Fonds RAS ICO - International Congress of Orientalists

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS ICO

Title

International Congress of Orientalists

Date(s)

  • 1889 - 1993 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

1 large archival box

Context area

Name of creator

(1873-)

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 subsequentread more

Name of creator

(1823-)

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 ofread more

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.

Content and structure area

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 Congressread more

System of arrangement

The material was divided into series covering the Congresses for which papers are present.

Conditions of access and use area

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

Allied materials area

Related units of description

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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Description control area

Description identifier

gb891-rasico

Archivist's note

These papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2020.