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Meeting Cards and Lectures Series Notices

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Reference code

GB 891 RAS LEC4-RAS LEC4/6-RAS LEC4/6/1

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Published

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Extent and medium

printed and typed

Date(s)

  • 1990 - 1999 (Creation)

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Name of creator

(1823-present)

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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Scope and content

Printed cards with a list of the Council, information about the Library, and listing the dates of Meetings at the Royal Asiatic Society with the names of the speakers and titles of their lectures. These are for January -June 1990, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994- 95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000. Notices for Summer Lecture Series: * 14 May - 9 July 1996 - 'Islamic Culture and the European Traditions' held at the Wellcome Institute Auditorium. * 22 April - 10 June 1997 - 'Empire and Identity: Ruler and Realm in Early Asia', held at the Wellcome Institute Auditorium. * 21 April - 9 June 1998 - 'Archaeology and the nation in Asia: Issues of Power and Identity' held with the Institute of Archaeology, University of London. Change of Lecture, Date or Venue Notices: * 14 March 1991: Shelagh Vainker, 'Early Chinese Textiles in the British Museum'. * 13 June 1991: Dr Giles Tillotson, 'The Indian Travels of William Hodges'. * 10 June 1993: Doreen Ingrams, 'Journeys in the Hadhramaut in the 1930s and 1940s', Burton Memorial lecture. * 9 December 1993: Dr G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville, 'The Gold of Sofala: from East Africa to India and China'. * 20 April 1994: F. Nigel Hepper and Professor Ib Friis introduce a film about the Niebuhr Expedition to Egypt and the Yemen 1761-1767 with an account of the plants collected by Forsskal.

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Language of material

  • English
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