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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211213T183000
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SUMMARY:Leena Dhingra Book Launch:  Exhumation - The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 6.30pm on Monday 13th December for the book launch of Leena Dhingra’s Exhumation: The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra. \n \n\n\n\n\nOn 17th August 1909\, Madan Lal Dhingra was executed in Pentonville Prison for the assassination of Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie\, a high-ranking official from the British India office. Viewed as a murderer in the UK\, in India Madan Lal is seen as a great patriot\, a freedom fighter\, and a martyr. In 1976\, his remains were exhumed\, and his body returned to India. In Exhumation\, Madan Lal’s great niece\, the actor and writer Leena Dhingra\, unravels and reveals his remarkable story. \nPart history\, part memoir\, this is also the story of Leena’s journey to come to terms with this painful episode from her family’s past. Exhumation: The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra is a compelling story of family secrets that throws light on the dark legacy of colonialism. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeena Dhingra was born in India\, and came to Europe after the 1947 Partition of India. Her first novel Amritvela was published in 1988. An author and actor\, her TV credits include The Bill\, Casualty\, Prime Suspect and Dr Who. She has also starred in EastEnders and Coronation Street\, and most recently appeared in the Channel 4 drama series Ackley Bridge. A Londoner for 40 years\, Leena Dhingra now lives near Manchester.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/leena-dhingra-book-launch-exhumation-the-life-and-death-of-madan-lal-dhingra/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211210T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211210T203000
DTSTAMP:20210921T091012Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Bora Keskiner: Yāqūt al-Musta'simī and the Practise of Naql in Islamic Calligraphy
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-bora-keskiner-yaqut-al-mustasimi-and-the-practise-of-naql-in-islamic-calligraphy/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,RAS Lecture Series 2021-22
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211209T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211209T203000
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UID:17158-1639074600-1639081800@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Dr. Jennifer Howes: The Story Tellers of Mysore: Tipu Sultan's female entourage and the 1806 Vellore Mutiny
DESCRIPTION:After the Fourth Mysore War\, when the British were dismantling Tipu Sultan’s establishment\, the East India Company unexpectedly took charge of 601 women who resided permanently inside Srirangapatnam Palace. Along with Tipu’s sons\, they were moved 200 miles east\, to Vellore Fort\, in the Company-controlled territory of Madras Presidency. Documentation about these court women held in colonial archives describes moments when they behaved in unexpectedly difficult ways. Because historians have traditionally cast the women of Tipu Sultan’s court as voiceless victims\, their actions\, as described in these colonial sources\, have been overlooked. When examined\, the descriptions show that they were using the domestic powers granted to them under Tipu Sultan’s establishment to influence their treatment by the East India Company. By placing these accounts alongside the broader context of the Company’s military history\, it becomes apparent that the women of Tipu Sultan’s female entourage fomented the events that led to the Vellore Mutiny of 1806.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-jennifer-howes-the-story-tellers-of-mysore-tipu-sultans-female-entourage-and-the-1806-vellore-mutiny/
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture Series 2021-22
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211209T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211209T173000
DTSTAMP:20211207T113947Z
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SUMMARY:Council Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/council-meeting/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Council meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211203T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211203T200000
DTSTAMP:20211108T165703Z
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SUMMARY:Professor Alka Patel Booklaunch: Iran to India: The Shansabānīs of Afghanistan\, c. 1145-1190 CE
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/professor-alka-patel-booklaunch-iran-to-india-the-shansabanis-of-afghanistan-c-1145-1190-ce/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211202T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211202T200000
DTSTAMP:20211125T110549Z
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UID:17463-1638468000-1638475200@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Rustaveli Day 2021
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/rustaveli-day-2021/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211116T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211116T203000
DTSTAMP:20211018T150639Z
CREATED:20211018T150603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211018T150639Z
UID:17323-1637087400-1637094600@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Dr Lesley Pullen: Patterned Splendour: Textiles Depicted on Javanese Sculpture 8th to 15th Century
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-lesley-pullen-patterned-splendour-textiles-depicted-on-javanese-sculpture-8th-to-15th-century/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture Series 2021-22
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211111T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211111T203000
DTSTAMP:20210920T152822Z
CREATED:20210920T152822Z
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SUMMARY:Bayly Prize Award
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/bayly-prize-award/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211111T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211111T173000
DTSTAMP:20211025T115452Z
CREATED:20211025T115452Z
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UID:17344-1636648200-1636651800@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Finance & Investments Committee
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/finance-investments-committee/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211111T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211111T163000
DTSTAMP:20211025T115413Z
CREATED:20211025T115413Z
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UID:17342-1636644600-1636648200@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Publications Committee
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/publications-committee/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211104T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211104T203000
DTSTAMP:20211018T150448Z
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UID:17320-1636050600-1636057800@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Michael Cottakis: Echoes of the Levant: Salonica and Smyrna in the Aegean Near East
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/michael-cottakis-echoes-of-the-levant-salonica-and-smyrna-in-the-aegean-near-east/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture Series 2021-22
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211028T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211028T203000
DTSTAMP:20210920T152632Z
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UID:17150-1635445800-1635453000@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Professor Dionisius Agius: The Life of the Red Sea Dhow: A Cultural History of Seaborne Exploration in the Islamic World
DESCRIPTION:Few images are as evocative as the silhouette of the Arab dhow as\, under full sail\, it tacks to windward on glittering waters of Red Sea before moving across the face of the rising or setting sun. In this authoritative new book\, Dionisius A. Agius\, one of the foremost scholars of Islamic material culture\, offers a lucid and wide-ranging history of the iconic dhow from medieval to modern times. Traversing the Arabian and African coasts\, he shows that the dhow was central not just to commerce but to the vital transmission and exchange of ideas. Discussing trade and salt routes\, shoals and wind patterns\, spice harvest seasons and the deep and resonant connection between language\, memory and oral tradition\, this is the first book to place the dhow in its full and remarkable cultural contexts. \nDionisius A. Agius is Al Qasimi Professor of Arabic Studies and Islamic Material Culture at the University of Exeter\, UK. He is the author of numerous books including Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman (2005)\, winner of The Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Foundation and British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize\, and Class Ships of Islam (2008). He is a Fellow of the British Academy\, the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Geographical Society.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/professor-dionisius-agius-the-life-of-the-red-sea-dhow-a-cultural-history-of-seaborne-exploration-in-the-islamic-world/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,RAS Lecture Series 2021-22
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211028T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211028T153000
DTSTAMP:20211025T115334Z
CREATED:20211025T115334Z
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UID:17340-1635431400-1635435000@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Monograph Series Editorial Board
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/monograph-series-editorial-board/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211028T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211028T130000
DTSTAMP:20211025T115249Z
CREATED:20211025T115249Z
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UID:17338-1635422400-1635426000@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Journal Editorial Board
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/journal-editorial-board/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211021T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211021T203000
DTSTAMP:20210920T152126Z
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UID:17147-1634841000-1634848200@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Professor Marc Baer: The Ottomans book launch
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/professor-marc-baer-the-ottomans-book-launch/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211014T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211014T203000
DTSTAMP:20210921T095238Z
CREATED:20210920T151806Z
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UID:17143-1634236200-1634243400@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Professor Simon Kaner: The Rehabilitation of Myth in the Archaeology of Ancient Japan and Korea
DESCRIPTION:Excavated Remains of huge pillars at the Izumo Grand Shrine in Shimane Prefecture reawakened interest in the early history of this important monument and the interface between archaeology\, history and myth in understanding of ancient Japan. \n \nPhoto courtesy of the Izumo Grand Shrine.\nSimon Kaner is Director of the Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia and Head of the Centre for Archaeology and Heritage at the Sainsbury Institute. He is an archaeologist specialising in the prehistory of Japan.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/professor-simon-kaner-the-rehabilitation-of-myth-in-the-archaeology-of-ancient-japan-and-korea/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture Series 2021-22
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210917T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210917T210000
DTSTAMP:20210910T151737Z
CREATED:20210910T151737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210910T151737Z
UID:17021-1631899800-1631912400@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Reflections on Mughal Art & Culture
DESCRIPTION:  \nReflections on Mughal Art and Culture\, recently published\, explores the rich aesthetic and cultural legacy of the Mughal Empire with new\, insightful material researched by 13 leading scholars in the field. The articles in the book discuss varied subjects under the Mughal umbrella\, challenge long-held ideas and draw comparisons between the artistic expressions and material culture of the powerful Islamicate triumvirate of the early modern period. During the first half of this presentation\, Roda Ahluwalia\, editor of the book\, will explore the diversity in chapters as well as common threads that run through them\, unifying the book in aesthetic and cultural identity.  \n  \nIn the second half of this presentation Kavita Singh\, Professor\, School of Arts and Aesthetics\, JNU\, Delhi\, will discuss her contribution to the volume in which she  discusses the text-image relationship of select examples from the Akbarnama\, Jahangirnama and Padshahnama to show significant divergences between the words and images that often faced each other across the page. She will focus on one of the examples discussed in her essay\, through which she will explore reasons for the ‘gaps’ between word and image and weave her way to a keen and perceptive conclusion.”
