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SUMMARY:*CANCELLED* “A Grandmother's Legacy” Indus Experiences Lecture by Jenny Mallin
DESCRIPTION:*CANCELLED AT THE REQUEST OF ORGANISER*\n\nA Grandmother’s Legacy\n\n“Five generations of a British family in India seen through the eyes of their granddaughter”\n \n\n\nJenny Mallin inherited a cookbook from her great grandmother Wilhelmina and much to her delight\, discovered recipe manuscripts going back five generations of her ‘Memsahib Grandmothers’. Those recipes\, published in her award-winning book ‘A Grandmother’s Legacy’ are an enthralling glimpse into the lives of these ladies. \nThis talk is peppered with insights about the life and times of Jenny’s ancestors\, painting a broad brushstroke of their personal life\, rather than the official message of the British Raj. It also explores their husbands’ work in Education\, on the Railways and in the Military. \nJenny Mallin\nWith her passions for cooking\, India\, research and writing\, Jenny’s award-winning cookbook “A Grandmother’s Legacy” has been a labour of love – a memoir that mingles the history of her family when they lived in India\, with her grandmothers’ recipes that were prudently passed down through the generations. Each recipe has been lovingly researched\, leading Jenny on a road of discovery about her ancestors\, with her grandmothers’ legacy continuing to assist in providing clues to their rich and eventful past. \nJenny has traveled extensively throughout India for thirty years\, and has also visited many other countries\, including Hong Kong\, Japan\, Australia\, and America. Her travelogues and written anecdotes of her journeys are much enjoyed by her family and friends. \nNow a writer\, Jenny has had a colourful career as a Travel Buyer (which spawned her passion for travel and meeting people) and before that she was in television production at the BBC in London. Any spare time that she has is spent doing painting\, home decorating\, listening to music\, photography and enjoying nature.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/a-grandmothers-legacy-indus-experiences-lecture-by-jenny-mallin/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:RASHKB Friends lectures Spring 2019 - Barbara Anslow
DESCRIPTION:The Friends AGM will be held on 18th May\, followed by an not-to-be-missed lecture given by Barbara Anslow\, age 100\, based on her diaries that she kept during her internment in Stanley Prisoner of War Camp in Hong Kong with her mother in WWII.  I have heard her speak and she is the most delightful lady.  She gave the talk herself\, with her daughter by her side\, with just a few notes – she talked eloquently about their life in the camp and her memory is so clear and focused strongly on how they ‘made do’ with the little that they had.  Definitely not to be missed.  The publicity around the discovery of her diaries led to a book called ‘Tin Hats & Rice’\, published in 2018. \n  \nTo book for this lecture please email Paul Bolding at paul@paulbolding.org.uk.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/rashkb-friends-lectures-spring-2019-barbara-anslow/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Related Organisation's Event
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SUMMARY:RASHKB Friends lectures Spring 2019 - David Bellis: Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell: Volume 2
DESCRIPTION:Our friend David Bellis has kindly offered to come and talk to us again on his collection of photographs of old Hong Kong.  David will share some more of his favourite photos and stories from his growing archive of historic Hong Kong images. The talk follows recent publication of his latest book “Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell: Volume 2”. It will be his fourth talk to the friends. \nThe photos for this talk are grouped around four themes:- \n  \n\nThe ubiquitous shoulder pole\nA selection of Hong Kong views from 1902\nOff the beaten track – less commonly seen parts of Hong Kong\nPhotos of Kowloon\n\n  \nDavid runs the popular local-history website\, Gwulo.com. It hosts over 30\,000 pages about old Hong Kong\, including over 15\,000 photos. In 2014 David won the SCMP’s Heritage Preservation Award\, one of their “The Spirit of Hong Kong Awards”\, for his work on Gwulo.com.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/rashkb-friends-lectures-spring-2019-david-bellis-old-hong-kong-photos-and-the-tales-they-tell-volume-2/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:(Related Organisation's Event) FRASHKB Lecture and Lunch\, Betty Yao MBE: China and Siam through the lens of John Thomson
DESCRIPTION:Lecture and lunch                                                                                           \nSaturday\, 27th October  \nChina and Siam through the lens of John Thomson \n  \nSpeaker:                     Betty Yao MBE  \nTime:                          2:30 p.m. \nVenue:                        Royal Asiatic Society\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London NW1 2HD \nCost:                           £8 per member or guest\, to include refreshments \nLunch:                        An optional self-paying lunch will be arranged at 12:45 p.m. at Chutneys\, 124 Drummond Street\, London NW1 2PA (corner of North Gower Street.)  Tel: 020 7388 0604. \nBooking:                     Please email Paul Bolding at paul@paulbolding.org.uk or tel: 020 7684 5811. \n  \nThe first London exhibition devoted to the Scottish photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) and his photography in Asia was shown from 12 April-22 June 2018 at the Brunei Gallery\, SOAS. Thomson’s photography of China\, Siam (Thailand) and Cambodia was widely praised by his peers and continues to enthuse new audiences today. The images are from newly discovered negatives held at the Wellcome Library\, London. \nJohn Thomson (1837–1921) was a Scottish photographer and writer who set off for Asia in 1862. Over the next ten years he undertook numerous journeys photographing countries including Siam\, Cambodia and various provinces of China.  Photographs from these journeys form one of the most extensive records of any region taken in the nineteenth century.  The range\, depth and aesthetic quality of John Thomson’s vision mark him out as one of the most important travel photographers. \nThomson travelled East as a professional photographer only two decades after the invention of photography.  