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The Charles H. Norchi Prize
The Royal Asiatic Society is delighted to announce the launch of the annual Charles H. Norchi Prize for the publication of a book on Afghanistan in English during the two previous calendar…
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Professor Waleed Ziad – The Extraordinary, Enchanted Journey of a Female Scholar Saint in the Afghan Empire
In a recent lecture at the Royal Asiatic Society, Professor Waleed Ziad, an Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, explored the…
James Tod and the ‘Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han’
This Thursday (18th November) marked the anniversary of the death of the Oriental Scholar, Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod (20 March 1782 - 18 November 1835). Painting of Lt. Col James Tod from,…Guest Talk: ‘Afghanistan in the Age of Empires: Farrukh Husain in conversation with Victoria Schofield.’
Farrukh Husain will be in conversation with Victoria Schofield discussing his acclaimed account of the first Afghan war entitled ‘Afghanistan in the Age of Empires’ detailing the role of Afghan women in…
Afghanistan: A Colonial Viewpoint
On Tuesday 18th April, we were pleased to host Dr Martin Bayly’s lecture on “Taming the Imperial Imagination: The Genesis of Colonial Knowledge on Afghanistan, 1808-1878”. In this he spoke concerning the…
Marwar – Architecture and Presentation of the Universe
On Friday 7th April, the RAS welcomed Dr Giles Tillotson, Dean of the Sushant School of Liberal Arts, Ansal University, to lecture on the Architecture and Landscape in Marwar. Dr Tillotson spoke…
Damascus, Joseph Banks, and an Evening for Volunteer Thanks
The above title could well represent the many projects with which are volunteers are engaged – the tasks which they willingly undertake in the course of their volunteering are many and varied.…
South Asian Collections
Thursday evening (10th November) saw the third of three Events held this week at the RAS. On Monday 7th Francis Gooding and Noah Angell, both independent film makers, spoke concerning Lux Imperium – …
Denis Sinor Medal and more lectures at the RAS
On Thursday, 12 May 2016, the Royal Asiatic Society presented Professor Nicholas Sims-Williams (SOAS) with the Denis Sinor Gold Medal for Inner Asian Studies. The Sinor Medal was inaugurated in 1993 with…
