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SUMMARY:"Saragarhi: The True Story" Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:When 21 Sikh soldiers stood against 10\,000 men: the battle of Saragarhi\n\nIn 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. Here\, Captain Jay Singh-Sohal explores the events that occurred 120 years ago this month at the battle of Saragarhi\, which saw a British outpost surrounded by 10\,000 Afghan tribesmen\, and shares the remarkable story of a valiant last stand that would reverberate around the British empire…
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/saragarhi-the-true-story-film-screening/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:festschrift
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180711T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180711T203000
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SUMMARY:Guest Talk: 'Afghanistan in the Age of Empires: Farrukh Husain in conversation with Victoria Schofield.'
DESCRIPTION:Farrukh 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 of Badr in 1841/17 Ramadan 1257 AH. Today an internet search of the words “Kabul massacre” details the destruction of General Elphinstone’s army yet the many massacres perpetrated in Kabul\, Ghazni and other parts of Afghanistan are hidden by history.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/guest-talk-afghanistan-in-the-age-of-empires-farrukh-husain-in-conversation-with-victoria-schofield/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture,Lecture Series 2017-18
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180615T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180615T210000
DTSTAMP:20180514T165527Z
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SUMMARY:British Chinese Armed Forces Heritage Double Lecture on Chinese Labour Corps
DESCRIPTION:Please 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 \nJohn De Lucy (6pm) and Frances Wood (7.15pm) will each speak on the Chinese Labour Corps: \n1. SPEAKER:\nJohn de Lucy (Grandson of WW1 CLC Officer W.J. Hawkings) \nTALK ABSTRACT:\nDuring the First World War Britian hired over 100\,000 men from China to fill the labour shortage. In this talk\, John de Lucy explains how his Grandfather\, W.J. Hawkings\, brought these workers to France to help with the war effort. After the war\, the workers were retained to help clear the battlefields before being repatriated back to China. This is a chance to take a look at the rare collection of photographs taken by W.J Hawkings depicting the lives of the Chinese Labour Corps\, both in China and on the Western Front. \n  \n2. SPEAKER:\nFrances Wood studied at Liverpool College of Art 1966-7 and at Newnham College\, Cambridge\, 1967-1971 (BA Hons. Chinese) She spent 1975-6 at Peking University and wrote her PhD on traditional domestic architecture in Peking (London\, 1984). She worked in the Chinese section of SOAS Library from 1972 until 1977 when she joined the British Library and worked in the Chinese section until 2013. Her publications include Stones of the Wall 1986 (translation of a novel by Dai Houying)\, Chinese Illustration (1986)\, A Companion to China (1989)\, The Blue Guide to China (1990\, 2002)\, Did Marco Polo Go To China? (1995)\, No Dogs and Not Many Chinese: Treaty Port life in China 1843-1943\, (1998)\, Hand Grenade Practice in China: my part in the Cultural Revolution (2000)\, The Silk Road (2002)\, The Forbidden City (2005)\, The First Emperor (2007)\, The Lure of China: writers on China from Marco polo to J.G.Ballard (2009)\, The Diamond Sutra: the story of the world’s earliest dated printed book (2010)\, Picnics Prohibited: diplomacy in a chaotic China during the First World War (2014)\, Betrayed Ally: China in the Great War (2016\, with Christopher Arnander)\, Great Books of China (2017) and with Andrew Lo\, Wang Tz’u-cheng and Song Jiayu\, Export Paintings in the British Library (2011). \nTALK – ESSENTIAL BUT UNACKNOWLEDGED: THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE CHINESE LABOUR CORPS IN WW1\nKnown as ‘The Forgotten of the Forgotten’\, Dr Frances Wood sheds light on the untold story of the 100\,000 Chinese who were recruited into the Chinese Labour Corps of World War One.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/british-chinese-armed-forces-heritage-double-lecture-on-chinese-labour-corps/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180614T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180614T213000
DTSTAMP:20180124T130640Z
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SUMMARY:Professor Ornit Shani (Department of Asian Studies\, University of Haifa) - How India Became Democratic
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/professor-ornit-shani-department-of-asian-studies-university-of-haifa-how-india-became-democratic/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180607T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180607T213000
DTSTAMP:20180124T130436Z
CREATED:20180124T130436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T130436Z
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SUMMARY:Umberto Bongianino (Oxford University) - Like Sweet Smelling Blooms: Arabic Calligraphy in the Islamic West
