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              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
              Publishing Reports
              GB 891 RAS JOUR-RAS JOUR/6-RAS JOUR/6/3 · File · 1991 - 2019
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Journal

              These reports are produced by Cambridge University Press to give details of the Journal's performance. There is a Publicity Report for September 1991 and Publishing Reports for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society for April 2007, May 2008, 2010-2011, 18 June 2012, 16 April 2013, 17 March 2014 (electronic), 6 May 2015 (electronic), 27 April 2016 (electronic), April 2019 (electronic) 2017-2019 (electronic). There are also Circulation Summaries for 1997-2005.

              Cambridge university press
              GB 891 RAS ANN175-RAS ANN175/1-RAS ANN175/1/14 · File · 1998
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society: 175th Anniversary Celebration

              Copy of the address given by Professor Francis Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to welcome guests to the Reception and to provide some history of the Society, dated 14 June 1998. With the speech is a note from Francis Robinson to Noel Guina, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose the address, dated 15 July 1998.

              Francis Christopher Rowland Robinson
              GB 891 RAS LEC1-RAS LEC1/6 · File · 7th Dec 1839 - 15th Mar 1845
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society Lectures and Events: Minutes of General Meetings

              Minutes of General and Anniversary Meetings. They give details of Papers read and donations presented and include information on Honorary Members and Council Appointments. A partial index is at the front of the book.
              Handwritten in folio-sized leatherbound book with recent binding.

              Removal Costs
              GB 891 RAS PROP6-RAS PROP6/2 · Series · 1987
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society Property: 60 Queen's Gardens

              Correspondence from the London Auction Room Carriers Ltd regrading moving into 60 Queen's Gardens. These are:

              • Quotation and covering letter for costs of removal, dated 24 September 1987.
              • Letter to thank for cheque and acknowledge required changes, dated 14 October 1987.

              Also two breakdowns of costs for removal.

              London Auction Room Carriers Ltd
              GB 891 RAS PROP6-RAS PROP6/9 · Series · 2003
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society Property: 60 Queen's Gardens

              In 2003 the Royal Asiatic Society undertook to rent rooms to the Society for South Asian Studies. This material includes correspondence between the two Societies, and with the acting Solicitors, Gregory Rowcliffe Milners; draft agreements and an inventory of the contents of the rooms to be rented.

              Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland