Events
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…
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…