Tag / Sarah Ansari
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Special Issue on Sanskrit Literature
The January 2022 JRAS (vol 32:1) contains (among other essays) five related articles about Sanskrit literature during the 500 years or so when Persian was the dominant language of culture in north…
21 January 2022Historicizing Sayyid-ness
The JRAS editorial team is very pleased to announce that Volume 30’s third issue is a Special Issue, entitled ‘Historicizing Sayyid-ness: Social Status and Muslim Identity in South Asia’, which is guest-edited…
20 August 2020Succession Planning
I have spent a considerable number of my working hours this week reading through application forms for my potential successor as archivist at the Royal Asiatic Society. It is almost time for…
13 August 2020From Bombay to Oud Playing, Damascus to Jane Austen’s London
Over the past week the RAS has been delighted to host several events. On Thursday 9th June, Professor Sarah Ansari presented the last lecture in the 2015-2016 RAS Lecture Series. She spoke…
17 June 2016Honoring David Morgan: Mongols and Post-Mongol Asia
On Friday 27th May 2016 the Society celebrated the publication of a special issue of the Journal, The Mongols and Post-Mongol Asia: Studies in Honour of David O. Morgan. Our winter and…
7 June 2016