George Bryan Souza, University of Texas, San Antonio, and Jeffrey S. Turley, Brigham Young University In The Boxer Codex, the editors have transcribed, translated and annotated an illustrated late-16th century Spanish manuscript. It is a special source that provides evidence for understanding early-modern geography, ethnography and history of parts of the western Pacific, as well…
Join us for a screening of Ashvin Kumar's film Inshallah, football. The film will be followed by Ashvin discussing his upcoming ,Noor. Inshallah, football - Basharat is an 18 year old soccer player coached by a gritty couple from South America. He has been selected to play in Brazil. This is his big ticket out of a…
Amara Thornton (UCL Institute of Archaeology) and Michael McCluskey (UCL English) will introduce this footage from 1930s Iraq captured by the archaeologist Reginald Campbell Thompson. Campbell Thompson's archaeological life will be explored alongside his work as a writer and as an amateur film-maker documenting cities in transformation – both ancient and modern. Amara Thornton and…
Join us to celebrate the year of the Monkey. Professor Hugh Kennedy will be our host for the evening. His short lecture on the culture of drinking on the Silk road will be followed by a light-hearted fundraising auction, with wine, books, silk scarfs and more on offer. Ticket are £10 - including drinks, nibbles…
Please join us for a book launch and lecture by Thomas Bell on Kathmandu (forthcoming from Haus Publishing, April 2016). Prof. David Gellner will give an introduction and chair the Q & A session after the lecture. The event is free and open to all, and will be followed by a reception and book signing. Proceeds from booksales…
The Anglican Church in Hong Kong Speaker: Canon Stephen Sidebotham 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: A self-paying lunch will be arranged at 12:30 p.m. at Chutneys, 124 Drummond Street, London NW1 2PA (corner of North Gower Street.)…
‘Lucid and original; a veritable feast of interesting stories about Mt Sinai’s extraordinary past’ – Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads ‘As a traveller and pilgrim to Sinai on numerous occasions and now a Trustee of the St Catherine’s Foundation, I greatly enjoyed George Manginis’s Mount Sinai and learnt much from it ... The…