10 events found.
RAS Lecture Series 2021-22
Events
- Royal Asiatic Society 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
Dr. Jennifer Howes: The Story Tellers of Mysore: Tipu Sultan’s female entourage and the 1806 Vellore Mutiny
After the Fourth Mysore War, when the British were dismantling Tipu Sultan's establishment, the East India Company unexpectedly took charge of 601 women who resided permanently inside Srirangapatnam Palace. Along with Tipu's sons, they were moved 200 miles east, to Vellore Fort, in the Company-controlled territory of Madras Presidency. Documentation about these court women held…
Dr. Bora Keskiner: Yāqūt al-Musta’simī and the Practise of Naql in Islamic Calligraphy
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomDr. Kate Franklin: Living the Silk Road Everyday in Medieval Armenia
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe entrance to the Selim Caravanserai and a view of the Selim Pass, Vayots Dzor, Armenia. Photo by K Franklin
Dr. Farouk Yahya: Talismans with the names of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus/Ashab al-Kahf in Southeast Asia
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomDr. Mallika Leuzinger: Dwelling in Photography: Intimacy, Amateurism and the Camera in South Asia
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomDr. Stefano Gandolfo
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomDr. Shreyashi Gupta
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomDr. Elisabeth Leake: Afghan Crucible: The Soviet Invasion and the Making of Modern Afghanistan
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomProfessor Sujit Sivasundaram: Colombo in Global History
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom