Lord Stephen Green
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomLecture and book presentation. The Human Odyssey - East, West and the search for Universal Values.
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Dr George Mak (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe Mandarin Union Version after One Hundred Years: A Reflection on the History and Impact of a Classic Chinese Biblical Translation
Dr Peter Coles (Morus Londinium and Goldsmiths University)
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomBook Launch: Silk, Syrup and Shade: 4000 years of Mulberry Migrations
Professor Henrietta Harrison (Oxford University)
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomGeorge Thomas Staunton and the Perils of being a China Expert in early nineteenth-century London
Dr Ed Pulford (University of Cambridge)
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomTime and History across China's Northeastern Borders
FREE London Lecture: The Ka’ba of Mecca as Axis and Matrix Mundi
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe Ka'ba of Mecca as axis and matrix mundi, Dr Simon O'Meara (SOAS) Mappa mundi with the ‘Dome of the earth’ (Qubbat al-arḍ) at the centre, the Kaʿba next to it, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria at the perimeter. From an unidentified late medieval or pre-modern Persianate manuscript. Gouache and ink on paper.
Free London Lecture ‘Travelling and Collecting in the Dutch East Indies in the 1930s: the collections of Růžena Charlota Urbanová in the National Musuem, Prague’
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe speaker will be Dr Fiona Kerlogue (Former Deputy Keeper of Anthropology at the Horniman Musuem) In March 1938 the Czech author and painter Růžena Urbanová set off from Marseilles on a journey round the world. In the Dutch East Indies she made a substantial collection of objects, now in the Náprstek Museum in Prague.…
Annabel Teh Gallop Book Launch on Malay Seals
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomStudying Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia at University
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomA Conference for Sixth Formers Interested in Studying Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia at University About this Event Egypt and Mesopotamia (modern Iraq; ancient Sumer, Assyria and Babylon) bequeathed to posterity some of the most fascinating remains from all of the ancient world. Today it is possible to learn the languages, study the artefacts, and reconstruct…
Free London Lecture: Christopher de Bellaigue on The Islamic Enlightenment
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThis lecture is going ahead! Lecture followed by book signing with the author. Books available from a Daunt Books stall on the night. All welcome, please rsvp to Amy Riach ar at royalasiaticsociety.org The Muslim world has often been accused of a failure to modernize, reform and adapt. In fact, from the beginning of the…