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SUMMARY:Dr. Christoph Baumer (Author) - The History of Central Asia: The Age of Decline and Revival
DESCRIPTION:*** N.B. This is a joint event with the RSAA and will take place at the Brunei Gallery at SOAS *** \nJoin us for the launch of Dr. Christoph Baumer’s The History of Central Asia: The Age of Decline and Revival. \nFor more than a hundred years\, Central Asia was the heartland of the mightiest military power on the planet. But after the fragmentation of the all-conquering Mongol polity\, the region began a steep decline which rendered this former domain of horse lords peripheral to world affairs. The process of deterioration reached its nadir in the second half of the nineteenth century\, when the former territories and sweeping steppes of the great khans were overrun by Tsarist Russia. In the concluding volume of his acclaimed Central Asia quartet\, Christoph Baumer shows how China in the east\, and Russia in the northwest\, succeeded in throwing off the Mongol yoke to become the masters of their own previous rulers. He suggests that\, as traditional transcontinental trade routes declined in importance\, it was the `Great Game’ – or cold war between Imperial Russia and Great Britain – which finally brought Central Asia back into play as a region of strategic importance. This epic history concludes with an assessment of the transition to modern independence of the Central Asian states and their struggle to contain radical Islamism.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-christoph-baumer-author-the-history-of-central-asia-the-age-of-decline-and-revival/
LOCATION:Brunei Gallery\, SOAS\, Thornhaugh Street\, Russell Square\, London\, England\, WC1H 0XG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Lecture Series 2018-2019
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181107T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181107T203000
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SUMMARY:Omar Khan (Author) - Book Launch: Paper Jewels: Postcards from the Raj
DESCRIPTION:Paper 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). \nPostcards were to people in 1900 what the Internet was to the world in 2000. Postcards were the world’s first mass transfusion of color images. We went from thousands to billions of postcards in a handful of years. The finest painters and graphic artists from India\, Austria\, Britain\, France\, Italy and the US became involved. \nPaper Jewels is the story of postcards during the Raj and the first book on the subject. It uncovers such gems as the early postcards of the great Indian painter M. V. Dhurandhar and the Ravi Varma Press in Mumbai\, the exceptional work of an early Austrian lithographer in Kolkata\, a British photographer in Peshawar\, and Indian studios in Jaipur\, Kashmir\, Delhi\, Lahore\, Madras\, Karachi and elsewhere. \nIt is organized by place into a dozen chapters. The essays cover the key themes important to postcard publishing—religion\, dancers\, teas and soaps\, famines\, fakirs\, humour\, warfare and the role of postcards in the Independence movement. It tells the stories of the first postcard publishers of the subcontinent between 1892 and 1947\, most of whose images have not been seen since they were published a century ago. \nPaper Jewels relies almost entirely on new primary research in archives and private collections in India\, Pakistan\, Europe and the US\, and explores the many artistic\, business\, fashion\, political and technical developments that contributed to the rise of a medium – the postcard – that is still very much with us today. \nThe book is available on Amazon in India\, the US and is available for pre-order in the UK (release Oct. 1). \n 
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/omar-khan-author-book-launch-paper-jewels-postcards-from-the-raj/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Lecture Series 2018-2019
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181106T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181106T203000
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SUMMARY:***NB DATE CHANGE*** Unlocking the Door: Writing from Georgia - With talks by Professor Donald Rayfield (Queen Mary)\, Dr. Gillian Evison (Bodleian Library) and Ms. Lia Chokoshvili (Oxford University)
DESCRIPTION:*** NB – the date of this event has been moved and will take place on Tuesday the 6th of November; \nNOT the 5th of November as previously advertised and printed in the Lecture Programme *** \n  \nWardrop Inheritance: a Journey through translation from Georgian \nThe Embassy of Georgia to the United Kingdom and the Royal Asiatic Society present a book launch:\, ‘Unlocking the Door: Writing from Georgia’. \nThe book is a pioneering new work that contains pieces of translation from Georgian by students of the University of Oxford\, supervised and edited by Ms. Lia Chokoshvili\, with editorial assistance by Professor Donald Rayfield and generous support from Marjory Wardrop Fund. \n‘Unlocking the Door’ brings together short stories\, fairy tales\, and plays by Aka Morchiladze (including two works that have never appeared in print before)\, Guram Rcheulishvili\, Lasha Tabukashvili\, Erlom Akhvlediani\, and Goderdzi Chokheli\, in a bilingual\, facing-page format. It has been published by Cezanne Printing House. \n  \nProgramme: \n18.00 Welcome remarks: Dr Alison Ohta\, Director of the Royal Asiatic Society \n18.05 Welcome and introduction: Ambassador of Georgia to the United Kingdom HE Tamar Beruchashvili; \n18.10 Georgian Literature: Professor Donald Rayfield\, Professor of Russian and Georgian at Queen Mary University of London; \n18.25 Wardrop Collection: Dr Gilian Evison\, Head of Bodleian libraries’ Oriental Section &Indian Institute Librarian and Chair of the Marjory Wardrop Fund; \n18.40 Journey through translation: Translators – students of the University of Oxford and Ms. Lia Chokoshvili\, Georgian language tutor at the Oxford University Language Centre). \nGeorgian wine reception \nBook sale