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/reflections-on-mughal-art-culture/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,RAS Lecture Series 2021-22
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210810T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210810T203000
DTSTAMP:20210824T134455Z
CREATED:20210806T111004Z
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UID:16730-1628620200-1628627400@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Book Launch: The Making of Islamic Art: Studies in Honour of Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom
DESCRIPTION:A conversation with Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom\, chaired by\nProfessor Robert Hillenbrand and Professor Carole Hillenbrand \n  \nIn their own words\, Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair espouse ‘things and thinginess rather than theories and isations’. Its many insights\, firmly anchored in artistic practice\, are supported by ample technical know-how. The range is wide – mosques becoming temples; how religious buildings reflect politics; Yemeni frescoes and inscriptions; domestic Syrian 18th-century ornament; Egyptian bookbinding techniques; recycling and repair in Damascene crafts; conservation versus restoration; narrative on ceramics; metalwork with architectural motifs; lost buildings reconstructed; how objects speak; Muslim burials in China; the role of migrating potters; Mughal painting; stone carpet weights; the use of metals in Islamic manuscripts\, calligraphy and modern artists’ books. This book’s practical\, down-to-earth dimension\, expressed in plain\, simple English\, runs counter to the current fashion for theoretical explanations and their accompanying jargon when exploring the world of Islamic art. This bottom–up approach differs radically and refreshingly from that of much top-down contemporary scholarship. It privileges the maker rather than the patron. \nAttendees will also receive a 35% discount code upon registration.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/book-launch-the-making-of-islamic-art-studies-in-honour-of-sheila-blair-and-jonathan-bloom/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210708T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210708T190000
DTSTAMP:20210820T150618Z
CREATED:20210625T115006Z
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SUMMARY:Seth M.N. Priestman Book Launch
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/seth-m-n-priestman-book-launch/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210624T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210624T203000
DTSTAMP:20210820T145851Z
CREATED:20210527T125458Z
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UID:16726-1624559400-1624566600@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Dr. Elizabeth Lambourn Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Islam’s Forgotten Frontier – the Indian Ocean world 600-1000 CE \nThis paper presents work in progress\, part of a monograph project aiming to integrate several forgotten (or at best neglected) frontiers of the early Islamic world into mainstream Islamic history. Currently when one speaks of an “eastern” frontier in the early Islamic world it is to Khurasan that most Islamicists turn\, the aim of this project is to bring events and processes on Islam’s eastern maritime frontier – in effect the Indian Ocean – into the existing scholarship on the Arab conquests and their aftermath\, challenging some of the assumptions and methodologies that prevail in this field and enriching it in the process. \n  \n 
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-elizabeth-lambourn-lecture/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture Series 2020-21
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210617T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210617T203000
DTSTAMP:20210820T145621Z
CREATED:20210527T125236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210820T145621Z
UID:16724-1623954600-1623961800@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Dr. Marcus Milwright Book Launch (Joint RAS and IAC)
DESCRIPTION:The Queen of Sheba’s Gift: A History of the True Balsam of Matarea
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-marcus-milwright-book-launch-joint-ras-and-iac/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210615T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210615T203000
DTSTAMP:20210820T150544Z
CREATED:20210527T124500Z
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SUMMARY:Prof. Luca M. Olivieri Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Temples of Swat. The Shahi archaeological landscape. \nThe talk will report on the recent research at Barikot\, Swat\, Pakistan\, where excavations continued also in 2020. The ancient urban site\, known in Greek and Latin sources as Bazira/Beira\, between 700 and 1000 CE\, became a major Śāhi centre with palatial and cultic structures\, known as Vajira in epigraphic record of the end-10th century. Excavations on the acropolis revealed a large Brahmanical temple built by the Shahis of Kabul (c. 700 CE) and expanded under the so-called Hindu Shahis. The temple was demolished by the Ghaznavids in the 11th century\, when a military settlement was established at the site. Shahi temples were part of a complex landscape\, testified today by ruins of palaces\, castles\, and watchtowers. During our surface research three more Brahmanical temples were documented. The first temple was documented by Alfred Foucher at Zalamkot at the gates of the Swat valley along the ancient “Buddhist roads”. A second temple was identified by Harold Deane at Manyar (near Barikot). A third temple was found by Aurel Stein in the Talash valley not far from the junction between Swat and Panjkora rivers. The latter is not far from Afgahn Kunar\, where similar temples were documented by the German Hindukush Expedition in 1935. \nLuca M. Olivieri (PhD) \nUniversità Ca’ Foscari Venezia \nDipartimento di Studi sull’Asia e sull’Africa Mediterranea \nDirector \nISMEO Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan \n  \nLuca M. Olivieri is director of the ISMEO Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan. He has been working in Swat for more than thirty years. His principal interests include excavation\, survey\, and heritage management methodologies. In 2017 he was awarded with the Sitara-i-Imtiaz of Pakistan for his three decades of archaeological work in Swat. He has been Director of the ACT-Field School Project in Swat from 2011 to 2016\, which\, amongst other important achievements in the field of training\, archaeology and restoration\, managed to rebuild the Swat Museum\, as well as to restore the colossal Jahanabad Buddha\, both damaged during the insurgency. Dr. Olivieri has been working in Swat since 1987\, mainly focusing on the still on-going excavation project at the urban site of Bir-kot-ghwandai (Barikot)\, the ancient Bazira of Alexander the Great\, on rock-art field-research\, and on the Archaeological Map of the Swat Valley project.