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/umberto-bongianino-oxford-university-like-sweet-smelling-blooms-arabic-calligraphy-in-the-islamic-west/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180531T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180531T203000
DTSTAMP:20180524T094857Z
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SUMMARY:Nancy Charley (RAS Archivist) - Book Launch "Feart"
DESCRIPTION:Nancy Charley\, RAS Archivist will launch her new poetry collection\, Feart.  This limited edition\, hand-crafted book\, explores childhood emotion through the externalisation of one such emotion\, fear\, who becomes the Feart\, a girl’s companion in the trials and joys of growing up. \n“Part memoir\, part fable\, part poetry\, part prose\, all the everyday reality for a girl growing up with Feart for her friend.” \nPlease join us for the evening in which Nancy weaves some of the pieces from this collection into a poetry-telling narrative. \n \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/nancy-charley-ras-archivist-book-launch-feart/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180529T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180529T220000
DTSTAMP:20180508T163011Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Ashmita Khasnabish Guest Lecture "Indian Imagination in a Postcolonial Context"
DESCRIPTION:The talk “Indian Imagination in a Postcolonial Context” is based on Dr. Ashmita Khasnabish’s recent monograph Negotiating Capability and Diaspora: a Philosophical Politics which analyses how Indian philosophical imagination could bring transcendence and immanence or pragmatism together. It starts with the Amartya Sen’s theory of “capability” which arose as a critique of the American philosopher John Rawls’s theory of Justice. Sen focuses on the notion of personal will- power which expresses the humanitarian aspect of his theory of capability. What is so fascinating about Sen’s theory of freedom? As a daughter of the East\, she admits that there is great potential in Sen’s theory of freedom because it is the freedom of the East that he advocates. She also examines Sri Aurobindo’s theory of the “religion of humanity\,” who fought against the British and was forced to leave India. Finally\, in the light of this philosophical background\, the talk addresses the Indian novelist Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel the Namesake as a product of Indian postcolonial imagination.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-ashmita-khasnabish-guest-lecture-indian-imagination-in-a-postcolonial-context/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180525T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180525T213000
DTSTAMP:20180405T162234Z
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SUMMARY:Edinburgh University Press Afghanistan journal launch at the Royal Asiatic Society
DESCRIPTION:Edinburgh University Press new journal launch at the Royal Asiatic Society \nJoin us for the AFGHANISTAN journal launch (with wine and nibbles) at the Royal Asiatic Society\, 14 Stephenson Way\, NW1 2HD on Friday 25th May 6.30-8.30pm. \nRSVP by 21st May to ruth.campbell at eup.ed.ac.uk \n  \nAfghanistan covers all subjects in the humanities including history\, art\, archaeology\, architecture\, geography\, numismatics\, literature\, religion\, social sciences and contemporary issues from the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. \nHost & Keynote Speaker: Thomas J. Barfield\, President of the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies \nHosts: Warwick Ball\, Afghanistan Editor-in- Chief\, and Shivan Mahendrarajah\, Afghanistan managing editor \nEventbrite page –  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/afghanistan-journal-launch-tickets-44552020292 \n 
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/edinburgh-university-press-afghanistan-journal-launch-at-the-royal-asiatic-society/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Journal Launch
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180524T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180524T193000
DTSTAMP:20180124T125950Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Susan Whitfield (Institute of Archaeology\, UCL) - Silk\, Slaves and Stupas: Material Culture of the Silk Road
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-susan-whitfield-institute-of-archaeology-ucl-silk-slaves-and-stupas-material-culture-of-the-silk-road/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180517T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180517T220000
