Tag / Dr Peter Coles

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Bibles, Mulberries, Cambodia, and the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Last week saw two very different lectures from Dr George Mak and Dr Peter Coles looking at the history of the Mandarin Union version of the Bible and of Mulberry trees. More…

17 December 2019

Journal, RAS Collections, RAS Lecture Series
Where to Catalogue the Inscription from Kedah?

The main focus for my cataloguing on to Archives Hub in the last few weeks has been material associated with Societies that are, or have been, allied with the Royal Asiatic Society.…

6 December 2019

Archives Hub, RAS Collections, RAS Lecture Series
The Empress Dowager Cixi

On this day, 29th November, in 1835, the Empress Dowager Cixi was born. She was a formidable woman who, for a good part of her 73 years, held considerable power in Imperial…

29 November 2019

China, RAS Collections