Tag / Professor Francis Robinson
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Conservation of the Photograph Albums of Edward Walter Hutchinson
Last week, I had the great pleasure of going to Frome, Somerset, to pick up two photograph albums from the conservator, Sarah Allen, specialist photographic material conservator of Lux and Livre. These…
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Honouring Professor Francis Robinson
On Thursday 18th January, the Society celebrated the release of a special edition of its Journal – a festschrift in honour of Professor Francis Robinson. Professor Robinson has worked within the field…
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Kelsey Granger – Winner of the George Staunton Prize
Last evening (Thursday 11 January) Dr. Kelsey Granger lectured on “A Tomb of One’s Own: The Changing Role of Dogs in Early Chinese Tomb Assemblages”, the topic of her article on the social…
Professor Francis Robinson is awarded the Sir Syed Excellence Award:
The Society congratulates Professor Francis Robinson (RAS President, 1997-2000 and 2003-2006, Chair of the Monograph Board and long-standing member of Council) who will receive the Sir Syed Excellence Award from Aligarh Muslim…The Triennial Gold Medal
The first catalogue of institutional records for the Royal Asiatic Society is now available on Archives Hub. These are for the Triennial Gold Medal which was awarded between 1897 and 1990. The…
Professor Francis Robinson (Royal Holloway) Jamal Mian Book Launch
Jamal Mian The Life of Maulana Jamaluddin Abdul Wahab of Farangi Mahall, 1919–2012 by Francis Robinson. This book relates the life of Jamal Mian Farangi Mahalli, a highly respected scion of Lucknow’s…
A Trio of Books
We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest Royal Asiatic Society Book – Refugees and the Politics of the Everyday State in Pakistan: Resettlement in Punjab, 1947 -1962, by Elisabetta Iob.…
The Last Items of Miscellaneous Box M
There are two packages left in Miscellaneous Box M. The first when opened reveals a manuscript – it is made of paper but set out like a palm leaf manuscript and housed…
