Tag / Edward Weech
Events and Awards
Through November and into the beginning of December the Society has been busy with lectures, book launches and the award of the Richard Burton Medal and the RAS Medal for 2019 (delayed…
9 December 2022Chinese Dreams in Romantic England: The Life and Times of Thomas Manning – Out Now!
This week’s blog post is by RAS Librarian Edward Weech. Many long-time readers of the Society’s blog will remember that, in 2015, the RAS acquired the archive of Thomas Manning (1772-1840). At…
18 November 2022Oscar Eckenstein and the Richard Burton Collection
This Thursday marked the 162nd anniversary of the birth of the mountaineer, Oscar Johannes Ludwig Eckenstein (9th September 1859 - 8th April 1921). Portrait of Oscar Eckenstein held in the Society’s collections…10 September 2021Much achieved, much still to be done
There are very few blog posts now, that I will get chance to write before I leave the Society. Therefore, I thought I would take the opportunity to complete writing about the…
10 September 2020From London to China via South Asian Heritage
This week sees a number of different items, from both the Society and from people associated with it. We start with good news from Charlotte de Blois, our Journal Executive Editor: Our…
30 June 2020William Carey and the Serampore Trio
Today, 9th June, marks the anniversary of the death of William Carey. Born in 1761, he died on this day in 1834. Having spent most of my childhood in Northamptonshire, Carey was…
9 June 2020Professor David O. Morgan
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Professor David O. Morgan this week. Professor Morgan was an expert in the field of Mongol studies and also a good…
25 October 2019Sir William Jones and Systems of Morality
On Thursday 6 June, Edward Weech (the Society’s Librarian) delivered a lecture entitled “Systems of Religion and Morality in the Collections of the Royal Asiatic Society”. Edward’s lecture was a response to…
13 June 2019Working with the Ottoman Manuscripts
We are grateful to Yaren Sabah Sahili for this week’s blog post. Yaren is currently studying in for her Masters in Art History and Museum Curating at the University of Sussex. As…
6 June 2019Thailand and Other Collections’ Highlights
On Wednesday 29th May, we welcomed Dominic Faulder to the Society to lecture and launch his book, “Anand Panyarachun and the Making of Modern Thailand”. Dominic Faulder has been based in Bangkok…
31 May 2019