RAS Lectures & Events

Name: Prof Scott Redford – The Medieval Period: Bilkent University Excavations at Kinet Höyük, Hatay, Turkey
Start: 2025-10-28T18:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-10-28T20:30:00+00:00
Location: Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre

September 2025
September 18 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm BST
Nicolas Revire – Charting Dvāravatī: The Making of an Early Buddhist Polity in Central Thailand

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
Date: 18 September 2025 (Thursday)
September 25 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm BST
(Japan Series) Benedetta Lomi – The Lives and Afterlives of Buddhist Icons: Deactivation and Reactivation Rituals in Medieval Japan

The Courtauld Vernon Square, Penton Rise, London, United Kingdom
Date: 3 December 2025 (Wednesday)
Hosted by The Courtauld
September 25 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm BST
Alexandra Buhler – Relations between Zoroastrians in India and Iran: the role of the British and the impact of the ‘Great Game’

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
Date: 25 September 2025 (Thursday)
October 2025
October 9 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm BST
Prof Tirthankar Roy – Building a state in late-18th century India: Revisiting the Permanent Settlement debate

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
Date: 9 October 2025 (Thursday)
October 16 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm BST
(Japan Series) Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere – The Art of Manga

SISJAC (Online) The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, Norwich, United Kingdom
Date: 16 October 2025 (Thursday)
Hosted by the Sainsbury Institute (SISJAC)
October 21 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm BST
(Japan Series) Rosina Buckland and Alexander Owen – TBC: Conservation and installation project of a Japanese bodhisattva

The Courtauld Vernon Square, Penton Rise, London, United Kingdom
Date: 21 October 2025 (Tuesday)
Hosted at The Courtauld
October 22 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm BST
Dr Liz Driver – Elphinstone, Malcolm and the Wellesleys: An Introduction to Central India in the Early 19th Century

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
Date: 22 October 2025 (Wednesday)
October 23 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm BST
Prof. Usha Vijailakshmi – Stewards of Heritage: The Asiatic Society of Mumbai’s Legacy and Contemporary Role

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
Date: 23 October 2025 (Thursday)
October 27 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm GMT
Jochen Sokoly: Textiles of the Early Islamic Caliphates
Date: 27 October 2025 (Monday)
October 28 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm GMT
Prof Scott Redford – The Medieval Period: Bilkent University Excavations at Kinet Höyük, Hatay, Turkey

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
Date: 28 October 2025 (Tuesday)

September 2025

October 2025