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Sir Stamford Raffles: Exhibitions, Collections, Legacy

This post is by Edward Weech. Nancy Charley, who writes most of our blog posts, is on holiday. Last week, I was fortunate to be able to attend the opening of the…

24 September 2019

Collections, Indonesia, RAS Collections
Raffles in Java

On Tuesday 30th July, we welcomed Dr Sarah Tiffin to lecture on “Raffles and the Course of Empire: Decoding Ruin Imagery in The History of Java”. The lecture, reflecting some of the…

2 August 2019

About the Society, Digital Library, RAS Collections, RAS Lecture Series
Dr Sarah Tiffin (Author): Raffles and the Course of Empire: Decoding Ruin Imagery in The History of Java

When Raffles wrote his landmark publication The History of Java in 1817, ruin sentiment was a fashionable if rather wistful turn of mind that had a considerable influence on British art and…

25 June 2019
Dr. Alexandra Green (British Museum) – Sir Stamford Raffles: Civilised Views of Java

Alexandra Green is Henry Ginsburg Curator for Southeast Asia at the British Museum. She has a PhD on the subject of 18th century Burmese wall paintings from the School of Oriental and…

17 September 2018

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