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SUMMARY:Omar Khan (Author) - Book Launch: Paper Jewels: Postcards from the Raj
DESCRIPTION:Paper 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). \nPostcards were to people in 1900 what the Internet was to the world in 2000. Postcards were the world’s first mass transfusion of color images. We went from thousands to billions of postcards in a handful of years. The finest painters and graphic artists from India\, Austria\, Britain\, France\, Italy and the US became involved. \nPaper Jewels is the story of postcards during the Raj and the first book on the subject. It uncovers such gems as the early postcards of the great Indian painter M. V. Dhurandhar and the Ravi Varma Press in Mumbai\, the exceptional work of an early Austrian lithographer in Kolkata\, a British photographer in Peshawar\, and Indian studios in Jaipur\, Kashmir\, Delhi\, Lahore\, Madras\, Karachi and elsewhere. \nIt is organized by place into a dozen chapters. The essays cover the key themes important to postcard publishing—religion\, dancers\, teas and soaps\, famines\, fakirs\, humour\, warfare and the role of postcards in the Independence movement. It tells the stories of the first postcard publishers of the subcontinent between 1892 and 1947\, most of whose images have not been seen since they were published a century ago. \nPaper Jewels relies almost entirely on new primary research in archives and private collections in India\, Pakistan\, Europe and the US\, and explores the many artistic\, business\, fashion\, political and technical developments that contributed to the rise of a medium – the postcard – that is still very much with us today. \nThe book is available on Amazon in India\, the US and is available for pre-order in the UK (release Oct. 1). \n 
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/omar-khan-author-book-launch-paper-jewels-postcards-from-the-raj/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Lecture Series 2018-2019
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SUMMARY:***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)
DESCRIPTION:*** NB – the date of this event has been moved and will take place on Tuesday the 6th of November; \nNOT the 5th of November as previously advertised and printed in the Lecture Programme *** \n  \nWardrop Inheritance: a Journey through translation from Georgian \nThe Embassy of Georgia to the United Kingdom and the Royal Asiatic Society present a book launch:\, ‘Unlocking the Door: Writing from Georgia’. \nThe book is a pioneering new work that contains pieces of translation from Georgian by students of the University of Oxford\, supervised and edited by Ms. Lia Chokoshvili\, with editorial assistance by Professor Donald Rayfield and generous support from Marjory Wardrop Fund. \n‘Unlocking the Door’ brings together short stories\, fairy tales\, and plays by Aka Morchiladze (including two works that have never appeared in print before)\, Guram Rcheulishvili\, Lasha Tabukashvili\, Erlom Akhvlediani\, and Goderdzi Chokheli\, in a bilingual\, facing-page format. It has been published by Cezanne Printing House. \n  \nProgramme: \n18.00 Welcome remarks: Dr Alison Ohta\, Director of the Royal Asiatic Society \n18.05 Welcome and introduction: Ambassador of Georgia to the United Kingdom HE Tamar Beruchashvili; \n18.10 Georgian Literature: Professor Donald Rayfield\, Professor of Russian and Georgian at Queen Mary University of London; \n18.25 Wardrop Collection: Dr Gilian Evison\, Head of Bodleian libraries’ Oriental Section &Indian Institute Librarian and Chair of the Marjory Wardrop Fund; \n18.40 Journey through translation: Translators – students of the University of Oxford and Ms. Lia Chokoshvili\, Georgian language tutor at the Oxford University Language Centre). \nGeorgian wine reception \nBook sale
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/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/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2018-2019
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181102T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181102T203000
DTSTAMP:20180917T110900Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. George Michell (Independent Architectural Historian) and Dr. Helen Philon (Deccan Heritage Foundation) in conversation: The Islamic Architecture of the Deccan
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-george-michell-independent-architectural-historian-and-dr-helen-philon-deccan-heritage-foundation-in-conversation-the-islamic-architecture-of-the-deccan/
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2018-2019
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181027T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181027T170000
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SUMMARY:(Related Organisation's Event) FRASHKB Lecture and Lunch\, Betty Yao MBE: China and Siam through the lens of John Thomson
DESCRIPTION:Lecture and lunch                                                                                           \nSaturday\, 27th October  \nChina and Siam through the lens of John Thomson \n  \nSpeaker:                     Betty Yao MBE  \nTime:                          2:30 p.m. \nVenue:                        Royal Asiatic Society\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London NW1 2HD \nCost:                           £8 per member or guest\, to include refreshments \nLunch:                        An optional self-paying lunch will be arranged at 12:45 p.m. at Chutneys\, 124 Drummond Street\, London NW1 2PA (corner of North Gower Street.)  