruption of the Tamil Cholamandalam, after the temple-building Chola kings who ruled the southern peninsula for centuries prior to the Islamic invasions. Indian history tends to focus on Northern…
Book Launch – Pagan Christmas by Augusto Cacopardo
Royal Asiatic Society 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomPAGAN CHRISTMAS: WINTER FEASTS OF THE KALASHA OF THE HINDU KUSH BOOK LAUNCH & DISCUSSION WITH AUTHOR This authoritative work sheds light on the religious world of the Kalasha people of the Birir valley of the Pakistani district of Chitral, focusing on their winter feasts which culminate in a great winter solstice festival. The Kalasha…
Dr. Mark Condos Book Launch: The Insecurity State
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomBook Launch for Tommaso Bobbio, Uther Charlton-Stevens, and Elisabetta Iob
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe RAS will host a joint book launch on Wednesday 17th January. Drinks from 6 and talks from 6.30pm. 14 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD. Anglo-Indians and Minority Politics in South Asia: Race, Boundary Making and Communal Nationalism by Uther Charlton-Stevens Refugees and the Politics of the Everyday State in Pakistan: Resettlement in Punjab, 1947-1962…
Book Launch and Discussion: Malarial Subjects by Rohan Deb Roy
Royal Asiatic Society Council Room 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomSimon Layton (Chair). Speakers include Dr. Nayanika Mathur (Oxford), Professor Clare Anderson (Leicester), Professor Richard Drayton (King's College, London), Dr. Sujit Sivasundaram (Cambridge), Professor Simon Schaffer (Cambridge) Malaria was considered one of the most widespread disease-causing entities in the nineteenth century. It was associated with a variety of frailties far beyond fevers, ranging from idiocy…
Robert Irwin Book Launch – Ibn Khaldun
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom15th March Robert Irwin
Illustrated Lecture: Buddhist Rock-Cut Monasteries of the Western Ghats Drs. George Michell and Gethin Rees
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomRAS Event Flyer Final 27 MARCH 2018 6.30PM; followed by wine reception ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY 14 STEPHENSON WAY LONDON, NW1 2HD Please rsvp to: ar@royalasiaticosciety.org This lecture marks the publication of an illustrated guidebook coauthored by the archaeologist Dr. Gethin Rees and the architectural historian Dr. George Michell, recently issued by the Deccan Heritage Foundation.…
Professor Francis Robinson (Royal Holloway) Jamal Mian Book Launch
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomJamal Mian The Life of Maulana Jamaluddin Abdul Wahab of Farangi Mahall, 1919–2012 by Francis Robinson. This book relates the life of Jamal Mian Farangi Mahalli, a highly respected scion of Lucknow’s scholarly culture and a major leader of the Pakistan Movement. Based on the archives left by Jamal Mian, it explores his life as…
Omar Khan (Author) – Book Launch: Paper Jewels: Postcards from the Raj
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomPaper Jewels Postcards from the Raj by Omar Khan, a 518 Vintage Postcard Tour of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, is co-published by Mapin Publishing and the Alkazi Collection of Photography (August 2018). Postcards were to people in 1900 what the Internet was to the world in 2000. Postcards were the world’s first mass transfusion of…