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  • RAS around the World: Part Two

    Continuing with our “RAS around the world” theme, this week’s blog has been kindly written by the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. Despite the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, they have…

  • Dr. Philip Mansel (Author)

    The Sun King and the Sultan: Louis XIV and the Ottoman Empire. Using unpublished archives and drawings,  Dr Philip Mansel shows that the traditional alliance between France and the Ottoman Empire became…

  • An Ottoman Sense of Place

    Earlier this week, the Society was delighted to host a lecture by Professor Zeynep Yürekli-Görkay, titled “An Ottoman Sense of Place: Topographical Illustration between Europe and Iran”. Zeynep’s fascinating lecture highlighted the…