POSTPONED Dr Simon Kaner Virtual Lecture
ZoomWe regret to announce that this event has been postponed to later this year, date tbc The Rehabilitation of Myth in the Archaeology of Ancient Japan and Korea
10 events found.
Dr Hannah Theaker Virtual Lecture
ZoomChina’s Little Mecca: Changing Islamic Landscapes of China’s Northwest in the Late Qing, 1860-1911 The events often known as the Great Northwestern Muslim Rebellion, 1860-1874, devastated the Islamic communities of the interior northwestern provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu. Long-established Islamic communities were wiped off the map, whilst the resettlement of refugees and post-war bans on…
Dr. Suna Cagaptay Virtual Book Launch
ZoomDownload PDF The First Capital of the Ottoman Empire flyer
Dr Weipin Tsai Virtual Lecture
ZoomThe courier firms that knitted the Qing Empire together: A brief account of China’s private letter hongs from late 18th century to early 20th century Weipin Tsai Royal Holloway, University of London Long before the Imperial Chinese Post Office was set up in 1896, a postal system had existed for centuries. This was made up…
Dr. Itay Noy Lecture
ZoomAGM
ZoomAGM 2021 Thursday 27th May at 5.30pm via Zoom Please register your attendance by emailing mb at royalasiaticsociety.org Please note that you must be a current Fellow to attend the AGM. 2020 AGM Minutes 22 October Agenda Royal Asiatic Society Anniversary General Meeting Thursday 27th of May 2021 RAS-2020signed-accounts
Stephen Martin Lecture
ZoomGeorge Chinnery's portrait of Thomas Richardson Colledge at the Macau Eye Hospital Thomas Richardson Colledge was the founder of modern ophthalmology in Canton. The most revealing sources on him and his medicine are a biography by his daughter Frances and a painting by George Chinnery. Behind these are some remarkable insights about Colledge’s relationships, his…