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1989

• 23 February 1989: Seminar, 'India Towards the Year 2000', chaired by Professor Sir Cyril Philips, held at the lecture theatre, SOAS. Publicity poster giving details of the event and the contact details of Royal Asiatic Society to register attendance.

Information regarding conferences and study events held in the 1990s. These are:

1997
19-21 May: 'Persianate Sufism in the Safavid & Mughal Period', School of Oriental and African Studies. This was not a RAS event but they provided significant sponsorship.

• Programme for the event, 1 item, printed.
• Correspondence between Professor David O. Morgan, a convenor of the conference, and Lydia Collins, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the request for funds for the conference, 3 pieces, dated 21 February-3 March 1997.

22 September 1997: 'Symposium on South Asian Art: Transfers of Power and Perception: South Asian Art 1920-1960', in conjunction with the Royal Asiatic Society and the Centre for South Asian Studies, SOAS, and held at the Royal Asiatic Society.

• Advertising leaflet, 1 item.
• Advertising leaflet with draft programme, 1 item.
• Programme listing speakers and the papers they presented, 1 item.
• Correspondence concerning the organisation of the event and subsequent publication of one of the papers, 7 items, dated 3 January-2 December 1997.

1998
22 September: Proposed seminar on 'Sri Lankan Art'. This was eventually postponed.

• Correspondence concerning the seminar and the necessity of it being postponed, 16 pieces, dated 27 December 1997-18 June 1998.

1999
17 September: 'Meeting of the Texts in Translation Project: Portuguese Encounters with the World in the Age of the Discoveries', run by the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, King's College, London and held at the Royal Asiatic Society's premises.

• Programme for the event, 1 item.
• Correspondence concerning the organisation of the event, 10 pieces, dated 1 April-26 July 1999.

24 September: ''Symposium on Indian Architectural Drawings in the Collections of the Royal Asiatic Society'', with display of the drawings, held at the Royal Asiatic Society's premises.

• Proposal for the Symposium by Giles Tillotson, Acting Director, Royal Asiatic Society, 1 item.
• Registration form for the Symposium, 1 item.
• Programme for the day's events listing speakers and the papers they presented, 1 item.
• Correspondence concerning attendance at the symposium, 4 items, dated, 18 February - 26 May 1999.

Information regarding conferences and study events held from 2000-2001. These are:

2000
7 July: One-day symposium, 'Grand Narratives of Transformation and the Historiography of South Asia', held at the Royal Asiatic Society, with keynote speaker, Professor Peter van de Veer.

• Programme for the day including abstracts for the papers to be delivered, 8 pieces.
• Correspondence concerning expenditure, 3 pieces, dated 27 July-10 October 2000.

28 July: Fourth Annual Colloquium of The History of Christian Missions in Asia, 'Indigenous Clergies and Enculturation', held at the Royal Asiatic Society, chaired by Dr John Villiers.

• Application form for attendance at the Colloquium, 1 item.
• Programme for the day listing speakers and the papers they presented, 1 item.
• Correspondence concerned with the administration of the event, 4 pieces, dated 2 October 1998 - 16 August 2000.

2001
22-24 February: 'Asceticism and Power in the Asian Context', co-organised by the Royal Asiatic Society and the School of Oriental and African Studies, and supported by The British Academy.

• Conference Programme detailing events, speakers and papers presented, 3 pieces.

8 May: 'Royal Asiatic Society, Symposium on the Manuscript Collection', held at the Royal Asiatic Society.

• Application form for attendance at the Symposium, 1 item.
• Programme for the event listing speakers and the papers they presented, 1 item.

In 2001 and 2002 there was a bilateral Symposium on Anglo-Iranian Relations since 1800. This was arranged by the Royal Asiatic Society and the Centre for Documents and Diplomatic History of the Iranian Ministry for Foreign Affairs with sponsorship by the British Institute for Persian Studies and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

From 10-11 June 2001 the Round Table was held in Iran:

• Provisional Programme for the Conference panels, 1 item.
• Abstracts for some of the presented papers, 6 pieces.
• Opening address given by Professor Francis Robinson on behalf of the Royal Asiatic Society, 3 pieces.
• Report on the conference with the full programme by Francis Robinson, dated 12 June 2001, 8 pieces.
• Correspondence concerning the administration of the Round Table, 84 pieces.

From 24-25 June 2002 the Round Table was held at the Royal Asiatic Society, London:

• Application form for attendance at the symposium, 1 piece. Programme for the two days of the symposium, 3 pieces.
• Invitation from Charles Gray, Head of the Middle East Department, Foreign & Commonwealth Office to a Reception in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office on the evening of 24 June, 1 piece.
• List of Participants, 2 pieces.
• List of Iranian Speakers and the papers they presented, 1 piece.
• Opening address given by Seyed Ali Moujani on behalf of the Centre for Documents and Diplomatic History of the Iranian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 5 pieces.
• Abstracts for some of the presented papers, 14 pieces.
• Correspondence concerning the administration of the event, 45 pieces.
• Photographs and negatives of the symposium, 13 colour images, 5 of which have been mounted on a piece of white cardboard, and 20 negatives.

Information regarding conferences and study events held from 2002-2004. These are: 2002
16-17 November: Farid Al-din 'Attar and the Persian Sufi Tradition Conference, held at the Brunei Gallery Auditorium, SOAS, organised by the Iran heritage Foundation, the centre for near and Middle Eastern Studies and the Institute of Ismaili Studies, with sponsorship from the British Academy, the British Council and the Royal Asiatic Society.

• Correspondence regarding the grant for the conference, 11 pieces, dated 18 March - 19 September 2002.

29 November: South Asia Archive and Library Group 68th Conference, held in the Royal Asiatic Society Library.

• Programme of events with list of speakers and the papers they presented, 1 piece.

2003
30 April: Photographs from the Royal Asiatic Collections held at the Royal Asiatic Society.

• Programme of events with list of speakers and the papers they presented, 1 piece.

2003-2004 Medieval Iraq Study Day to be held at the BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, in association with the Royal Asiatic Society.

• Two drafts for the programme of a Medieval Iraq study day, dated 15 May 2003 and 7 February 2004, 3 pieces.
• Colour photographs from the event, 7 pieces, dated May 2004.
• 'Report to the Council: Medieval Iraq Study Day at the British Museum' - report prepared by Judith Kolbas, Honorary Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, with accompanying letter from Nicholas Badcott, Arab World Education Officer, British Museum, for the Council meeting of 10 June 2004.

2004
10 September: Charles Boxer Centenary Conference. This conference was held at King's College, London, followed by a reception at the Royal Asiatic Society.

• Letter from Paula Ridley, Director, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, to Alison Ohta, Curator, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that the Foundation have offered a grant to the Society to help with costs of the conference. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 8 July 2004.
• Letters from Catherine Melia, Executive Officer, Royal Asiatic Society, to Jeff Johnson, Redwing Coaches, concerning the hire of a coach to transport people from King's College to the Society. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 6 August and 6 September 2004.
• Estimate of costs and programme for the reception at the Society. Typed, undated.

Information regarding conferences and study events held from 2005-2006. These are:

2005
18 March: 'The Uighurs: 1500 years of cultural diversity and development', a study day organised by the Royal Asiatic Society and held at Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, London.

• 'Proposal: Royal Academy and Royal Asiatic Society Joint Study day - The Uyghers' - a proposal prepared for the Council Meeting of 14 October 2004.
• Publicity leaflet for the event, 2 pieces.

2006
8 July: 'The Piprahwa Excavation: Fraud, Hoax or Buddhist Archaeology's Greatest Discovery?', held at the Harewood Courtyard Conference Centre, Harewood House, under the auspices of the Royal Asiatic Society.

• 'Piprawha Stupa Proposal' - a proposal prepared by Charles Allen for the Council Meeting of 14 October 2004.
• Introduction to, and programme of, the conference, 2 pieces.
• Correspondence concerning the administration of the event, 3 pieces, dated 15-21 March 2006.

Information regarding conferences and study events held from 2007-2010. These are:

2007
17-18 May: The International Seminar, 'Britain and the Malay World' , organised by the Royal Asiatic Society in collaboration with the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.

• Programme including abstracts for papers presented, spiral bound book, with 3 additional pages inserted regarding accommodation and Malaysian restaurants in London.
• Sample invitation for the reception to celebrate the symposium held in honour of the 50th anniversary of Malaysia's independence.
• Correspondence concerning the administration of the seminar, 10 pieces, dated 12 December 2006-11 September 2007.

27 July: A Workshop on ' Historiography, pedagogy and future histories of 1857', held at the Royal Asiatic Society with funding by the Society, the British Academy and the University of Edinburgh's 'Mutiny at the Margins' research project.

• Programme for the event with list of speakers and papers presented, 2 versions, 3 pieces.

2008
4 October: Study Day, 'A Journey through Kazakhstan', in association with The British Museum, the Royal Asiatic Society and the British-Kazakh Society, held at the BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum.

• Programmes for the study day, 4 versions of differing detail, the most detailed containing full abstracts for the papers, 21 pieces.
• Correspondence of congratulations on the success of the day, 1 piece, undated.
• CD-ROM produced by the British-Kazakh Society of the Kazakh Study Day.

Information regarding conferences and study events held from 2011-2020. There is little material for these events as yet available archivally. The documents within the archives are:

2015
26 September: 'Updating Hodgson: A Study day on the work of Brian Houghton Hodgson, 'Father of Himalayan Studies', held at the Royal Asiatic Society in association with the Bagri Foundation.

• Publicity poster with a programme containing speakers and their papers, and further background information, 3 pieces.

9-10 October: 'Muslim South Asia Graduate Conference 2015', convened by the Muslim South Asia Research Forum, Royal Asiatic Society, and SOAS; and held at SOAS.

• Publicity poster advertising the conference and the keynote speaker, Professor Michael Boivin, 1 piece.
• Conference programme listing panels, speakers and papers presented, 2 pieces.

Documentation concerned with Conferences, Symposia and Study days held by, or at, the Royal Asiatic Society. These include some events held in collaboration with other organisations, held either at the Society's premises or at other locations. Most of the early material can be found the Minutes of the Committees, the Oriental Congress catalogues and the catalogues for significant anniversaries. At present the material in this catalogue dates from the 1980s.