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Letter to Sir Richard Winstedt to inform him that the 11th conference of British Orientalists did not decide in favour of creating a Society for Asian Studies, nor that the Association's name should be changed. The writer congratulates Winstedt on the Academy's grant to the Royal Asiatic Society and sends his apologies for the next Council meeting of the Society.

The International Congress of Orientalists, initiated in Paris in 1873, was an international conference of Orientalists. It was later renamed as the International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa and then as the International Congress of Asian and North African Studies. This material covers the interaction of the Royal Asiatic Society with the Congress in the time period 1889 to 1993.

Correspondence between the Association of British Orientalists and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the standing of members of the Royal Asiatic Society within the Association of British Orientalists. These are:

• Notice from Richard Hill, Association of British Orientalists, to announce the twelfth Conference of the British Orientalists to be held under the joint auspices of the Association and the Royal Asiatic Society at the University of Durham, 3-6 September 1962. Dated 1 March 1962.
• Draft letter from the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the illogical position that members of the Royal Asiatic Society will be expected to pay a membership fee for the Association of British Orientalists in order to attend the Conference though the Royal Asiatic Society is sponsoring the event, dated 8 October 1962.
• Letter from Richard Hill, Association of British Orientalists, to Richard Winstedt, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that he no longer holds office in the Association and so has passed Winstedt's letter to the Secretary, Mr T.F. Mitchell. Dated 10 October 1962.
• Letter from T.F. Mitchell to Richard Winstedt to clarify the position concerning the Royal Asiatic Society members attendance at the Conference, dated 1 November 1962.

"Conference of British Orientalists held at Pembroke College, Cambridge, August 20-22, 1947". Printed pamphlet reporting on the proceedings of the conference produced by The Royal India and Pakistan Society.

Two letters concerning attendance at the Conference of the Association of British Orientalists in 1953. These are:

• Letter from W. Montgomery Watt, to inform that the next meeting of the Conference will be held in Edinburgh from 15-21 July 1953. Dated November 1952.
• Letter from Pierre Cachia and W. Montgomery Watt, Joint Secretaries, Local Organising Committee, to ask for people to confirm their attendance at the Conference in order that the accommodation booking can be arranged, dated February 1953.

"Association of British Orientalists: Bulletin of Oriental Studies: An Annual Record of Work in Progress in Britain 1960". Pamphlet covering academic work in Asian studies for the year 1960. Published in 1961.

These Papers include conference material, promotional material, and correspondence with the Royal Asiatic Society.

The 22nd International Congress of Orientalists was held in Istanbul in September 1951. The material associated with this Congress is:

• Letter from Professor A.J. Arberry, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Association of British Orientalists, to Societies and Institutions to seek their opinion on the proposal to constitute an International Federation of Orientalist Societies which is to be included in the Agenda of the forthcoming 22nd Congress. Opinions gathered will be used to affect any decision taken by the Association of British Orientalists regarding the project. Typed, dated 5 May 1951.

Information concerning the 12th Conference of British Orientalists and the Association of British Orientalists. These are:

• "Association of British Orientalists: The Nature and Aims of the ABO".
• Letter from T.F. Mitchell, Secretary of Association of British Orientalists, to members or prospective members to enclose an account of the nature and aims of the Society and a report from the recent conference, dated 31 October 1962.
• "12th Conference of British Orientalists". Report from the conference held from 3-6 September in Durham. Standing order form for membership fees to be paid on 1st March 1963 and annually thereafter.