Governance
The Royal Asiatic Society is UK registered charity number 209629. The Society is governed by an elected Council. Officers of the Council usually serve for a three-year term and members of the Council usually serve for a four-year term.
Members of Council (2025-26)
Dr N. PEABODY, President (2024-2027)
Professor S. ANSARI, Vice-President (2025-2028)
Mrs E. ROBB, Treasurer (2025-2028)
Dr P. BASU (2022-2026)
Dr R. BLURTON (2022-2026)
Dr B. BREND (2022-2026)
Dr E. DRIVER (2025-2029)
Dr G. JOHNSON (2025-2029)
Dr G. JORAYEV (2024-2028)
Mr L. KNIGHT, MBE (2022 -2026)
Dr J. LALLY (2025-2029)
Dr R. LLEWELLYN-JONES, MBE (2022-2026)
Professor J. MAJEED (2024-2028)
Professor F. ROBINSON (2022-2026)
Dr J. SOKOLY (2024-2028)
Dr Y. STOYANOV (2025-2029)
Professor S. P. SUBEDI, OBE, KC (2024-2028)
Dr W. TSAI (2023-2027)
Professor S. WHITFIELD (2023-2027)
PDF Downloads
The Society’s Byelaws and Standing Orders are available to download as PDF files.
This is our Volunteer Policy.
You can download our annual Report and Financial Statements for the past five years by clicking on the links below.
All reports are in a PDF format.
Report and Financial Statements 2023
Report and Financial Statements 2022
Report and Financial Statements 2021
Report and Financial Statements 2020
Report and Financial Statements 2019
Report and Financial Statements 2018
Report and Financial Statements 2017
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2016
Report and Financial Statements 2015
Report and Financial Statements 2014
Report and Financial Statements 2013
You can find an edited version of recent Library Reports below (from Summer 2016 onward):
Library Report January to March 2020
Library Report September to December 2019
Library Report April to August 2019
Library Report January to March 2019
Library Report September to December 2018
Library Report April to August 2018
Library Report January to March 2018
Library Report September to December 2017
Library Report April to August 2017
Library Report January to March 2017