DTSTAMP:20180508T161028Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Indira Viswanathan Peterson Guest Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Colonial Networks\, Indian Elites\, and the New Orientalism of the Royal Asiatic Society (1823-1840) \nIndira Viswanathan Peterson \nProfessor of Asian Studies Emerita\, Mount Holyoke College\, USA \n  \nThe establishment of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland in London in 1823 not only transferred the institutional center of British orientalism to the metropole but also indexed a reconceptualization of British antiquarian practices and goals vis à vis the colonies. A marker of this shift was the active recruitment of Asians\, especially princes and other elites\, in the Society’s membership and activities. The election of Raja Serfoji of Tanjore\, an enthusiastic orientalist as well as pioneering modernizer\, as one of four honorary members in 1823 is a case in point. Tracing Serfoji’s initiatives and his interactions with Sir Alexander Johnston and other British administrator-orientalists in Madras and south India\, and the Raja’s subsequent participation in the RAS’s activities\, this talk demonstrates that a south Indian orientalist network– the “Madras School” –played a significant role in shaping the agendas of the newly-founded Society. Further\, examining widely-publicised statements made by Sir Johnston during his long administrative career at the RAS\, it is argued that the Society’s projects involving its Asian members signaled a turn in British orientalism\, toward the promotion of a new mix of antiquarianism and the ideology of improving the colonies through useful knowledge. \nDr. Peterson held the David B. Truman Professorship at Mount Holyoke and has been Professor of Sanskrit at Columbia University. She specializes in Indian literature in Sanskrit\, Tamil and Marathi\, Hinduism\, South Indian culture\, history and religion\, classical dance and Karnatak music\, translation\, and European-Asian culture contact. She has published widely on all of these subjects.  She has held a number of research fellowships\, including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Humanities\, The American Institute for Indian Studies and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Major publications include: Poems to Shiva: The Hymns of the Tamil Saints (1989); Design and Rhetoric in a Sanskrit Court Epic: The Kiratarjuniya of Bharavi (2003); Arjuna and the Hunter (2016); and\, with George Michell\, The Great Temple at Thanjavur: A Thousand Years. 1010 – 2010 (2010). Two co-edited books are: with Martha A. Selby\, Tamil Geographies: Cultural Constructions of space and place in South India (2007); and with Davesh Soneji\, Performing Pasts: Reinventing the Arts in modern South India (2008). \nIndira Peterson has recently completed Serfoji of Tanjore: Enlightenment and Princely Modernity in Colonial India\, a biography of the royal polymath and innovator Serfoji II. In progress are Drama\, the Court\, and the Public in Early Modern India\, a monograph on the multilingual dance dramas of the Thanjavur Maratha court\, and An Enlightenment Library in Early Nineteenth-century India: The Personal Collection of King Serfoji II of Tanjore (1798-1832). \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-indira-viswanathan-peterson-guest-lecture/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180515T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180515T213000
DTSTAMP:20180124T125057Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Deniz Tuerker (University of Cambridge) - The Yildiz Kiosk and the Queen Mothers of the Tanzimat Era: Gender\, Landscape\, and Visibility
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-deniz-tuerker-university-of-cambridge-the-yildiz-kiosk-and-the-queen-mothers-of-the-tanzimat-era-gender-landscape-and-visibility/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180510T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180510T213000
DTSTAMP:20180124T123819Z
CREATED:20180124T123819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T123819Z
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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting Lecture. Professor Charles Melville (University of Cambridge) - The Illustration of Mirkhwand's Raudat al-safa in RAS Ms. P.38
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/annual-general-meeting-lecture-professor-charles-melville-university-of-cambridge-the-illustration-of-mirkhwands-raudat-al-safa-in-ras-ms-p-38/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180503T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180503T213000
DTSTAMP:20180124T122957Z
CREATED:20180124T122957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T122957Z
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SUMMARY:Professor Anthony Stockwell (Royal Holloway) - Plunder and Restitution: Britain and the Mandalay Regalia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/professor-anthony-stockwell-royal-holloway-plunder-and-restitution-britain-and-the-mandalay-regalia/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180426T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180426T213000
DTSTAMP:20180124T121536Z
CREATED:20180124T121536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T121536Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Alex McKay (Sikkim Palace Archive Digitisation Project) - The View from the Palace: The Sikkim Royal Archives
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-alex-mckay-sikkim-palace-archive-digitisation-project-the-view-from-the-palace-the-sikkim-royal-archives/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180419T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180419T213000
DTSTAMP:20180124T115730Z
CREATED:20180124T115730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T115730Z
