RAS Lectures & Events

Name: Dr Vayu Naidu – The Evergreen Epic: Ramayana as Forest Literature and its Reinventions
Start: 2025-11-20T18:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-20T20:30:00+00:00
Location: Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre

October 2025
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)
October 30 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm GMT
Prof. Peter Clift – Societal Development in Asia and its links to Evolving Climate and Rivers

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
Date: 30 October 2025 (Thursday)
November 2025
November 7 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm GMT
(Japan Series) Bashar Tabbah – Shiro 城: A Photographic Exploration of Japanese Castles

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
Date: 7 November 2025 (Friday)
November 13 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm GMT
Joe Cribb, Robert Bracey and Marzbeen Jila – The Third Side of the Coin

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
Date: 13 November 2025 (Thursday)
November 18 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm GMT
Prof Suranjan Das – Transnational Sites of Indian Nationalism: The Cambridge and Oxford Majlis in Anti-Colonial Politics

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
Date: 18th November (Tuesday)
November 20 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm GMT
(Japan Series) Dr Michelle Damian – Networks of Violence and Trade: Premodern Piracy in Japanese Waters
Date: 20 November 2025 (Thursday)
Hosted by SISJAC *Online via Zoom*
November 20 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm GMT
Dr Vayu Naidu – The Evergreen Epic: Ramayana as Forest Literature and its Reinventions

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
Date: 20 November 2025 (Thursday)

October 2025

November 2025