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2023

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GB 891 RAS BP-RAS BP/6

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Digital photographs and publicity poster

Date(s)

  • 2023 - 2024 (Creation)

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Name of creator

(1823-)

Biographical history

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 2023 the Society appointed Professor Benjamin Hopkins (George Washington University), Professor Susanne Brandtstädter (Koln), Professor Magnus Marsden (Sussex), Dr Rian Thum (Manchester), and Professor Nile Green (UCLA) to be the adjudicators. The Prize was won by Dr. Thomas Barrett (University of Oxford), for his thesis _Foreigners and the Making of the Chinese Diplomat_. The shortlisted candidates were Dr. Kelsey Granger (University of Cambridge) for _Gifts from afar: The Creation of an Imperial Lapdog in Tang-Song China_; Dr. Mariano Errichiello (School of Oriental and African Studies) for _IIme Ksnum: an Esoteric Interpretation of Zoroastrianism, History and Beliefs_; and Dr Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford) for _Imagining the Continent’s Future: China, India and Post-War Asia, 1937-1949_. The archival material consists of a publicity poster (digital) for the award ceremony and 5 digital photographs taken at the event which was held on 25 May 2024.

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