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Jeremiah Patrick Losty (21 May 1945 – 29 September 2021) It is with great sadness that we share the news of Jerry’s passing. Jeremiah Losty was for 34 years an outstanding curator…
15 October 2021West Papers now live on Archives Hub
We are happy to announce that the personal papers of the West brothers - Edward William, Arthur Anderson, Henry, Clement and Walter - have now been catalogued and are available for readers…22 July 2021Spotlight on our Collections
Last Thursday, 25 March, the Society held its second online Collections Evening, when several talks highlighted how work with the collections has continued during the pandemic. While many of our activities have…
30 March 2021The 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…
19 March 2021Latest additions to the Digital Library
A reminder to all our readers that we have two online events to look forward to next week. The first, on Tuesday 23rd February at 6.30pm, will see Dr Erin O’Halloran lecture…
19 February 2021Celebrating our Achievements
For this week’s blog post, we wanted to celebrate some of the work that has been carried out at the society over the last year, amidst such challenging circumstances. One of these…
11 December 2020