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Lecture on the fall of the British Raj - join us at RAS or online this evening!

The Society's historical membership archive is now searchable in our online catalogue - check out our latest blogpost to find out more about the collection! royalasiaticsociety.org/the-ras-member…

The next SAALG Summer meeting will be taking place at the British Library on Monday 23rd of June and will include a tour of the BL conservation studio. RSVP by 17 June, more details on our speakers and programme below.

Our upcoming Norchi Prize ceremony on Thursday 12 June will feature a talk by the winner Dr Annika Schmeding (Annika Schmeding (PhD)) on Afghanistan's Sufis and civil society. Join us in celebrating Dr Schmeding's achievements and hear more about her research!

We are starting a new monthly series to spotlight interesting items from our manuscript collection. First up, we have this single leaf of a Kammavaca manuscript, made of black lacquer with inlaid mother-of-pearl letters on both sides. (RAS Burmese 88) #ManuscriptoftheMonth

Happening this evening! join us in-person at 14 Stephenson Way or online.

This week sees a large number of Muslims from around the world travel to participate in the #Hajj, an annual pilgrimage to Mecca. This pass belongs to a pilgrim from Kelantan and notes his arrival in Jeddah for the Hajj in June 1924. (Archives WR/1)

New blogpost on George Chinnery's paintings in our collection and the upcoming Norchi Prize ceremony: royalasiaticsociety.org/george-chinner…

This evening! Join us for the ceremony and talk in-person at 14 Stephenson Way or online (email [email protected] for a link)

New blogpost looking back at yesterday's Norchi Prize ceremony at the RAS and a talk delivered by winner Dr Annika Schmeding (Annika Schmeding (PhD)): royalasiaticsociety.org/charles-h-norc…

Amazed by the Torrijos ceiling currently on view in V&A East Storehouse? If so, come along to discover more about it in our upcoming lecture on 26 June by art historian Dr Anna McSweeney (Anna McSweeney) and V&A curator Dr Mariam Rosser-Owen. Details here: tinyurl.com/lecture626

A mysterious palm-sized stone tablet in our collection -could it be a talisman? grateful if anyone could shed some light on the inscription and its use!

Our Reading Room will be closed today, Friday 20 June. We will be back to normal opening hours next week - Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, from 10am to 5pm. To book your visit see: royalasiaticsociety.org/accessing-the-…

Hi fellow researchers and authors – a reminder that there's around three months left to get your application in for this year’s Bayly Prize and Surya P. Subedi Prize! For details see royalasiaticsociety.org/the-bayly-priz… and royalasiaticsociety.org/news/subedi_pr…