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GB 891 RASM-RASM/8
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Published
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4 pieces typed, 1 digital poster and 6 digital photographs
Date(s)
- 2021-2023 (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.
(1946-)
Biographical history
Robert Irwin was born in 1946. He read modern history at Oxford and taught medieval history at the University of St. Andrews. He has held teaching appointments in Arabic and Middle Eastern history at Oxford and Cambridge. He is a scholar of Arabic history and author of novels, translations and literary studies willing to provide an argument against prevailing orthodoxies.
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Royal Asiatic Society Archives
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Robert Irwin was initially nominated for the Society's Richard Burton Medal but it was decided to honour him with the Royal Asiatic Society Medal in 2023, the Society's bicentenary year. The archival material associated with this award is:
* Letters in support of the nomination of Robert Irwin, typed, 4 pieces, dated 22 September 2021.
* Publicity poster for the award of the medal and Irwin's lecture _Tales from the Mamluk Crypt: Predecessors of Modern Horror_, held on 4 May 2023.
* Six photographs from the award presentation, 4 May 2023.
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gb891 rasm/8
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