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Events
- Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
*CANCELLED* “A Grandmother’s Legacy” Indus Experiences Lecture by Jenny Mallin
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom*CANCELLED AT THE REQUEST OF ORGANISER* A Grandmother's Legacy "Five generations of a British family in India seen through the eyes of their granddaughter" Jenny Mallin inherited a cookbook from her great grandmother Wilhelmina and much to her delight, discovered recipe manuscripts going back five generations of her ‘Memsahib Grandmothers’. Those recipes, published in her…
Lecture and Book Launch – Dominic Faulder (Author): Anand Panyarachun and the Making of Modern Thailand
Anand Panyarachun and the Making of Modern Thailand The long career of Anand Panyarachun, Thailand's former prime minister and elder statesman, is one of distinguished public service that sweeps across diplomacy, business, politics, social reform, and philanthropy; he is widely regarded as a progressive figure dedicated to the betterment of his compatriots, improving global understanding,…
Edward Weech (Royal Asiatic Society) – Systems of Religion and Morality in the Collections of the Royal Asiatic Society
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe Royal Asiatic Society was founded in 1823, inspired by the model of Sir William Jones’s Asiatic Society of Bengal. From its earliest days, one of the chief ways the Society sought to promote research and interest into the histories and cultures of Asia was by establishing and making available its historic collection of rare…
Book Launch: The Living Alphabet
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomMrs Tsira Kemularia in partnership with the Embassy of Georgia to the United Kingdom and the Royal Asiatic Society presents book Launch: The Living Alphabet The book presents a unique Georgian manuscript, Sulkhan- Saba Orbeliani’s Georgian dictionary, which was rewritten at the end of 18th Century by a famous calligrapher Petre Laradze. The original…
Susan Stronge (V&A Museum) – The Lapidary Arts of the Mughal empire in the 17th and 18th centuries
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomGuest Lecture – Dr. Ravinder Reddy – Numinous Imagery on Arms and Armour of the Indian Subcontinent
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomNuminous Imagery on Arms and Armour of the Indian Subcontinent Dr. Ravinder Reddy (Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Univ of California San Diego; Board Member, South Asian Arts Council of the San Diego Museum of Art) Indian arms and armour are frequently adorned with auspicious and sacred imagery to induce shakti – divine power -…
Joint Book Launch and Discussion: From Stone to Paper: Architecture as History in the Late Mughal Empire and Ottoman Baroque: The Architectural Refashioning of Eighteenth-Century Istanbul
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomFrom Stone to Paper: Architecture as History in the Late Mughal Empire and Ottoman Baroque: The Architectural Refashioning of Eighteenth-Century Istanbul Discussion and Book Launch On Friday June 28th The Royal Asiatic Society will host a joint book launch of Chanchal B. Dadlani's From Stone to Paper: Architecture as History in the Late Mughal Empire…
The Silk Roads: arts, history and exploration
Royal Asiatic Society 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe Silk Roads: arts, history and exploration Buddha, 2nd c., National Museum New Delhi 68.187. Photographer Daniel Waugh A Royal Asiatic Society Summer School Monday July 8 – Thursday July 11, 2019 The influence of the interactions enabled by the Afro-Eurasian trade routes known as the Silk Roads are much in discussion today,…
Dr Sarah Tiffin (Author): Raffles and the Course of Empire: Decoding Ruin Imagery in The History of Java
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomWhen Raffles wrote his landmark publication The History of Java in 1817, ruin sentiment was a fashionable if rather wistful turn of mind that had a considerable influence on British art and literature. The ruin was a popular motif in picturesque imagery, serving as the stimulus for melancholic musings that ranged from deeply felt personal…