Tag / Dr Gordon Johnson
Honouring Past and Present Council Members
Last night, Thursday 13th March, a special lecture was held in honour of Professor Tony Stockwell, who not only served as Royal Asiatic Society President for three terms but also served on…
14 March 2025Making a Book: The Society’s Anniversary Edition of Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han.
This week’s blog post is provided by Dr Gordon Johnson, Vice-President of the Society: James Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han or the Central and Western Rajpoot States was published in 2…
16 February 2024Honouring Professor Francis Robinson
On Thursday 18th January, the Society celebrated the release of a special edition of its Journal – a festschrift in honour of Professor Francis Robinson. Professor Robinson has worked within the field…
22 January 2024The Gibb Memorial Trust in Cambridge
Three weeks ago, I wrote concerning the Papers of the Gibb Memorial Trust, particularly their association with Cambridge and the difficulties the Trust faced during World War II. You may remember I…
19 May 2020Collections Open Evening
Do you know how to repair an Indian painting? Or mend a Persian manuscript? Do you know the story of Nana Fadnavis and the Maratha Peshwa, Madhu Rao Narayan, or the how…
25 May 2017