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SUMMARY:John Falconer (British Library) -'A Glorious Galaxy of Monuments.' Photography and Archaeology in India in the 19th Century
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/john-falconer-british-library-a-glorious-galaxy-of-monuments-photography-and-archaeology-in-india-in-the-19th-century/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180417T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180417T213000
DTSTAMP:20180412T143826Z
CREATED:20180412T143826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180412T143826Z
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SUMMARY:Professor Francis Robinson (Royal Holloway) Jamal Mian Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Jamal Mian \nThe Life of Maulana Jamaluddin Abdul Wahab of Farangi Mahall\, 1919–2012 by Francis Robinson. \nThis book relates the life of Jamal Mian Farangi Mahalli\, a highly respected scion of Lucknow’s scholarly culture and a major leader of the Pakistan Movement. Based on the archives left by Jamal Mian\, it explores his life as a member of Farangi Mahall\, South Asia’s leading family of Islamic learning from Lucknow. The author covers the colourful life of a dynamic personality–from his education in the Dars-i Nizami and the spiritual traditions of his family to his rise to the Muslim League High Command\, and his involvement in the campaign for Pakistan. \nFrancis Robinson is a British historian and Professor of the History of South Asia. \n2017\, 250 pages\, Hardback\, ISBN: 978-0-19-940568-8
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/professor-francis-robinson-royal-holloway-jamal-mian-book-launch/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180412T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180412T213000
DTSTAMP:20180124T113330Z
CREATED:20180124T113330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T113330Z
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SUMMARY:Omniya Abd al-Barr (Victoria and Albert Museum) - K.A.C. Creswell's Photographic Archive at the V and A Museum
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/omniya-abd-al-barr-victoria-and-albert-museum-k-a-c-creswells-photographic-archive-at-the-v-and-a-museum/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180410T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180410T210000
DTSTAMP:20180308T175051Z
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SUMMARY:Festschrift for Professor Peter Robb (SOAS)
DESCRIPTION:Book Launch and Discussion: Memory\, Identity and the Colonial Encounter in India: Essays in Honour of Peter Robb\, edited by Ezra Rashkow\, Sanjukta Ghosh and Upal Chakrabarti \nTuesday\, April 10\, @ 6.00 to 8.00 pm \nVenue: The Royal Asiatic Society\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD \nChair: Dr Gordon Johnson (President\, The Royal Asiatic Society) \n  \nEditors’ Introduction: Dr Ezra Rashkow (Montclair\, US)\, Dr Sanjukta Ghosh (SOAS) \nPanel Speakers: Prof Francis Robinson (RAS & Royal Holloway)\, Prof Ananya Jahanara Kabir (King’s College\, London)\, Prof Edward Simpson (SOAS South Asia Institute) \nEditors in Conversation with Prof Peter Robb (SOAS & RAS) \nDiscussion \nConcluding Remarks: Dr Clive Dewey (Leicester) and \nDr Eleanor Newbigin (SOAS\, History Department) \nDrinks Reception \nOrganisers: SOAS South Asia Institute\, Department of History (SOAS) and the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. \nContact: sg83 at soas.ac.uk; ssai at soas.ac.uk \nAmy Riach ar at royalasiaticsociety.org \n  \n  \nIn this celebratory book launch of Memory\, Identity and the Colonial Encounter in India: Essays in Honour of Peter Robb\, the volume’s editors will join in conversation with Professor Peter Robb and other distinguished panellists to discuss various analytical approaches to rethinking relationships between memory and identity during the period of British rule in the subcontinent. \n  \nThis festschrift is a tribute to Professor Peter Robb’s seminal contributions to a range of important debates in modern South Asian history. The papers in the volume are written by both senior and early career scholars in the field\, and many of these were presented at the SOAS history conference ‘Ideologies and Institutions: a conference to celebrate the career and works of Peter Robb’\, in September 2013. Drawing broadly from Robb’s lecture transcript on memorials included in the book\, the volume also engages with some of his other works. \n  \nThe publication of this collection of essays in the year of the SOAS centenary\, in late 2017\, coincided with the 70th year of India and Pakistan’s commemoration of independence and the Partition of 1947\, prompting a renewed interest in examining the legacy of the British Raj. Memory studies have proliferated in recent years based on an emotional understanding of the past\, but with a few exceptions\, they have predominantly focused on Partition and its aftermath in South Asia. The editors deviate from this frame to explore the memory of colonialism and imperialism by critically engaging with the ideas of encounters and emerging identities. \n  \nBy focusing on interactions\, relations and underlying meanings of the colonial experience\, the volume re-evaluates central\, long-standing debates about the historical impact of the Raj. The issues of memory\, identity and the legacy of the colonial encounter are woven together in a diverse range of essays on subjects such as colonial and nationalist memorials; British\, Eurasian\, Dalit and Adivasi identities; regional political configurations; and state initiatives and patterns of control. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-and-discussion-memory-identity-and-the-colonial-encounter-in-india-essays-in-honour-of-tickets-43970130845 \nPublisher: Routledge   \nhttps://www.routledge.com/Memory-Identity-and-the-Colonial-Encounter-in-India-Essays-in-Honour/Rashkow-Ghosh-Chakrabarti/p/book/9781138237056 \nISBN:  9781138237056\nNumber of pages: 338 \n 
