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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,…

5 March 2021

Archives, Book Launches, Cataloguing, cuneiform, lectures, Library, Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson
Latest additions to the Digital Library

A reminder to all our readers that we have two online events to look forward to next week. The first, on Tuesday 23rd February at 6.30pm, will see Dr Erin O’Halloran lecture…

19 February 2021

Archives, Book Launches, Cataloguing, Collections, collections evening, Digital Library, Events, lectures, Library, virtual events
Cataloguing the Abraham Poliak Papers

We start this week’s blog post on a sombre note with tributes to the lives of Dr. David Washbrook and Dr. Filiz Çağman. Dr. David Washbrook (1948-2021) It is with great sadness…

12 February 2021

Archive, Book Launches, Chinese New Year, Collections, Digital Library, Events, Library, Tributes