Tag / Sir Stamford Raffles
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Rehanging Artworks at the Society
Over the last couple of weeks, there have been changes taking place on the Society’s premises. Many artworks were removed from the walls for redecoration. But now some of these, and some…
Epic Iran Exhibition
In this week’s blog, RAS Director Dr Alison Ohta writes about the Epic Iran exhibition. Organised with the Iran Heritage Foundation in association with the Sarikhani Collection, this is currently running at…
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…
Raffles in Java
On Tuesday 30th July, we welcomed Dr Sarah Tiffin to lecture on “Raffles and the Course of Empire: Decoding Ruin Imagery in The History of Java”. The lecture, reflecting some of the…
Snapshot of Collections Care
We are pleased to announce that a three year project of caring and cataloguing our photographs has been completed. Nearly all the photographs within our Collections have been appropriately packaged and catalogued…
On this day in 1967
On this day (November 30th) in 1967, South Yemen gained its independence from Britain. Formerly the Colony of Aden, this had been ruled as part of British India from its invasion by…
Dr. Alexandra Green (British Museum) – Sir Stamford Raffles: Civilised Views of Java
Alexandra Green is Henry Ginsburg Curator for Southeast Asia at the British Museum. She has a PhD on the subject of 18th century Burmese wall paintings from the School of Oriental and…
Commemorating Sir Stamford Raffles
Thursday 5th July marks the anniversary of the death of Sir Stamford Raffles, who died the day before his 45th birthday in 1826. He was born on 6th July 1781 on the…
Tales from the Malay World
This week, RAS Director, Alison Ohta, provides the blog: On the 18th August 2017, an exhibition of Malay manuscripts and printed books entitled ‘Tales from the Malay World’ opened at the National…