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/prof-luca-m-olivieri-lecture/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture Series 2020-21
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210608T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210608T203000
DTSTAMP:20210820T150645Z
CREATED:20210527T123646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210820T150645Z
UID:16720-1623177000-1623184200@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Stephen Martin Lecture
DESCRIPTION:George Chinnery’s portrait of Thomas Richardson Colledge at the Macau Eye Hospital \nThomas 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 ophthalmic practice and the mental state of a talented artist who spent most of his life in India and China. \nStephen Martin is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and Honorary Professor at the University of Chiang Mai Medical School. \nImage: \nThomas Richardson Colledge in the Macau Ophthalmic Hospital\, with his assistant Afun and patients\, by George Chinnery\, 1833. Oil on canvas\, © Peabody Essex Museum\, Salem MA\, reproduced for this talk with their kind written permission. \n 
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/stephen-martin-lecture/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture Series 2020-21
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210527T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210527T183000
DTSTAMP:20210820T150716Z
CREATED:20210524T104356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210820T150716Z
UID:16717-1622136600-1622140200@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:AGM
DESCRIPTION:AGM 2021 \nThursday 27th May at 5.30pm via Zoom \nPlease register your attendance by emailing mb at royalasiaticsociety.org \nPlease note that you must be a current Fellow to attend the AGM. \n2020 AGM Minutes 22 October \nAgenda Royal Asiatic Society Anniversary General Meeting Thursday 27th of May 2021 \nRAS-2020signed-accounts
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/agm/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:AGM
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SUMMARY:Amanda Phillips Book Launch
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/amanda-phillips-book-launch/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Graham Hutchings China 1949
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/graham-hutchings-china-1949/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Dr. Itay Noy Lecture
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-itay-noy-lecture/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture Series 2020-21
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210428T170000
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SUMMARY:Dr Weipin Tsai Virtual Lecture
DESCRIPTION:The courier firms that knitted the Qing Empire together: A brief account of China’s\nprivate letter hongs from late 18th century to early 20th century \nWeipin Tsai \nRoyal Holloway\, University of London \nLong before the Imperial Chinese Post Office was set up in 1896\, a postal system had existed for centuries. This was made up of a myriad of local\, privately-owned courier firms\, known collectively as ‘letter hongs’.  These firms were rooted in their home areas\, but collaborated extensively and by their peak in the late 19th century were able to provide services across the whole of China\, and indeed beyond its borders to the Chinese diaspora across the region. \nWhile there has been a huge amount of scholarship around China’s modernisation in this period – largely focused on institutionally directed or foreign-influenced developments – one area now only receiving attention is the network of communications that knitted the Qing Empire together. The letter hongs formed the largest and most significant element of that network\, a web of family-owned companies that established vital supply lines for information\, money and goods\, with a reach more fluid\, adaptable and extensive than even the government’s owned military information relay service. \nBeing mainly small\, privately-held organisations\, source materials are quite scarce. Decoding the covers of letters sent across network – quite literally\, the journeys taken are recorded in code on the covers themselves – provides a very useful source of material on how the hongs operated\, including routes taken\, transit times\, charges and so on\, while the letters themselves are fascinating social documents recording the intricacies of family and business life.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-weipin-tsai-virtual-lecture/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture Series 2020-21
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SUMMARY:Dr. Suna Cagaptay Virtual Book Launch
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-suna-cagaptay-book-launch/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture Series 2020-21
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SUMMARY:Dr. Emma Flatt Virtual Lecture
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-emma-flatt-virtual-lecture/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture Series 2020-21
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