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/unlocking-the-door-writing-from-georgia-with-talks-by-professor-donald-rayfield-queen-mary-dr-gillian-evison-bodleian-library-and-ms-lia-chokoshvili-oxford-university/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2018-2019
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181102T183000
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SUMMARY:Dr. George Michell (Independent Architectural Historian) and Dr. Helen Philon (Deccan Heritage Foundation) in conversation: The Islamic Architecture of the Deccan
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Michell and Dr. Philon will give a joint presentation in the form of a dialogue on their newly published “Islamic Architecture of Deccan India”\, illustrated with a selection of photos from the book.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-george-michell-independent-architectural-historian-and-dr-helen-philon-deccan-heritage-foundation-in-conversation-the-islamic-architecture-of-the-deccan/
LOCATION:England
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2018-2019
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SUMMARY:Professor Anna Contadini (SOAS) - The Pisa Griffin and the Mari-Cha Lion: Metalwork\, Art\, and Technology in the Medieval Islamicate Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:Anna Contadini is Professor of the History of Islamic Art and Head of the School of Arts at SOAS\, University of London. She is also the Director of the “Griffin and Lion Project”. Her areas of interest are Arabic and Persian illustrated manuscripts\, material culture of the Islamic world\, and the artistic and cultural connections between the Middle East and Europe\, especially Italy. \nIn this lecture\, Professor Contadini will discuss subjects from her latest publication The Pisa Griffin and the Mari-Cha Lion; an interdisciplinary study focusing on two unique bronze sculptures produced between the late eleventh and the early twelfth century. Through scientific\, historical and art historical analyses this lecture will explore the many issues that surround them\, including fundamental questions of location and period\, purpose and patronage\, their transcultural meanings\, and their agency as the function of each has mutated.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/professor-anna-contadini-soas-the-pisa-griffin-and-the-mari-cha-lion-metalwork-art-and-technology-in-the-medieval-islamicate-mediterranean/
LOCATION:England
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2018-2019
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181015T203000
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SUMMARY:Edward Weech Lecture: Systems of Religion and Morality in the Collections of the Royal Asiatic Society
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Royal Asiatic Society was founded in 1823\, inspired by the model of Sir William Jones’s Asiatic Society of Bengal.  From its earliest days\, one of the chief ways the Society sought to promote research and interest into the histories and cultures of Asia was by establishing and making available its historic collection of rare books\, manuscripts\, and artworks. \nThe lecture will examine selected treasures from the Society’s collections to make some suggestions about the approach of British Orientalists to the study of religion; how this related to eighteenth-century Enlightenment historiography and philosophy; and how this approach may have developed over the course of the nineteenth century. Finally\, it will consider the Society’s collections in the wider context of British interest in foreign cultures and traditions\, and ideas about public morality and religious pluralism. \n\nAll welcome\, but registration is advised. Please submit the form at the following page: www.oxcis.ac.uk/events/systems-of-religion-and-morality-the-collections-of-the-royal-asiatic-society
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/systems-of-religion-and-morality-in-the-collections-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/
LOCATION:Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies\, Marston Road\, Oxford\, OX3 0EE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2018-2019
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181011T183000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Mehreen Chida-Razvi (SOAS) - The Mughal Madonna: Representations of the Virgin in Jahangiri-era Architecture
