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Japanese Studies, Ancient Buddhist Civilisation and Zoroastrianism—September Lectures Roundup
Since I wrote last week the Society has announced more details of the 2025-26 Lecture Series. We are now hosting three public lectures at the Society and online next month to kickstart…
Siebold’s Japan and Cataloguing the Elephant Volumes
One of the Society’s major long-term projects is the retrospective cataloguing of its printed collections. The Society’s library contains over 50,000 books, journals, and pamphlets, most of which were acquired in the…
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Upcoming Events
On 5th July, the Royal Asiatic Society, in collaboration with Southampton University, will host the conference New Worlds of the East India Company. The conference will draw together many scholars working in…
Professor Simon Kaner: The Rehabilitation of Myth in the Archaeology of Ancient Japan and Korea
Excavated Remains of huge pillars at the Izumo Grand Shrine in Shimane Prefecture reawakened interest in the early history of this important monument and the interface between archaeology, history and myth in…
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson and Cuneiform
This Friday (5th March) marks the anniversary of the death of the Orientalist and former President of the Society, Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson: 1810-1895. In 1827 he was sent, aged 17,…
Japanese culture through rare books
With Library services closed for the time being, I thought I would take the opportunity to enrol myself on some online courses to improve my skills and knowledge. A course that particularly…
Emperor Meiji and the Meiji period
On this day (30th July) in 1912, Emperor Meiji of Japan died. Born in 1852, he began his reign in 1867, the 122nd Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of…
Happy Easter
A message this week from RAS Director, Dr Alison Ohta: We are now in our 4th week of lock-down as Easter quickly approaches. I can hardly believe that it was less than…
Benjamin Guy Babington (1794-1866)
Monday 8th April marked the anniversary of the death of Benjamin Guy Babington, who died on that day in 1866. Babington was born on 5 March 1794 in Guy’s Hospital, London, where…
Prof. Sarah Moate lectures on Ōtagaki Rengetsu
On Friday 4 September we were delighted to host a lecture by Prof. Sarah Moate (Komazawa University), who spoke on “The Moon of the Fields: the Calligraphy and Poetry of the Japanese…