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/festschrift-for-professor-peter-robb-soas/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Festschrift
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180405T193000
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SUMMARY:RAS Digital Library Launch Event
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to all
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/ras-digital-library-launch-event/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180327T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180327T220000
DTSTAMP:20180131T122332Z
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SUMMARY:Illustrated Lecture: Buddhist Rock-Cut Monasteries of the Western Ghats Drs. George Michell and Gethin Rees
DESCRIPTION:RAS Event Flyer Final \n27 MARCH 2018 6.30PM; followed by wine reception\nROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY\n14 STEPHENSON WAY\nLONDON\, NW1 2HD\nPlease rsvp to: ar@royalasiaticosciety.org\nThis lecture marks the publication of an illustrated guidebook coauthored\nby the archaeologist Dr. Gethin Rees and the\narchitectural historian Dr. George Michell\, recently issued by the\nDeccan Heritage Foundation. The volume focuses not on the well\nknown rock-cut sites of Ajanta and Ellora\, but on the less visited\,\nbut no less significant sites near the towns of Nashik and Junnar\,\nand at Karla\, Bhaja Bedsa\, Kondane and Kanheri\, all in the rugged\nlandscape of the Westerrn Ghats in Maharashtra. Known as\nchaityas and viharas\, these magnificent shrines and dwellings\nwere cut into the basalt cliffs of the Western Ghats more than\n2\,000 years ago. They survive today as among the earliest and\nbest-preserved examples of Buddhist architecture and art in all\nIndia.\nLocated near to trade routes that wound their way through\nmountain passes\, linking the lucrative Arabian Sea ports of\npeninsular India to the Deccan hinterland\, the cutting of the caves\ntogether with their resident monks and nuns were supported by\nmerchants and craft guilds\, as well as by local kings and queens. In\nthe lecture Rees will discuss the historic\, economic and geographic\nbackground to the monasteries\, while Michell will focus on the\narchitectural developments during these early times and the\ncarvings that adorned the various shrines and dwellings.\nCopies of the 128 page guidebook may be purchased after the\nlecture at a cost of £15.00\, payable by cash or cheque only.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/illustrated-lecture-buddhist-rock-cut-monasteries-of-the-western-ghats-drs-george-michell-and-gethin-rees/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Guest Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180320T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180320T203000
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SUMMARY:Professor Zeynep Yürekli-Görkay - An Ottoman Sense of Place: Topographical Illustration between Europe and Iran
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/professor-zeynep-yurekli-gorkay-an-ottoman-sense-of-place-topographical-illustration-between-europe-and-iran/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180315T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180315T200000
DTSTAMP:20180214T175054Z
CREATED:20180214T175054Z
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UID:5377-1521136800-1521144000@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Robert Irwin Book Launch - Ibn Khaldun
DESCRIPTION:15th March Robert Irwin
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/robert-irwin-book-launch-ibn-khaldun/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180308T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180308T203000
DTSTAMP:20180123T130953Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Peter Webb (University of Leiden) - Arab Origins: Identity\, History and Islam
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-peter-webb-university-of-leiden-arab-origins-identity-history-and-islam/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180306T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180306T203000
DTSTAMP:20180123T130657Z
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SUMMARY:Professor Mercedes Volait (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) - The Domestic Collecting of Islamic Artefacts in 19th Century Cairo: The Meymar Objects at the Victoria and Albert Museum
