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British Chinese Armed Forces Heritage Double Lecture on Chinese Labour Corps
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomPlease register on eventbrite for this lecture https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-contribution-of-the-chinese-labour-corps-in-the-first-world-war-tickets-46229269991 John De Lucy (6pm) and Frances Wood (7.15pm) will each speak on the Chinese Labour Corps: 1. SPEAKER: John de Lucy (Grandson of WW1 CLC Officer W.J. Hawkings) TALK ABSTRACT: During the First World War Britian hired over 100,000 men from China to fill the labour shortage. In…
Guest Talk: ‘Afghanistan in the Age of Empires: Farrukh Husain in conversation with Victoria Schofield.’
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomFarrukh Husain will be in conversation with Victoria Schofield discussing his acclaimed account of the first Afghan war entitled ‘Afghanistan in the Age of Empires’ detailing the role of Afghan women in combat, the respective merits of Afghan and British weaponry and how and why the Kabul uprising occurred on the anniversary of the battle…
“Saragarhi: The True Story” Film Screening
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomWhen 21 Sikh soldiers stood against 10,000 men: the battle of Saragarhi In the late 19th century, tensions were heightened between Britain and Russia as the nations battled over territories in central Asia. British forces held vulnerable posts on the colonial border between British India and Afghanistan, threatened by both Russian forces and Afghan tribes.…
Dr Gulfishan Khan ‘The Indo-Persian elite and the Formation of Orientalist Tradition’
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe Indo-Persian educated became the pioneers of what is termed “Invisible Occidentalism”, also called “Orientalism in reverse,” as they explored vistas of knowledge concerning the West. The cultural interaction with the agents of the new regime fostered new modes of thought and reshaped the mental landscape and sensibilities of the traditional intelligentsia. Some of them…
(Related Organisation’s Event) FRASHKB Lecture and Lunch, Major Brian Finch: A Faithful Record of the Lisbon Maru Incident
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomFRIENDS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, HONG KONG BRANCH Lecture and lunch Saturday, 22nd September A Faithful Record of the Lisbon Maru Incident Speaker: Major (Ret’d) Brian Finch Time: 2:30 p.m. Venue: Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD Cost: £8 per member or guest, to include refreshments Lunch: An…
Dr. Rosie Llewellyn-Jones MBE (Independent Scholar) – ‘My Dear Schomberg’: Letters from Sir Aurel Stein
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomSir Aurel Stein’s life and work has been extensively examined in books and biographies. He was a prolific letter writer but surprisingly none of his biographers have commented on the correspondence with Colonel Reginald Schomberg during the last decade of his life. The two men met each other in Oxford and later at the British…
Guest Concert: Chalpasah – Japan’s only Afghan band (with an introduction by Professor John Baily)
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomTo register your interest in this event please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chalpasah-japans-only-afghan-band-tickets-50215411648
Dr. Mehreen Chida-Razvi (SOAS) – The Mughal Madonna: Representations of the Virgin in Jahangiri-era Architecture
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe Mughal Madonna: Representations of the Virgin in Jahangiri-era Architecture Dr Mehreen Chida-Razvi (Research Associate, Department of History of Art & Archaeology, SOAS) From the arrival of Jesuit missionaries to the court of the Mughal emperor, Akbar (r.1556-1605), Christian imagery was depicted by Mughal artists in works on paper. Both Akbar and his son, Prince…