Tag / Dr Alison Ohta
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Anniversary General Meeting 2024
The Anniversary General Meeting for the Society was held yesterday evening, Thursday 16 May. The meeting was opened by the outgoing President, Sarah Ansari who asked the gathered Fellows to agree to…
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Postcard from Cairo by RAS Director, Dr Alison Ohta
When people come to Cairo the first thing that comes to mind is a visit to the pyramids and the Egyptian Museum. However, Cairo’s rich heritage of Islamic architecture spanning a period…
Professor Francis Robinson is awarded the Sir Syed Excellence Award:
The Society congratulates Professor Francis Robinson (RAS President, 1997-2000 and 2003-2006, Chair of the Monograph Board and long-standing member of Council) who will receive the Sir Syed Excellence Award from Aligarh Muslim…Textiles and Manuscripts in the Islamic Tradition
Director Presents on Textiles and Manuscripts in the Islamic Tradition: The Society’s Director, Alison Ohta took part in a virtual workshop on the 2nd and 3rd of June. The workshop was titled…
Moving to Mars and the Tod Panchanga Scroll
This week’s blog post has been kindly written by the Director of the Society, Dr. Alison Ohta, and Jenny Attemark, who is the Curator and Archivist at Tekniska museet – The Swedish…
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Anniversary General Meeting in the virtual world
Last Thursday evening (22nd October), the society held its Anniversary General meeting, celebrating 197 years of its existence. For the first time in the society’s history, this meeting was held virtually due…
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Farewell
Today (1st October) is my last day at the Society. By the time I walk out of the door this evening, I will have been at the Society exactly 6 years. I…
Happy Easter
A message this week from RAS Director, Dr Alison Ohta: We are now in our 4th week of lock-down as Easter quickly approaches. I can hardly believe that it was less than…
