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2026 Bayly Prize, New Starter, Book Launch and NACIRA Conference
For this week’s blog post we’re giving you a roundup of updates on the activities taking place at the Society and across our wider community: 2026 Bayly Prize While we’re still…
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Chinese Scrolls and Staff News
In a previous blog post, I promised to share more about the Chinese scrolls I’ve been working on, so this week I’m diving deeper into two of them, both of which have…
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A Message from Udaipur
This week, we’re delighted to share a message from our President, Dr Norbert Peabody, who is currently travelling through Rajasthan, India. One of the highlights of his trip has been his visit to…
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Lectures and Opportunities
This week saw the latest event in the Japan Series of Lectures in collaboration with the Courtauld Institute and the Sainsbury Institute for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia. The…
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Job Opening – Outreach and Communications Officer
ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND www.royalasiaticsociety.org Outreach and Communications Officer Salary: £32,000 to £34,000 per annum depending on skills and experience. Click here to download this listing as a…
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In Memory of Christopher C. F. Naylor
Kit Naylor (1929–2026) The Society was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Christopher Charles Francis Naylor, known to all as Kit. He was a long-standing and devoted member of the…
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New Book, Event Recap and Website Refresh
New Book We are delighted to announce the latest addition to our monograph series: The Picture Gallery (Nigaristan): A Persian Moral Miscellany. This new publication is the only known English translation of…
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Remembering Raymond Head (1948–2025)
Friends of the Society may be aware that our member, Raymond Head, sadly passed away last month at the age of 77. Raymond first joined the Society in 1977 and was associated…
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Early-19th-Century Chinese Magazine and Gulistan of Sa’di in Hong Kong
I feel like the blog has become a space for me to share my spontaneous discoveries in the Library (which I very much enjoy!). Having grown up in Hong Kong, I have…
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Artworks, Digitisation, Book Launch and Bayly Prize
Recently catalogued artworks This week I have spent some time cataloguing our visual material. Those who have visited our Reading Room would probably have consulted our physical catalogue entitled Catalogue of Paintings,…
