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Lecture Series 2017-18
John Falconer (British Library) -‘A Glorious Galaxy of Monuments.’ Photography and Archaeology in India in the 19th Century
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomDr Alex McKay (Sikkim Palace Archive Digitisation Project) – The View from the Palace: The Sikkim Royal Archives
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomProfessor Anthony Stockwell (Royal Holloway) – Plunder and Restitution: Britain and the Mandalay Regalia
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomAnnual General Meeting Lecture. Professor Charles Melville (University of Cambridge) – The Illustration of Mirkhwand’s Raudat al-safa in RAS Ms. P.38
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomDr Deniz Tuerker (University of Cambridge) – The Yildiz Kiosk and the Queen Mothers of the Tanzimat Era: Gender, Landscape, and Visibility
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomDr Susan Whitfield (Institute of Archaeology, UCL) – Silk, Slaves and Stupas: Material Culture of the Silk Road
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomUmberto Bongianino (Oxford University) – Like Sweet Smelling Blooms: Arabic Calligraphy in the Islamic West
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomProfessor Ornit Shani (Department of Asian Studies, University of Haifa) – How India Became Democratic
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomGuest Talk: ‘Afghanistan in the Age of Empires: Farrukh Husain in conversation with Victoria Schofield.’
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomFarrukh Husain will be in conversation with Victoria Schofield discussing his acclaimed account of the first Afghan war entitled ‘Afghanistan in the Age of Empires’ detailing the role of Afghan women in combat, the respective merits of Afghan and British weaponry and how and why the Kabul uprising occurred on the anniversary of the battle…