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Dr Harshan Kumarasingham – A Glimpse into the Decline and Fall of the British Raj
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomOlivia Cox-Fill: Walking a Tightrope: Memories of Wu Jieping, Personal Physician to China’s Leaders
Olivia Cox-Fill Walking a Tightrope Memories of Wu Jieping, Personal Physician to China's Leaders Olivia Cox-Fill reveals the compelling story of Dr. Wu Jieping (1917 - 2011), selected as personal physician to China's leaders by Premier Zhou Enlai. ‘All dissident scholars, protected by those in power, following the capitalist road, must be eliminated.’ Chairman Mao…
Council Meeting
Royal Asiatic Society Council Room 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom*CANCELLED* Caste Away – Documentary Screening
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Anna McSweeney and Mariam Rosser-Owen: From Storage to Storehouse: Crafting Medieval Spain and The Torrijos Ceiling
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe Futures of Travel Editing – Hakluyt Society – Linschoten Vereeniging Workshop
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe Hakluyt Society (1846) and Linschoten-Vereeniging (1908) have long spearheaded the editing and publication of historical accounts of travel, in line with their respective missions first formulated well over a century ago. Since the late twentieth century, academic and lay interest in historical travel has both reflected and responded to political and social transformations, inviting…