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Amy Matthewson
The Royal Asiatic Society Collections Open Evening
Royal Asiatic Society 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomOn Tuesday 26 March 2019, at 6.30pm, the Royal Asiatic Society will host a Collections Open Evening. As with similar occasions in the past, the evening will feature a series of short talks about items from the collection, and should provide a great opportunity to get “up close and personal” with rarely seen books, manuscripts,…
Book Launch – ‘Cartooning China: Punch, Power, and Politics in the Victorian Era’ By Dr Amy Matthewson
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThursday 19th May at 6.30pm Cartooning China" Punch, Power, and Politics in the Victorian Era explores the series of cartoons of China and the Chinese that were published in the popular British satirical magazine Punch over a sixty-year period from 1841 to 1901. This talk will give an overview of the book by taking a look at…