Tag / James Tod
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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…
1 October 2020 -
More RAS Manuscripts Now Online
While the Society’s building has been closed for the last few months, we have been looking for ways to continue making collections and other interesting content available to our members and wider…
18 June 2020 -
Henry Colebrooke Writes Again…
This week, we are indebted again to “Henry Colebrooke” for our blog post: According to the inscription on the verso of the above painting, it shows my friend James Tod making his…
13 July 2018 -
A Blog from Henry Colebrooke
This week, we have a guest blogger. Written in the voice of Henry Colebrooke, the Royal Asiatic Society’s founder in 1823, we learn of a new project, one of the ways in…
8 June 2018 -
South Asian Collections
Thursday evening (10th November) saw the third of three Events held this week at the RAS. On Monday 7th Francis Gooding and Noah Angell, both independent film makers, spoke concerning Lux Imperium – …
11 November 2016 -
The Goddess Devi
On Tuesday 12th April, The Royal Asiatic Society were pleased to host a launch of Isabella Tree’s book. “The Living Goddess”. In the book Isabella explores the Tibetan tradition of choosing a…
14 April 2016 -
James Tod book launch
On Wednesday, 6 April we were delighted to host the launch of Knowledge, mediation and empire: James Tod’s journeys among the Rajputs (Manchester University Press), by Florence D’Souza. Florence gave an introduction…
8 April 2016 -
Kathmandu
Yesterday evening, 31st March, the RAS hosted the launch of Thomas Bell’s book, “Kathmandu”. In a packed lecture room, David Gellner, Professor of Social Anthropology at Oxford University, introduced this evening. Kathmandu…
1 April 2016
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