Raffles – Royal Asiatic Society

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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
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

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