Working with the wet collodion process he travelled with cumbersome crates\, glass negatives\, a portable dark room\, as well as highly flammable and poisonous chemicals.  It took sheer perseverance and energy\, through difficult terrain\, to document regions where previously unseen by westerners.  It is particularly remarkable that Thomson was able to make photographs of such beauty and sensitivity. \nThomson developed a method to photograph in tropical conditions which he subsequently taught to generations of young travel photographers at the Royal Geographical Society.  During an era when his contemporaries were taking portraits in which their subjects looked stilted and wooden\, Thomson captured the individuality and humanity of the diverse people of Asia\, whether royalty or street vendor. \nIn Siam\, Thomson was able to photograph King Mongkut Rama IV\, his royal family and entourage\, together with royal ceremonies such as the tonsurate ceremony and the presentation of the Lenten robes.   Thomson’s panoramic views of the Chao Phraya River\, temples and monks\, dancers and musicians\, are a unique historical treasure.  In Cambodia\, Thomson was the first photographer to visit Angkor Wat to record\, what is now\, one of the most important sites of ancient architecture in the world. \nBetween 1868 and 1872\, Thomson made extensive trips to Beijing\, Fujian and Guangdong travelling down both the Yangtse and the Min Rivers.  In China\, Thomson captured a wide variety of subjects from landscapes to people\, architecture\, domestic and street scenes.  As a foreigner\, Thomson’s ability to gain access to photograph women was particularly remarkable.  Whether photographing the rich and famous or people in the streets going about their business\, Thomson’s desire was to present a faithful account of the people of Asia.  This body of work established him as a pioneer of photojournalism and one of the most influential photographers of his time. \nHis collection of 700 glass plates travelled back with Thomson to Britain in 1872 and since 1921 has been housed and expertly preserved at the Wellcome Library\, London.  These 150 year old glass negatives are in excellent condition allowing this exhibition to showcase very large\, in some cases life-size\, prints.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/frashkb-lecture-and-lunch-betty-yao-mbe-china-and-siam-through-the-lens-of-john-thomson/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:(Related Organisation's Event) FRASHKB Lecture and Lunch\, Major Brian Finch: A Faithful Record of the Lisbon Maru Incident
DESCRIPTION:FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY\, HONG KONG BRANCH  \nLecture and lunch                                                                                      \nSaturday\, 22nd September  \nA Faithful Record of the Lisbon Maru Incident \n  \nSpeaker:                     Major (Ret’d) Brian Finch  \nTime:                          2:30 p.m. \nVenue:                        Royal Asiatic Society\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London NW1 2HD \nCost:                           £8 per member or guest\, to include refreshments \nLunch:                        An optional self-paying lunch will be arranged at 12:30 p.m. at ‘Red and Hot’\, 37 Chalton Street\, NW1 1JD. \nBooking:                     Please email Paul Bolding at paul@paulbolding.org.uk or tel: 020 7684 5811. \n  \nThe 75th Anniversary of the sinking of the Lisbon Maru fell on 2 October last year.  Ceremonies were held both in Zhoushan\, China\, where the Incident took place\, and in London at the FEPOW Memorial in Camden.  There was a television link between the two events. \n  \nOur speaker Brian Finch also published in 2017 a translation of a Chinese book giving an account of the Incident seen through the eyes of the courageous Chinese fishermen who rescued hundreds of prisoners of war under fire from Japanese soldiers.  It was published in Hong Kong on 16 November by Proverse Hong Kong in the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies series.  For those not familiar with the Lisbon Maru Incident\, the book is said to be one of the finest examples of Chinese-British people-to-people cooperation in wartime – to the extent that Chinese President Xi Jinping referred to it during his speech at the State Banquet in Buckingham Palace during his State visit in 2015.  Here is a brief summary: \n  \nIn 1942 the Japanese shipped 1\,834 prisoners of war from Hong Kong to Japan to become slave labour.  The ship was not marked in any way to show it was carrying prisoners of war and was torpedoed by a US submarine off the coast of China near Zhoushan.  It took 24 hours for the ship to sink.  During that time the prisoners were confined to the holds\, the hatches were battened down and it was the apparent intention of the Japanese that they should all drown when the ship finally sank.  Conditions were atrocious\, quite apart from the obvious feelings of terror and impending doom.  Many were suffering from dysentery and other diseases\, there was no water or food\, no light\, no fresh air\, and of course there were no toilet facilities.  At the 11th hour\, shortly before the ship went down\, some prisoners managed a break-out.  As they came out of the holds and jumped into the sea to save their lives\, Japanese soldiers fired at them with rifles and machine-guns.  Local Chinese fishermen saw what was happening and at great personal risk rowed out to rescue hundreds of prisoners.  In so doing they also prevented further wholesale slaughter as the Japanese then realised there were witnesses\, stopped shooting and started picking up survivors.   \n  \nBrian has said: “I believe very strongly that the quite extraordinary courage shown by those Chinese fishermen should not be forgotten\, and that is one of the main reasons I took the trouble to translate into English the Chinese account of the rescue and the events that followed.  My interest also stems from having served in The Middlesex Regiment with one of the survivors of the sinking and having since met several other survivors.  I am keen to spread knowledge and understanding of this terrible incident and the outstanding actions of the Zhoushan fishermen as widely as possible and I work closely with the Lisbon Maru Association of Hong Kong to this end.”
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/frashkb-lecture-and-lunch-major-brian-finch-a-faithful-record-of-the-lisbon-maru-incident/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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