• RAS Collections Evening

    Brunei Gallery, SOAS Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, England, United Kingdom

    We are pleased to be able to hold our first online Collections Evening, after the original event was postponed earlier this year. As with similar occasions in the past, the evening will feature a series of short talks, providing a rare opportunity to hear in detail about work that has been done to conserve, catalogue, and understand…

  • Uday S. Kulkarni Book Launch

    ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH Of  Uday S. Kulkarni’s The Extraordinary Epoch of Nanasaheb Peshwa 1st December 2020 at 2pm (UK time) / 7.30pm (Indian time) If you would like to attend, please contact Matty Bradley by e-mail:  mb@royalasiaticsociety.org and the Zoom link and password will be provided. Please note the number of attendees is…

  • POSTPONED Dr Simon Kaner Virtual Lecture

    Zoom

    We 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

  • Dr Hannah Theaker Virtual Lecture

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    China’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…