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The International Union of Orientalists was founded in September 1951 in Istanbul at the International Congress of Orientalists. It was renamed in 1973 as the International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies. This material covers the interaction of the Royal Asiatic Society with the Union in the time period 1951-1977.

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.

• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Royal Asiatic Society to ask for membership dues, dated 28 September 1977.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to inform that at the last Council meeting of the Society it was decided that the Society wished to tender its resignation from the International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, dated 15 November 1977.

• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Royal Asiatic Society to ask for membership dues and to send a report from the Secretary General and amended statutes, dated 29 November 1976. A copy of the statutes is with the letter.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to send membership dues, dated 14 December 1976.

• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Dr. A.D.H. Bivar, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask for membership dues; to inform regarding the appointment of the Vice-President of the Union as President of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies; to bring to attention that UNESCO were preparing contracts with the Union for research; and to give dates of the forthcoming General Assembly in Mexico City in 1976. Dated 6 November 1975.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to submit the Society's membership fees for 1975, and to ask further details of the contracts for research being prepared by UNESCO. Dated 12 January 1976.
• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Royal Asiatic Society to thank for membership fees and to give more information regarding the research contracts. Dated 21 January 1976.

• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Royal Asiatic Society to ask for the membership dues for 1974, dated 26 September 1974.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to send money due, dated 22 October 1974.

The Congress name was subsequently altered to the International Congress of North African and Asian Studies. The 34th Congress was held in Hong Kong in August 1993. The material associated with this Congress is:

• Correspondence between Gyorgy Hazai, Secretary-General, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, and A.D.H. Bivar, President, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the Society's representation at the Congress in Hong Kong and points for the Agenda for the meeting of the Union to be held there. Two letters, dated 17 May - 2 June 1993.