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Remembering Charles Allen
It is with great sadness that we write of the death of Charles Allen who died from cancer on the 16 August 2020. Charles, born in India in 1940 (one of the…
27 August 2020Coromandel – books, plants and snakes
This week we hosted the launch of Charles Allen’s book, Coromandel: A personal history of Southern India. This latest publication focuses on southern India. Charles spoke to a very full lecture theatre, giving…
3 November 2017A Trio of Books
We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest Royal Asiatic Society Book – Refugees and the Politics of the Everyday State in Pakistan: Resettlement in Punjab, 1947 -1962, by Elisabetta Iob.…
27 October 2017The “Father of Himalayan Studies”
On Saturday 26th September the RAS, in association with the Bagri Foundation, were pleased to host a Special Study Day, “Updating Hodgson”. The gathered participants were encouraged to view an exhibition of…
1 October 2015