DESCRIPTION:The Mughal Madonna: Representations of the Virgin in Jahangiri-era Architecture \nDr Mehreen Chida-Razvi (Research Associate\, Department of History of Art & Archaeology\, SOAS) \n \nFrom the arrival of Jesuit missionaries to the court of the Mughal emperor\, Akbar (r.1556-1605)\, Christian imagery was depicted by Mughal artists in works on paper. Both Akbar and his son\, Prince Salim\, the future emperor Jahangir (r.1605-27)\, were fascinated by such depictions and scenes from the life of Christ\, portraits of Christ and the Virgin Mary\, and other scenes based on imagery from religious texts were frequently created by their artists. \nPeculiar to Jahangir’s reign\, however\, are representations of Christian figures as architectural decoration in the form of wall paintings. One of the most frequently depicted of these figures appears to have been the Virgin Mary; she appears as decoration within Jahangir’s royal audience halls\, in a pavilion at the Lahore Shahi Qila\, was depicted within the gateway to the tomb complex of I‘timad-ud-Daula\, Jahangir’s father-in-law\, and is supposed to have been represented within the burial chamber of Akbar’s tomb in Sikandra. \nIn addition to the surviving evidence of such imagery within architecture\, textual descriptions and paintings confirm the appearance of the Virgin Mary within Mughal architectural spaces.  Her placement is continuously within palatial or funerary architecture during the period under examination; she does not appear in other structural spaces. \nThis paper will query the reasons for these depictions of the Virgin\, examining the cultural context of Jahangir’s court that led to such religious representations as architectural decoration occurring only during his reign. The political implications of such imagery will also be discussed\, tying their creation to not only Jahangir’s patronage but to that of his powerful queen\, Nur Jahan. Furthermore\, the idea of the Mughal’s symbolically claiming the Virgin via such architectural decoration will be put forth.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-mehreen-chida-razvi-soas-the-mughal-madonna-representations-of-the-virgin-in-jahangiri-era-architecture/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2018-2019
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181004T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181004T203000
DTSTAMP:20180917T100400Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Rosie Llewellyn-Jones MBE (Independent Scholar) - 'My Dear Schomberg': Letters from Sir Aurel Stein
DESCRIPTION:Sir Aurel Stein’s life and work has been extensively examined in books and biographies.  He was a prolific letter writer but surprisingly none of his biographers have commented on the correspondence with Colonel Reginald Schomberg during the last decade of his life.  The two men met each other in Oxford and later at the British Consul-General’s house at Kashgar. \nUnwittingly\, Stein was caught up in the fierce struggle for leadership in Chinese Turkestan in the early 1930s.  His friend Schomberg was gun-running British arms and ammunition into Turkestan for the Chinese authorities and this was used as a lever for Stein’s fourth and final expedition that was to end in failure. This lecture considers Stein’s hitherto unknown letters to Schomberg and the relationship between the two men\, both of Jewish heritage and firmly embedded in Britain as the last act of the Great Game was played out. \n \nSir Aurel Stein in later life with his dog Dash V (Dash the 5th).
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-rosie-llewellyn-jones-mbe-independent-scholar-my-dear-schomberg-letters-from-sir-aurel-stein/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2018-2019
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180920T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180920T210000
DTSTAMP:20180725T150923Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Gulfishan Khan 'The Indo-Persian elite and the Formation of Orientalist Tradition'
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Indo-Persian educated became the pioneers of what is termed “Invisible Occidentalism”\, also called “Orientalism in reverse\,” as they explored vistas of knowledge concerning the West. The cultural interaction with the agents of the new regime fostered new modes of thought and reshaped the mental landscape and sensibilities of the traditional intelligentsia. Some of them had first-hand-experience of British culture. \nOne of the major commentators Shaikh Iʽtiṣām al-Dīn recorded his experiences in a travelogue-cum-memoir entitled Shigarf-nāma i-wilāyat\, (Wonders of England) which he completed in 1785.  Mirzā Abū Ṭālib ibn Muḥammad Iṣfahānī\, an intellectual\, poet\, literary critic and historian of British India\, author of the comprehensive travelogue Masir-i-talibi fi bilad-i-afranji\, “Travels of [Abu] Talib in the countries of Europe\,” provided the earliest critique of Sir William Jones’s early researches in Arabic and Persian studies. The critique and knowledge transmitted through the agency of educated Indians gradually became an ‘indistinguishable’ aspect of the newly emerging discipline of ‘Orientalism’. \nThis lecture will focus on the perception of the emerging orientalist tradition. Why did the dialogic interaction between the Indo-Persian elite and British culture not lead to the formation of modernity and self-refashioning. The various dynamics of the issue are analysed by investigating a complex interface between the Indo-Persian intelligentsia and two British scholar-administrators Sir William Jones (1746-1794)\, and Jonathan Scott (1754-1829).
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-gulfishan-khan-the-indo-persian-elite-and-the-formation-of-orientalist-tradition/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2018-2019
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