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Spotlight on our Collections

Last Thursday, 25 March, the Society held its second online Collections Evening, when several talks highlighted how work with the collections has continued during the pandemic. While many of our activities have…

30 March 2021

Collections, collections evening, Easter, lectures, virtual events
The Founding of the RAS

Anniversary of the Inauguration of the RAS: This Monday (15th March), marked the 198th anniversary of the inauguration of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The Society was founded…

19 March 2021

About the Society, Archives, Collections, collections evening, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Library, RAS History, virtual events
Latest additions to the Digital Library

A reminder to all our readers that we have two online events to look forward to next week. The first, on Tuesday 23rd February at 6.30pm, will see Dr Erin O’Halloran lecture…

19 February 2021

Archives, Book Launches, Cataloguing, Collections, collections evening, Digital Library, Events, lectures, Library, virtual events
Cataloguing the Abraham Poliak Papers

We start this week’s blog post on a sombre note with tributes to the lives of Dr. David Washbrook and Dr. Filiz Çağman. Dr. David Washbrook (1948-2021) It is with great sadness…

12 February 2021

Archive, Book Launches, Chinese New Year, Collections, Digital Library, Events, Library, Tributes