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              Property Steering Group
              GB 891 RAS PROP6-RAS PROP6/10 · Series · 2005
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society Property: 60 Queen's Gardens

              In December 2003, the Council decided to consider moving properties. A Property Steering Group was set up to pursue the recommendation for finding new premises. The material in this series consists of a letter sent by Francis Robinson to members of the group in advance of the meeting of the group on 11 January 2005, and the Minutes for the Group's meeting on 10 February 2005.

              Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
              GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/13-RAS SESQ/13/15 · File · 8th Nov 1972
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Sesquicentenary

              Proposed Alterations and Improvements to the Premises of the Royal Asiatic Society Initial report created by Geoffrey K Payne, Architect. Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Geoffrey K. Payne to thank him for his work on the estimates and plans.

              Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
              GB 891 RAS ALL13 · Fonds · 1963 - 2002

              At different times proposals were made and considered for branches of the Royal Asiatic Society. This material covers proposals for Australia, Burma (Myanmar), Indonesia and Taiwan.

              Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
              Proposed Use of Building
              GB 891 RAS PROP6-RAS PROP6/3 · Series · 1987 - 1988
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society Property: 60 Queen's Gardens

              Internal correspondence concerning the use of the premises at Queen's Gardens. These are:

              • Correspondence from Godfrey Goodwin to Dennis Duncanson concerning the changes that may be needed to Queen's Gardens, handwritten and typed, dated 18 September [1987].
              • Report from Godfrey Goodwin, Librarian, to the Director concerning the Library and its collections, handwritten, dated 26 September 1987.
              • Quotations for Library Shelving, typed with annotations, undated.
              Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
              Publications
              GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/11 · Series · 1966 - 1973
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Sesquicentenary

              In commemoration of the Sesquicentenary, the Royal Asiatic Society considered a number of publications. This material contains some draft material for publications an correspondence concerning publications.

              Whitting C.E.J
              GB 891 RAS ALL8-RAS ALL8/3 · Series · [1984] - 1999
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch
              • "Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch, Publication List" for June 1984, June 1986, June 1988, 1989-1990, 1995-1996.
              • Notice of Publication of "Korean Shamanism: Revivals, Survivals, and Change", edited by Keith Howard, publication date October 1998.
              • "New Publications for January 1999" listing the latest publications available from the Korea Branch.
              • "Books about Korea" - printed leaflet, undated.
              • "Your invitation to join the Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch" - printed leaflet, two versions, undated.
              • "Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, its Past and Present by H.H. Underwood" - photocopy of article from Transactions of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. XXXI, 1948-9.
              • "A History of the First Fifty years of the Library of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1900-1950" - Photocopy of article by Harold M. Otness, unknown source.
              • "Seventy years of the Royal Asiatic Society in Korea" by Lak-Geoon George Patik. Photocopy of article from Transactions of the Korea Branch, Vol. XLVII, 1972.
              Royal Asiatic society of Great Britain and Ireland Korea branch
              Publicity Material
              GB 891 RAS LEC4-RAS LEC4/7-RAS LEC4/7/2 · Subseries · 2000 - 2010
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society Lectures and Events: General Meetings, Lectures and Book Launches

              Publicity material for lectures and book launches in the period 2000-2010:

              2003-2004

              • 13 November 2003: Notice that the lecture, 'The Universe in Miniature: Tombs in Ancient China' by Professor Jessica Rawson, would be held at the Society of Antiquaries.

                2004-2005

              • 9 June 2005: Tim Mackintosh-Smith, 'The Hall of a Thousand Columns: Hindustan to Malabar with Ibn Battutah'. Various documents: Advertising leaflet, 2 copies; Book of tickets for the event, 1 printed book; administrative correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society, The British-Yemeni Society, The Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, The Royal Geographical Society, and Clarence House, 11 pieces.

                2005-2006
                Notice of the April and May lectures for 2006:

              • 6 April, the Dr Greville Freeman-Grenville Memorial Lecture by Professor Ulrike Freitag, 'Linking East Africa and the Middle East: Networks of Commerce and Culture;
              • 10 May, Dr Ali Ansari, 'Persia in the World Imagination'.

                2006-2007
                Publicity posters for Student Series lectures:

              • 12 December 2006: Chris Howard, 'Screening of "Gohatto" (Taboo) Japan, 1999, Director: Nagisa Oshima'.
              • 16 January 2007: Mark Strange: 'Sima Guang on 4th Century Chinese foreign Policy'.
              • 24 April 2007: Dr. Sophie Gordon, 'Visions of Asia: Photographs from the Royal Photograph Collection'.

