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Finance & Investments Committee
Royal Asiatic Society Council Room 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomNuria de Castilla – A Moroccan International Library in Early Modern Period
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe library of the Saadian sultans, in Spain (San Lorenzo de El Escorial) from the beginning of the 17th century, is an invaluable source for the history of intellectual and cultural life in Morocco during the Saadian period. It also paves the way for a study of Morocco's relations with its close neighbours: the Ottomans…
Prof Hugh Kennedy – Land and Trade in Early Islam: The Economy of the Islamic Middle East 750-1050 CE (book launch)
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomGraham Jefcoate – Hutch: E. W. Hutchinson’s Adventures in Siam 1904-1949
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomIn 1940, the Royal Asiatic Society published Adventurers in Siam in the Seventeenth Century by Edward Walter Hutchinson (1881-1972), familiarly known as “Hutch”. If Hutch’s own experiences in Siam/Thailand (and especially in Chiang Mai and the north) in the years 1904 to 1949 were not quite as “adventurous” as those of the subjects of…
2025 AGM: Susan Stronge
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomDr Harshan Kumarasingham – A Glimpse into the Decline and Fall of the British Raj
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomOlivia Cox-Fill: Walking a Tightrope: Memories of Wu Jieping, Personal Physician to China’s Leaders
Olivia Cox-Fill Walking a Tightrope Memories of Wu Jieping, Personal Physician to China's Leaders Olivia Cox-Fill reveals the compelling story of Dr. Wu Jieping (1917 - 2011), selected as personal physician to China's leaders by Premier Zhou Enlai. ‘All dissident scholars, protected by those in power, following the capitalist road, must be eliminated.’ Chairman Mao…
Council Meeting
Royal Asiatic Society Council Room 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom