Tag / Sir Alexander Johnston

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  • Translating an Ottoman Railway Map

    This week’s blog is written by Philip Jagessar who gives us an update on an interesting find he discovered within the Society’s map collections.   Among the Society’s eclectic collection of foreign…
  • The Founding of the RAS

    Anniversary of the Inauguration of the RAS: This Monday (15th March), marked the 198th anniversary of the inauguration of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The Society was founded…

  • Dr. Indira Viswanathan Peterson Guest Lecture

    Colonial Networks, Indian Elites, and the New Orientalism of the Royal Asiatic Society (1823-1840) Indira Viswanathan Peterson Professor of Asian Studies Emerita, Mount Holyoke College, USA   The establishment of the Royal…