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/professor-mercedes-volait-centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique-the-domestic-collecting-of-islamic-artefacts-in-19th-century-cairo-the-meymar-objects-at-the-victoria-and-albert-museum/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180226T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180226T200000
DTSTAMP:20180213T180320Z
CREATED:20180213T180320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180213T180320Z
UID:5370-1519668000-1519675200@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Book Launch and Discussion: Malarial Subjects by Rohan Deb Roy
DESCRIPTION:Simon Layton (Chair). Speakers include Dr. Nayanika Mathur (Oxford)\, Professor Clare Anderson (Leicester)\, Professor Richard Drayton (King’s College\, London)\,\nDr. Sujit Sivasundaram (Cambridge)\, Professor Simon Schaffer (Cambridge) \nMalaria was considered one of the most widespread disease-causing entities in the nineteenth century. It was associated with a variety of frailties far beyond fevers\, ranging from idiocy to impotence. And yet\, it was not a self-contained category. The reconsolidation of malaria as a diagnostic category during this period happened within a wider context in which cinchona plants and their most valuable extract\, quinine\, were reinforced as objects of natural knowledge and social control. In India\, the exigencies and apparatuses of British imperial rule occasioned the close interactions between these histories. In the process\, British imperial rule became entangled with a network of nonhumans that included\, apart from cinchona plants and the drug quinine\, a range of objects described as malarial\, as well as mosquitoes. Malarial Subjects explores this history of the co-constitution of a cure and disease\, of British colonial rule and nonhumans\, and of science\, medicine and empire.\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nISBN: 9781107172364\nNumber of pages: 346\nWeight: 700 g\nDimensions: 228 x 152 x 21 mm
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/book-launch-malarial-subjects-by-rohan-deb-roy/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Council Room\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180220T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180220T210000
DTSTAMP:20171211T143803Z
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SUMMARY:Amy Matthewson - Mr Punch and Chinamania: Blue Willow China and Consumer Consumption in 'Punch' Magazine\, 1874-1880
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/amy-matthewson-mr-punch-and-chinamania-blue-willow-china-and-consumer-consumption-in-punch-magazine-1874-1880/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180208T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180208T210000
DTSTAMP:20171211T124307Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Annabel Gallop - The Great Seal of Aceh
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-annabel-gallop-the-great-seal-of-aceh/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180123T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180123T210000
DTSTAMP:20171211T123750Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20171211T123750Z
UID:5144-1516732200-1516741200@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Dr. Alban von Stockhausen - Images and (Post)colonial Encounters: A History of the Visual Representation of the Nagas of Northeast India
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-alban-von-stockhausen-images-and-postcolonial-encounters-a-history-of-the-visual-representation-of-the-nagas-of-northeast-india/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180118T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180118T210000
DTSTAMP:20171211T120850Z
CREATED:20171211T120850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171211T120850Z
UID:5141-1516300200-1516309200@royalasiaticsociety.org
SUMMARY:Dr. Mark Condos - Anarchists\, Revolutionaries\, and Franco-British Imperial Policing in French Chandernagore\, 1905-1930
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-mark-condos-anarchists-revolutionaries-and-franco-british-imperial-policing-in-french-chandernagore-1905-1930/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180117T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180117T210000
DTSTAMP:20180108T104808Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180108T104808Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch for Tommaso Bobbio\, Uther Charlton-Stevens\, and Elisabetta Iob
DESCRIPTION:The RAS will host a joint book launch on Wednesday 17th January. Drinks from 6 and talks from 6.30pm. 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD. \nAnglo-Indians and Minority Politics in South Asia: Race\, Boundary Making and Communal Nationalism by Uther Charlton-Stevens \nRefugees and the Politics of the Everyday State in Pakistan: Resettlement in Punjab\, 1947-1962 by Elisabetta Iob \nUrbanisation\, Citizenship and Conflict in India: Ahmedabad 1900-2000 by Tommaso Bobbio \nIntroduction by Professor Francis Robinson. \nRSVP to Amy Riach ar at royalasiaticsociety dot org
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/book-launch-for-tommaso-bobbio-uther-charlton-stevens-and-elisabetta-iob/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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