Guest Concert: Chalpasah – Japan’s only Afghan band (with an introduction by Professor John Baily)
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- Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
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…
Edward Weech Lecture: Systems of Religion and Morality in the Collections of the Royal Asiatic Society
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Marston Road, Oxford, 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…
Peter Hibbard MBE (RAS, Shanghai) – More than a Stuffed Bird Show: The RAS Legacy in Shanghai
PETER HIBBARD MBE More Than a Stuffed Bird Show - The RAS Legacy in Shanghai - In 1857 the founding fathers of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (NCBRAS) in Shanghai foretold that the city was destined to be the greatest and most influential city in the Far East. With some…
Professor Anna Contadini (SOAS) – The Pisa Griffin and the Mari-Cha Lion: Metalwork, Art, and Technology in the Medieval Islamicate Mediterranean
Anna Contadini is Professor of the History of Islamic Art and Head of the School of Arts at SOAS, University of London. She is also the Director of the “Griffin and Lion Project”. Her areas of interest are Arabic and Persian illustrated manuscripts, material culture of the Islamic world, and the artistic and cultural connections…
(Related Organisation’s Event) FRASHKB Lecture and Lunch, Betty Yao MBE: China and Siam through the lens of John Thomson
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomLecture and lunch Saturday, 27th October China and Siam through the lens of John Thomson Speaker: Betty Yao MBE 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 optional self-paying lunch will be arranged at…
Dr. George Michell (Independent Architectural Historian) and Dr. Helen Philon (Deccan Heritage Foundation) in conversation: The Islamic Architecture of the Deccan
Dr. Michell and Dr. Philon will give a joint presentation in the form of a dialogue on their newly published "Islamic Architecture of Deccan India", illustrated with a selection of photos from the book.
***NB DATE CHANGE*** Unlocking the Door: Writing from Georgia – With talks by Professor Donald Rayfield (Queen Mary), Dr. Gillian Evison (Bodleian Library) and Ms. Lia Chokoshvili (Oxford University)
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom*** NB - the date of this event has been moved and will take place on Tuesday the 6th of November; NOT the 5th of November as previously advertised and printed in the Lecture Programme *** Wardrop Inheritance: a Journey through translation from Georgian The Embassy of Georgia to the United Kingdom and the…
Omar Khan (Author) – Book Launch: Paper Jewels: Postcards from the Raj
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomPaper Jewels Postcards from the Raj by Omar Khan, a 518 Vintage Postcard Tour of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, is co-published by Mapin Publishing and the Alkazi Collection of Photography (August 2018). Postcards were to people in 1900 what the Internet was to the world in 2000. Postcards were the world’s first mass transfusion of…
Dr. Christoph Baumer (Author) – The History of Central Asia: The Age of Decline and Revival
Brunei Gallery, SOAS Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, England, United Kingdom*** N.B. This is a joint event with the RSAA and will take place at the Brunei Gallery at SOAS *** Join us for the launch of Dr. Christoph Baumer's The History of Central Asia: The Age of Decline and Revival. For more than a hundred years, Central Asia was the heartland of the mightiest…