Tel: 020 7388 0604. \nBooking:                     Please email Paul Bolding at paul@paulbolding.org.uk or tel: 020 7684 5811. \n  \nThe first London exhibition devoted to the Scottish photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) and his photography in Asia was shown from 12 April-22 June 2018 at the Brunei Gallery\, SOAS. Thomson’s photography of China\, Siam (Thailand) and Cambodia was widely praised by his peers and continues to enthuse new audiences today. The images are from newly discovered negatives held at the Wellcome Library\, London. \nJohn Thomson (1837–1921) was a Scottish photographer and writer who set off for Asia in 1862. Over the next ten years he undertook numerous journeys photographing countries including Siam\, Cambodia and various provinces of China.  Photographs from these journeys form one of the most extensive records of any region taken in the nineteenth century.  The range\, depth and aesthetic quality of John Thomson’s vision mark him out as one of the most important travel photographers. \nThomson travelled East as a professional photographer only two decades after the invention of photography.  Working with the wet collodion process he travelled with cumbersome crates\, glass negatives\, a portable dark room\, as well as highly flammable and poisonous chemicals.  It took sheer perseverance and energy\, through difficult terrain\, to document regions where previously unseen by westerners.  It is particularly remarkable that Thomson was able to make photographs of such beauty and sensitivity. \nThomson developed a method to photograph in tropical conditions which he subsequently taught to generations of young travel photographers at the Royal Geographical Society.  During an era when his contemporaries were taking portraits in which their subjects looked stilted and wooden\, Thomson captured the individuality and humanity of the diverse people of Asia\, whether royalty or street vendor. \nIn Siam\, Thomson was able to photograph King Mongkut Rama IV\, his royal family and entourage\, together with royal ceremonies such as the tonsurate ceremony and the presentation of the Lenten robes.   Thomson’s panoramic views of the Chao Phraya River\, temples and monks\, dancers and musicians\, are a unique historical treasure.  In Cambodia\, Thomson was the first photographer to visit Angkor Wat to record\, what is now\, one of the most important sites of ancient architecture in the world. \nBetween 1868 and 1872\, Thomson made extensive trips to Beijing\, Fujian and Guangdong travelling down both the Yangtse and the Min Rivers.  In China\, Thomson captured a wide variety of subjects from landscapes to people\, architecture\, domestic and street scenes.  As a foreigner\, Thomson’s ability to gain access to photograph women was particularly remarkable.  Whether photographing the rich and famous or people in the streets going about their business\, Thomson’s desire was to present a faithful account of the people of Asia.  This body of work established him as a pioneer of photojournalism and one of the most influential photographers of his time. \nHis collection of 700 glass plates travelled back with Thomson to Britain in 1872 and since 1921 has been housed and expertly preserved at the Wellcome Library\, London.  These 150 year old glass negatives are in excellent condition allowing this exhibition to showcase very large\, in some cases life-size\, prints.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/frashkb-lecture-and-lunch-betty-yao-mbe-china-and-siam-through-the-lens-of-john-thomson/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Related Organisation's Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181025T180000
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SUMMARY:Professor Anna Contadini (SOAS) - The Pisa Griffin and the Mari-Cha Lion: Metalwork\, Art\, and Technology in the Medieval Islamicate Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION: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 between the Middle East and Europe\, especially Italy. \nIn this lecture\, Professor Contadini will discuss subjects from her latest publication The Pisa Griffin and the Mari-Cha Lion; an interdisciplinary study focusing on two unique bronze sculptures produced between the late eleventh and the early twelfth century. Through scientific\, historical and art historical analyses this lecture will explore the many issues that surround them\, including fundamental questions of location and period\, purpose and patronage\, their transcultural meanings\, and their agency as the function of each has mutated.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/professor-anna-contadini-soas-the-pisa-griffin-and-the-mari-cha-lion-metalwork-art-and-technology-in-the-medieval-islamicate-mediterranean/
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2018-2019
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181023T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181023T203000
DTSTAMP:20180917T101114Z
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SUMMARY:Peter Hibbard MBE (RAS\, Shanghai) - More than a Stuffed Bird Show: The RAS Legacy in Shanghai
DESCRIPTION:PETER HIBBARD MBE \nMore Than a Stuffed Bird Show \n– The RAS Legacy in Shanghai – \n  \nIn 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 essential civic amenities in place\, including a church\, a hospital\, a racecourse and a park\, they judged that the time was ripe for ‘social cultivation’ and ‘intellectual improvement’. Those pioneers embarked on their investigations into China in an age of huge profiteering when Shanghai’s unique cultural milieu was being melded as an outcome of the ravages of the Taiping Rebellion. \nThe Society opened its first building in 1874. A second building embracing a vision of the future in the mesh of the past opened in 1933. The building and all that it embodied was in many ways a projection of one man’s dreams and determination. That man was Arthur de Carle Sowerby\, renowned naturalist\, explorer\, author\, activist\, curator of the museum and later RAS President\, who decried accusations that the the Society was dull and its museum no more than a ‘stuffed bird show.’ The Society closed its premises in 1952 and Sowerby’s long held dream for the city to have its own modern art gallery was not realised for over 50 years when the Rockbund Art Museum occupied the former NCBRAS building in 2010. \nMeanwhile the NCBRAS was re-convened as the Royal Asiatic Society China in Shanghai in 2007 with the ambition of pursuing and enhancing the Society’s original objectives in staging lectures\, producing a journal and establishing a library. Whilst an archive has been established\, the prospect of re-establishing a museum has yet to be realised. \nPeter Hibbard will examine and illustrate the history\, the vicissitudes and the revival of the RAS in Shanghai in its pursuit of promoting cultural life in the city and beyond\, and explore the fate of its historical collections. \nPeter Hibbard\, historian and author\, began studying the development of the Chinese tourism industry in 1983 and was a Visiting Scholar at Hong Kong University’s Centre of Asian Studies in 1985 before embarking on a lifetime of adventure in China. He has devoted much of his life to researching the historical development of Shanghai and of tourism in China. Peter is very much concerned with promoting links with the past and with fostering awareness\, understanding and appreciation of Shanghai’s unique historical inheritance. He was founding president of re-convened RAS China. Peter is currently the Heritage and Archive Ambassador of The Peninsula\, Hong Kong and has a wider ambition to establish a heritage centre for hospitality and tourism in China and Asia in the city.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/peter-hibbard-mbe-ras-shanghai-more-than-a-stuffed-bird-show-the-ras-legacy-in-shanghai/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181015T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181015T203000
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SUMMARY:Edward Weech Lecture: Systems of Religion and Morality in the Collections of the Royal Asiatic Society
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe 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 books\, manuscripts\, and artworks. \nThe lecture will examine selected treasures from the Society’s collections to make some suggestions about the approach of British Orientalists to the study of religion; how this related to eighteenth-century Enlightenment historiography and philosophy; and how this approach may have developed over the course of the nineteenth century. Finally\, it will consider the Society’s collections in the wider context of British interest in foreign cultures and traditions\, and ideas about public morality and religious pluralism. \n\nAll welcome\, but registration is advised. Please submit the form at the following page: www.oxcis.ac.uk/events/systems-of-religion-and-morality-the-collections-of-the-royal-asiatic-society
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/systems-of-religion-and-morality-in-the-collections-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/
LOCATION:Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies\, Marston Road\, Oxford\, OX3 0EE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2018-2019
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181011T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181011T203000
DTSTAMP:20180917T100822Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Mehreen Chida-Razvi (SOAS) - The Mughal Madonna: Representations of the Virgin in Jahangiri-era Architecture
DESCRIPTION:The Mughal Madonna: Representations of the Virgin in Jahangiri-era Architecture \nDr Mehreen Chida-Razvi (Research Associate\, Department of History of Art & Archaeology\, SOAS) \n \nFrom 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 Salim\, the future emperor Jahangir (r.1605-27)\, were fascinated by such depictions and scenes from the life of Christ\, portraits of Christ and the Virgin Mary\, and other scenes based on imagery from religious texts were frequently created by their artists. \nPeculiar to Jahangir’s reign\, however\, are representations of Christian figures as architectural decoration in the form of wall paintings. One of the most frequently depicted of these figures appears to have been the Virgin Mary; she appears as decoration within Jahangir’s royal audience halls\, in a pavilion at the Lahore Shahi Qila\, was depicted within the gateway to the tomb complex of I‘timad-ud-Daula\, Jahangir’s father-in-law\, and is supposed to have been represented within the burial chamber of Akbar’s tomb in Sikandra. \nIn addition to the surviving evidence of such imagery within architecture\, textual descriptions and paintings confirm the appearance of the Virgin Mary within Mughal architectural spaces.  Her placement is continuously within palatial or funerary architecture during the period under examination; she does not appear in other structural spaces. \nThis paper will query the reasons for these depictions of the Virgin\, examining the cultural context of Jahangir’s court that led to such religious representations as architectural decoration occurring only during his reign. The political implications of such imagery will also be discussed\, tying their creation to not only Jahangir’s patronage but to that of his powerful queen\, Nur Jahan. Furthermore\, the idea of the Mughal’s symbolically claiming the Virgin via such architectural decoration will be put forth.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-mehreen-chida-razvi-soas-the-mughal-madonna-representations-of-the-virgin-in-jahangiri-era-architecture/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2018-2019
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181009T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181009T210000
