Tag / Silk Road
Happy Chinese New Year – Year of the Snake
We would like to start this blog post by wishing a Happy New Year to all those who celebrated the Chinese New Year this week. The featured image at the head of…
31 January 2025Commemorating John Drew Bate
This Sunday, 26 January, marks the 102nd anniversary of the death of the missionary John Drew Bate. He died on the 26th January 1923. In the 1923 Journal of the Royal Asiatic…
24 January 2025From Singapore to Windsor Castle
This week’s title reflects the breadth of activities which have been happening at, or associated with the Society, its staff and fellows: Donna Maree Brunero of the National University, Singapore gave a…
4 October 2024Visits, Conferences, and Events at the Royal Asiatic Society
As part of the global community of scholars and enthusiasts involved in Asian studies, the Society is always looking for opportunities to develop international partnerships and bring our collections to the attention…
5 July 2024A Visit to Royal Asiatic Society Korea
This week’s blog post is provided by RAS Council member, Professor Susan Whitfield. We would like to thank her for sharing about her visit and the current exhibition in Norwich: We were…
23 May 2024Returning to the Royal Asiatic Society
As you will have read in last week’s blog post, I returned to the Royal Asiatic Society as the Archivist at the beginning of the year. In a series of coincidences I…
14 January 2022Dr. Kate Franklin: Living the Silk Road Everyday in Medieval Armenia
The entrance to the Selim Caravanserai and a view of the Selim Pass, Vayots Dzor, Armenia. Photo by K Franklin
20 September 2021Silk Road Summer School and other Updates
Collections Update: The Society is pleased to announce that from next week (week commencing the 19th July), the Society’s Library will be open to readers on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Readers are…16 July 2021More on the Archives…
This week we continue with the story of progress with the archive collections. In the previous blog post I wrote about the original listing of the items in their boxes and something…
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