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GB 891 RAS BP-RAS BP/2

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2019 (Creation)

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Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

(1823-)

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The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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In 2019 the winner was Lexi (Alexandra) Stadlen (London School of Economics) for her thesis, _Weaving lives from Violence: Possibility and Change for Muslim Women in West Bengal_. The shortlisted candidates were Radha Kapuria (Kings College, London) for _Music in Colonial Punjab: A Social History_; Ahmad Moradi (University of Manchester) for _Politics of Persuasion: Making and Unmaking Revolution in Iran_; and Sahil Nijhawan (University College London) for _Human-animal relations and the role of cultural norms in tiger conservation in the Idu Mishmi of Arunachal Pradesh, India_. The Society received 26 submissions from 11 universities in the United Kingdom. These were considered by the panel of adjudicators consisting of Doctor Taylor Sherman (LSE), Professor Sunil Amrith (Harvard), Professor James Laidlaw (Cambridge), Professor Rebecca Empson (UCL) and Professor Naoko Shimizu (Yale-NUS). The prize was awarded at a reception at the Society on Tuesday 29th October 2019, with the winner announced by Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford. The archival material is: * 'The Bayly Prize 2019 Shortlist' - document giving biographical details of the shortlisted candidates and their theses. Computer printed, 3 pieces. * Four digital photographs showing Professor Lyndal Roper, adjudicator Taylor Sherman, the shortlisted candidates and officers of the Society.