DTSTAMP:20180917T115806Z
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SUMMARY:Guest Concert: Chalpasah - Japan's only Afghan band (with an introduction by Professor John Baily)
DESCRIPTION:To register your interest in this event please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chalpasah-japans-only-afghan-band-tickets-50215411648
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/guest-concert-chalpasah-japans-only-afghan-band-with-an-introduction-by-professor-john-baily/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181004T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181004T203000
DTSTAMP:20180917T100400Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Rosie Llewellyn-Jones MBE (Independent Scholar) - 'My Dear Schomberg': Letters from Sir Aurel Stein
DESCRIPTION:Sir 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 Consul-General’s house at Kashgar. \nUnwittingly\, Stein was caught up in the fierce struggle for leadership in Chinese Turkestan in the early 1930s.  His friend Schomberg was gun-running British arms and ammunition into Turkestan for the Chinese authorities and this was used as a lever for Stein’s fourth and final expedition that was to end in failure. This lecture considers Stein’s hitherto unknown letters to Schomberg and the relationship between the two men\, both of Jewish heritage and firmly embedded in Britain as the last act of the Great Game was played out. \n \nSir Aurel Stein in later life with his dog Dash V (Dash the 5th).
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-rosie-llewellyn-jones-mbe-independent-scholar-my-dear-schomberg-letters-from-sir-aurel-stein/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2018-2019
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180922T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180922T170000
DTSTAMP:20180918T141351Z
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SUMMARY:(Related Organisation's Event) FRASHKB Lecture and Lunch\, Major Brian Finch: A Faithful Record of the Lisbon Maru Incident
DESCRIPTION:FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY\, HONG KONG BRANCH  \nLecture and lunch                                                                                      \nSaturday\, 22nd September  \nA Faithful Record of the Lisbon Maru Incident \n  \nSpeaker:                     Major (Ret’d) Brian Finch  \nTime:                          2:30 p.m. \nVenue:                        Royal Asiatic Society\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London NW1 2HD \nCost:                           £8 per member or guest\, to include refreshments \nLunch:                        An optional self-paying lunch will be arranged at 12:30 p.m. at ‘Red and Hot’\, 37 Chalton Street\, NW1 1JD. \nBooking:                     Please email Paul Bolding at paul@paulbolding.org.uk or tel: 020 7684 5811. \n  \nThe 75th Anniversary of the sinking of the Lisbon Maru fell on 2 October last year.  Ceremonies were held both in Zhoushan\, China\, where the Incident took place\, and in London at the FEPOW Memorial in Camden.  There was a television link between the two events. \n  \nOur speaker Brian Finch also published in 2017 a translation of a Chinese book giving an account of the Incident seen through the eyes of the courageous Chinese fishermen who rescued hundreds of prisoners of war under fire from Japanese soldiers.  It was published in Hong Kong on 16 November by Proverse Hong Kong in the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies series.  For those not familiar with the Lisbon Maru Incident\, the book is said to be one of the finest examples of Chinese-British people-to-people cooperation in wartime – to the extent that Chinese President Xi Jinping referred to it during his speech at the State Banquet in Buckingham Palace during his State visit in 2015.  Here is a brief summary: \n  \nIn 1942 the Japanese shipped 1\,834 prisoners of war from Hong Kong to Japan to become slave labour.  The ship was not marked in any way to show it was carrying prisoners of war and was torpedoed by a US submarine off the coast of China near Zhoushan.  It took 24 hours for the ship to sink.  During that time the prisoners were confined to the holds\, the hatches were battened down and it was the apparent intention of the Japanese that they should all drown when the ship finally sank.  Conditions were atrocious\, quite apart from the obvious feelings of terror and impending doom.  Many were suffering from dysentery and other diseases\, there was no water or food\, no light\, no fresh air\, and of course there were no toilet facilities.  At the 11th hour\, shortly before the ship went down\, some prisoners managed a break-out.  As they came out of the holds and jumped into the sea to save their lives\, Japanese soldiers fired at them with rifles and machine-guns.  Local Chinese fishermen saw what was happening and at great personal risk rowed out to rescue hundreds of prisoners.  In so doing they also prevented further wholesale slaughter as the Japanese then realised there were witnesses\, stopped shooting and started picking up survivors.   \n  \nBrian has said: “I believe very strongly that the quite extraordinary courage shown by those Chinese fishermen should not be forgotten\, and that is one of the main reasons I took the trouble to translate into English the Chinese account of the rescue and the events that followed.  My interest also stems from having served in The Middlesex Regiment with one of the survivors of the sinking and having since met several other survivors.  I am keen to spread knowledge and understanding of this terrible incident and the outstanding actions of the Zhoushan fishermen as widely as possible and I work closely with the Lisbon Maru Association of Hong Kong to this end.”
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/frashkb-lecture-and-lunch-major-brian-finch-a-faithful-record-of-the-lisbon-maru-incident/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Related Organisation's Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180920T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180920T210000
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SUMMARY:Dr Gulfishan Khan 'The Indo-Persian elite and the Formation of Orientalist Tradition'
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe 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 had first-hand-experience of British culture. \nOne of the major commentators Shaikh Iʽtiṣām al-Dīn recorded his experiences in a travelogue-cum-memoir entitled Shigarf-nāma i-wilāyat\, (Wonders of England) which he completed in 1785.  Mirzā Abū Ṭālib ibn Muḥammad Iṣfahānī\, an intellectual\, poet\, literary critic and historian of British India\, author of the comprehensive travelogue Masir-i-talibi fi bilad-i-afranji\, “Travels of [Abu] Talib in the countries of Europe\,” provided the earliest critique of Sir William Jones’s early researches in Arabic and Persian studies. The critique and knowledge transmitted through the agency of educated Indians gradually became an ‘indistinguishable’ aspect of the newly emerging discipline of ‘Orientalism’. \nThis lecture will focus on the perception of the emerging orientalist tradition. Why did the dialogic interaction between the Indo-Persian elite and British culture not lead to the formation of modernity and self-refashioning. The various dynamics of the issue are analysed by investigating a complex interface between the Indo-Persian intelligentsia and two British scholar-administrators Sir William Jones (1746-1794)\, and Jonathan Scott (1754-1829).
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-gulfishan-khan-the-indo-persian-elite-and-the-formation-of-orientalist-tradition/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2018-2019
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180918T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180918T203000
DTSTAMP:20180828T162547Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Rose Kerr - Arrow Vase: From Ritual to Game
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-rose-kerr-arrow-vase-from-ritual-to-game/
CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180912T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180912T213000
DTSTAMP:20180531T094430Z
CREATED:20180531T094430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180531T094430Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20180628T102551Z
CREATED:20180628T102551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180628T102551Z
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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
CREATED:20180514T165527Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180614T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180614T213000
DTSTAMP:20180124T130640Z
CREATED:20180124T130640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T130640Z
UID:5296-1529004600-1529011800@royalasiaticsociety.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
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
CREATED:20180524T094857Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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
CREATED:20180508T163011Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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
CREATED:20180405T162234Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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
CREATED:20180124T125950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T125950Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Susan Whitfield (Institute of Archaeology\, UCL) - Silk\, Slaves and Stupas: Material Culture of the Silk Road
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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
CREATED:20180508T161028Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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
CREATED:20180124T125057Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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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BEGIN:VEVENT
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
UID:5286-1525375800-1525383000@royalasiaticsociety.org
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
UID:5284-1524771000-1524778200@royalasiaticsociety.org
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
UID:5282-1524166200-1524173400@royalasiaticsociety.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180417T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180417T213000
DTSTAMP:20180412T143826Z
CREATED:20180412T143826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180412T143826Z
UID:5545-1523993400-1524000600@royalasiaticsociety.org
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
UID:5279-1523561400-1523568600@royalasiaticsociety.org
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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