Tag / India
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James Tod and the ‘Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han’
This Thursday (18th November) marked the anniversary of the death of the Oriental Scholar, Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod (20 March 1782 - 18 November 1835). Painting of Lt. Col James Tod from,…19 November 2021 -
Cataloguing the Duncanson Collection
Over the last year, one of our volunteers has been working on the cataloguing of the personal papers of the former President and Director of the Society, Dr John Dennis Duncanson, O.B.E…
7 May 2021 -
Warmest Wishes for the New Year
The Society would like to extend our warmest wishes to everyone in the New Year and mostly importantly, health and happiness in the year ahead. We start the year with the news…
8 January 2021 -
Celebrating our Achievements
For this week’s blog post, we wanted to celebrate some of the work that has been carried out at the society over the last year, amidst such challenging circumstances. One of these…
11 December 2020 -
Adventurers in Siam
This week, I have turned some of my attention to a different task. Over the preceding few weeks, one of our volunteers, Ian Scholey, has been identifying some print blocks that are…
6 March 2020 -
A Literary Quartet – from Raj Postcards to Architecture
In the past week we have been pleased to be part of the launches for four very different, but equally exciting, books. On Friday 2 November we welcomed George Michell and Helen…
9 November 2018 -
Dr. Jharna Gourlay (University of Lucknow) – Forceps, Stethoscopes and Sisterhood: British Female Doctors in 19th Century India
At the end of the nineteenth century a very special group of British women went to India. They were the doctors and nurses. Most of them were missionaries, but a significant number…
17 September 2018 -
Dr. Rosie Llewellyn-Jones MBE (Independent Scholar) – ‘My Dear Schomberg’: Letters from Sir Aurel Stein
Sir Aurel Stein’s life and work has been extensively examined in books and biographies. He was a prolific letter writer but surprisingly none of his biographers have commented on the correspondence with…
17 September 2018 -
Rock-Cut Monasteries of the Western Ghats
Last night (Tuesday 27 March), the Society hosted a book launch for Buddhist Rock-Cut Monasteries of the Western Ghats, by Dr George Michell and Dr Gethin Rees. Published by the Deccan Heritage…
28 March 2018