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SUMMARY:Dr Liz Driver: Reasons for Tod's dismissal as Political Agent in the Western Rajput States 1818-1822
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis 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 own account in the Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan and on the\, often vituperative\, correspondence between Tod and his immediate superior\, Sir David Ochterlony\, and with the government in Calcutta. \n 
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-liz-driver-reasons-for-tods-dismissal-as-political-agent-in-the-western-rajput-states-1818-1822/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture series 2024-25
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241008T183000
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SUMMARY:*Cancelled* Prof Mark Liechty (Winner of the 2023 Surya P. Subedi Prize): Building Capacity\, Not Infrastructure:  Lessons from Hydropower Development in Nepal
DESCRIPTION:*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED*\n 
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/prof-mark-liechty-winner-of-the-2023-surya-p-subedi-prize-building-capacity-not-infrastructure-lessons-from-hydropower-development-in-nepal/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture series 2024-25
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241010T153000
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DTSTAMP:20241004T110535Z
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SUMMARY:Journal Editorial Board
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/journal-editorial-board-5/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Council Room\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Council meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241010T163000
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SUMMARY:Council Meeting
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/council-meeting-9/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Council Room\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Council meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241010T183000
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SUMMARY:Marcus Milwright: Writing Art History as Fiction: A Story of Islamic Art
DESCRIPTION:It 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 cultures have been offered in a variety of online formats. This talk discusses the value of a hybrid approach to the writing an introductory art-historical text\, combining narrative fiction and academic research. Published at the end of 2023\, A Story of Islamic Art charts the history of Islamic art and architecture through fifty case studies\, the first dating to 660 and the last to 2020. The chosen objects and buildings encompass a broad range of dynasties and regions\, with each chapter set in a different location. Art historical concepts are communicated to the reader through the interactions the four protagonists (two of whom are drawn from the Maqamat of al-Hariri) have with objects\, structures\, and people who made or commissioned them. The talk describes the diverse inspirations for the book and the decisions taken during the processes of research and writing. The conclusion offers reflections on the potential pitfalls of presenting speculative reconstructions of historical events and the motivations and attitudes of past cultures.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/marcus-milwright-writing-art-history-as-fiction-a-story-of-islamic-art/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture series 2024-25
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241016T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241016T203000
DTSTAMP:20240918T132408Z
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SUMMARY:Professor Suranjan Das: Revisiting the Nehru Years in India\, 1947 - 1964
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/professor-suranjan-das-revisiting-the-nehru-years-in-india-1947-1964/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture series 2024-25
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241017T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241017T173000
DTSTAMP:20241004T110725Z
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SUMMARY:Monograph Series Editorial Board
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/monograph-series-editorial-board-5/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Council Room\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Council meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241017T183000
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SUMMARY:Islamic Bookbinding revealed through the lens of the Montefiascone Conservation Project
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/cheryl-porter-title-tba/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture series 2024-25
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241024T183000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Goderdzi Chokheli’s ‘Human Sadness’ with talks by Professor Dan Healey\, Ms Lia Chokoshvili\, and Translators
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/lia-chokoshvili/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture series 2024-25
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241031T183000
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SUMMARY:Dr Stephen Murphy: Buddhist Landscapes: Art and Archaeology of the Khorat Plateau\, 7th to 11th Centuries
DESCRIPTION:Detail of Buddha image in carved into the rock face in mahāparinibbāṇa on the Phu Wiang Mountain range\, Chaiyaphum province\, Thailand. Late 8th to early 9th century. Author’s photograph.\nThe Khorat Plateau is a landscape of some 155\,000 square kilometres of what is now northeast Thailand and central Laos. Despite the rich evidence for the region’s dynamism and development in the metal age\, knowledge of subsequent first millennium developments on the Khorat Plateau remains limited. The spread of Buddhism across the region has been overshadowed by the attention given the Dvāravatī culture of the Chao Phraya Basin to its west and the Zhenla and later Angkor civilisations to its south and southeast. \nIn this lecture\, I discuss my new book which\, built on extensive fieldwork and archaeological surveys\, reveals the Khorat Plateau as having a distinctive Buddhist culture\, including new forms of art and architecture\, and a characteristic aesthetic. Moreover\, by combining archaeological and art historical analysis with an historical ecology approach\, I trace the outlines of Buddhism’s spread into the region\, along its major river systems. In this lecture I will illustrate how I read this history into and against the Khorat landscape\, attending to the emergence of monumental architecture such as stūpas and Buddha images carved into the rockfaces of hills and mountainsides\, and the importance on the Khorat Plateau of the use of boundary markers\, or sīmā. The book provides a new picture of the region in the first and early second millennia\, adding to our understanding of the development of Buddhism in Southeast Asia. \nhttps://nuspress.nus.edu.sg/products/buddhist-landscapes-of-the-khorat-plateau \nAbout the speaker \nStephen A. Murphy is Pratapaditya Pal Senior Lecturer in Curating and Museology of Asian Art at SOAS\, University of London. He specializes in the art and archaeology of Buddhism and Hinduism in first millennium CE Southeast Asia with a focus on Thailand and Laos. He has a particular interest in the 7th to 9th centuries CE as well as maritime connectivity between Southeast Asian cultures\, Tang China\, and the Indian Ocean world in general. His museological focus engages with issues of restitution and curation of Asian art. \nHis book Buddhist Landscapes: Art and Archaeology of the Khorat Plateau\, 7th to 11th Centuries has just been published with NUS Press (May 2024) and explores the development of this religion in northeast Thailand and Central Laos. He is co-editor\, with Nicolas Revire of Before Siam: Essays in Art and Archaeology\, published by the Siam Society and River Books in 2014; co-editor with Alan Chong\, of The Tang Shipwreck: Art and exchange in the 9th century (2017) published by the Asian Civilisations Museum Singapore\, and has contributed papers to leading academic journals such as Antiquity\, Asian Perspectives\, The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society and The Journal of Southeast Asian Studies amongst others.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/lectures-event/dr-stephen-murphy-buddhist-landscapes-art-and-archaeology-of-the-khorat-plateau-7th-to-11th-centuries/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lecture series 2024-25
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