Find inspiration in the archives at the Royal Asiatic Society with Creative Writing Tutor Emma Filtness and Archivist Nancy Charley. You'll have the opportunity to explore a range of materials, such as manuscripts, letters, paintings and more, to help you find inspiration for your own original writing. Nancy will discuss the archives and tell you…
John Earle (University of Plymouth)
Kopḗ comes from the Greek word, ‘Perikopḗ’, meaning a cutting from a sacred writing. Kopḗ collections encapsulate our values, aesthetics and conversations with a global community of makers. Each piece by Kopḗ is from a larger material that passes through the lives and hands of many craftspeople and makers who have given their time and…
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…