                2007-2008
                Publicity posters for Lectures:

              • 11 October 2007: Dr Kate Teltscher, 'The Scotsman, the Lama and the Gosain: the First British Expedition to Tibet 1774-5'.
              • 8 November 2007: Professor Ebba Koch, 'Jahangir as Sir Francis Bacon's ideal of the king as an observer and investigator of nature'.
              • 13 March 2008: François de Blois - the Professor Mary Boyce Memorial Lecture, 'Professor Mary Boyce and the Quest for Zoroaster'.
              • 10 April 2008: Professor Shail Mayaram, 'James Tod and the trajectory of Indian nationalism: an assessment after two centuries'.
              • 12 June 2008: Professor Zeren Tanindi, 'Illustrated and Illuminated Works of Mevlana Jalal ad-Din Rumi'.

                Publicity posters for Student Series lectures:

              • 25 October 2007: Abhishek Amar, 'Foundations of Buddhism: Investigating Bodhgaya and other Buddhist Monastic sites in Early Historic Gaya'; and Malini Roy, 'Provincial Mughal painting at the court of Nawab Shuja ud-Daula of Awadh (r.1754-75) and Asaf ud-Daula (r.1775-97)'.
              • 15 November: Shino Ariswana, Keiko Kitamura, Michael Coxall, 'Sankyoku: Lyrical Music from the Edo period'. With the poster is a programme of the music played.
              • 6 December 2007: Wing-Fai Leung introduces the film, 'Comrades, almost a Love Story' directed by Peter Chan, 1996.
              • 17 January 2008: Benedetta Lomi, 'Bato Kannon: the Japanese Transformation of an Esoteric Deity'; and Tullio Lobetti, 'Memories of the Flesh: Body and Ascetic Practices in Contemporary Japanese Religious Contexts'.
              • 21 February 2008: Bulat Tynybekov and Botagoz Tynybekova in a 'Concert: Kazakh Classical Music'. With the poster is the programme of music, biographies of the performers and an entrance ticket.
              • 27 February 2008: Jonathan Black and Brenda Martin, 'Dora Gordine: Sculptor, Artist, Designer', book launch.
              • 19 June 2008: the film, 'The Warrior, India', directed by Asaf Kapadia, 2001.

                2008-2009
                Publicity posters for Lectures:

              • 9 October 2008: Dr Ravinder Kaur, 'On Distinctions: Citizens, Refugees and Post-Colonial State in India's Partition'.
              • 11 December 2008: Professor Edhem Eldem, 'The Ottoman Culture of Death: A Vision of Modernity and Change'.
              • 12 March 2009: Professor Timon Screech, 'Power and Magic in the City Planning of Edo (Tokyo) 1590-1657'.
              • 16 April 2009: Professor Huw Bowen, the Professor Cyril Philips Memorial Lecture, 'C.H. Philips and the East India Company'.

                Publicity posters for Student Series lectures:

              • 20 November 2008: Joint meeting with the Royal Society for Asian Affairs - Peter Cole, 'Exploring a Local Identity in Yemen'; Hannah Warren, 'Female Weavers in a Village in Madya Pradesh, North India: A Photographic Study'; and Dr Alasdair Pinkerton, 'Radio and the Raj: Broadcasting in British India'.
              • 10 December 2008: Film, 'The Angry Monk', Director Luc Schaedler, 2005.
              • 18 March 2009: Scheherazaad Cooper, 'Odissi - Indian Classical Dance', dance and talk.

                Publicity posters for Book Launch:

              • 12 November 2008: John O. Hunwick, Alida Jay Boye, and Joseph Hunwick, 'The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu: Historic City of Islamic Africa', 2 copies.

                2009-2010
                Publicity posters for Lectures:

              • 8 October 2009: Dr Andrew Peacock, 'End of Empires: the Turkish Conquest of the Middle East, 11th Century AD'.
              • 11 February 2010: Professor Owen Wright, 'How French is Frenkçin?'.
              • 15 April 2010: Dr Laura J. Newby, 'The Chinese Emperor's New Copper Plates: Art and Politics in the Late 18th Century'.

                Publicity posters for Student Series lectures:

              • 21 April 2010: Tara Mayer, 'Clothing the Imperial Image: Dress, Identity and Authority in later 18th to early 19th Century North India'; and Amanda Phillips, 'Ottoman Velvets and Imitations: Viral Style in the 17th and 18th Centuries'.

                Book Launches:

              • 7 July 2010: Invitation to the launch of 'Muhammad Juki's Shahnamah of Firdausi' by Barbara Brend, printed card, 2 copies.
              Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland