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- 1889 - 1993 (Creation)
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1 large archival box
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Administrative history
The International Congress of Orientalists, initiated in Paris in 1873, was an international conference of Orientalists. The first thirteen meetings were held in Europe; the fourteenth congress was held in Algiers in 1905 and some of the subsequent… read more
Name of creator
Administrative 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… read more
Repository
Archival history
These form part of the institutional archives of the Royal Asiatic Society and have been collated through its history in its interaction with the International Congress of Orientalists.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
These are part of the institutional archives of the Society.
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Scope and content
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… read more
System of arrangement
The material was divided into series covering the Congresses for which papers are present.
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Conditions governing access
Open. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email.… read more
Conditions governing reproduction
Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Language of material
- Akkadian
- Ancient Egyptian
- Arabic
- Bihari
- Chinese
- Coptic
- English
- French
- German
- Hebrew
- Himachali
- Japanese
- Javanese
- Malay
- Manchu
- Ottoman Turkish
- Persian
- Russian
- Sanskrit
- Semitic Language
- Syriac
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Some of the published material relating to the Congresses can be found in our Library Collections. Details are in the Library catalogue: https://ras.koha-ptfs.co.uk/.
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Archivist's note
These papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2020.