The Life and Work of Noh Actor Akira Matsui (interviewed by Margaret Coldiron)
Royal Asiatic Society 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom18 September 2024
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Dr Donna Brunero (NUS): Visiting the ‘Liverpool of the East’: Singapore’s place in tours of Empire
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomAlice Casalini: The art of crossing over: Gandhāran pathways to nirvāṇa
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe art of Gandhāra—a region stretching across modern-day Pakistan and Afghanistan—has often been heralded as prime example of proto-globalization: its rich and syncretic visual vocabulary that freely borrows from Hellenistic, Iranian and Indian models easily lends itself to this discourse in the early centuries of the first millennium. Aquatic imagery in Gandhāra is one…
Dr Liz Driver: Reasons for Tod’s dismissal as Political Agent in the Western Rajput States 1818-1822
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThis talk aims to re-assess Tod's role as Political Agent in the Western Rajput States for the brief period 1818-1822 and to determine what went wrong. It will address Tod's visit to Maharaja Man Singh in Jodhpur but the focus will be on the events in Kotah in 1820-21. It will draw on Tod's…
*Cancelled* Prof Mark Liechty (Winner of the 2023 Surya P. Subedi Prize): Building Capacity, Not Infrastructure: Lessons from Hydropower Development in Nepal
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED*
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Royal Asiatic Society Council Room 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomCouncil Meeting
Royal Asiatic Society Council Room 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomMarcus Milwright: Writing Art History as Fiction: A Story of Islamic Art
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomIt is a sign of the growing maturity of the field of Islamic art history that there are already many introductory surveys. Some attempt to cover all regions and periods, though it is more common for these books to establish chronological and geographical boundaries. More recently, introductions to the study of Islamic material and visual…
Professor Suranjan Das: Revisiting the Nehru Years in India, 1947 – 1964
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomMonograph Series Editorial Board
Royal Asiatic Society Council Room 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom