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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…
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Commemorating 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…
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From 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…
Visits, 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…
Returning 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…
Dr. 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
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Silk 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…More 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…
What’s Happening in the Archives?
A new year and decade, and just over five years in post as archivist, I decided it would be a good idea to take stock of the progress in caring for the…
