These Papers include conference material, promotional material, and correspondence with the Royal Asiatic Society.
Association of British OrientalistsOriental studies
98 Archival description results for Oriental studies
Correspondence and reports concerned with the International Union of Orientalists' General Assembly at New Delhi in 1964.
International Union of OrientalistsMinutes of the General Assembly of the International Union of Orientalists held in Munich in 1957 and a subsequent circular.
International Union of OrientalistsThe material contains correspondence and bulletins the All-India Oriental Conferences from 1933-1939 (7th, 8th and 10th conferences), sent to and by the Royal Asiatic Society.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and IrelandCorrespondence, reports and printed material regarding the agreement of cooperation made between the Société Asiatique and the Royal Asiatic Society. These are:
- Letter from Émile Senart to Lord Reay, President, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the possibility of the two societies cooperating. Handwritten in French, dated 19 December 1916.There is also a typed copy of this letter.
- Notes on the meeting of the Société Asiatique and a commission that will be formed. Handwritten on the reverse of an agenda for the Council meeting of 13 February 1917.
- Letter from the Council, Royal Asiatic Society, to Lord Reay to state that the Council at its meeting passed the resolution that they had great sympathy with the desire of Émile Senart and suggest the formation of a small committee to take this further. Handwritten, undated.
- Letter from Émile Senart to thank for the invitation to work towards an agreement between the Societies. Handwritten in French, dated 2 March 1917.
- Letter from Émile Senart to write concerning the forming of a committee to work with the Royal Asiatic Society. Handwritten in French, dated 9 March 1917.
- Memorandum from the Société Asiatique concerning the appointment of a Committee to work towards more intimate relations with the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed, dated 31 March 1917
*. Letter from Charels Lyall, Chairman of the Committee, Royal Asiatic Society to report on its deliberations of the proposal for cooperation in the Memorandum from the Société Asiatique. Typed, dated 8 May 1917. - Letter from Émile Senart to Charles Lyall to thank for the the comments on the proposal. Handwritten in French, dated 26 May 1917.
- Notification that the Committee of Royal Asiatic Society had met to consider the memorandum from the Société Asiatique. The memorandum is with this note as is a copy of a further letter from Émile Senart enclosing a protocol of terms of agreement. The letter is dated 21 June 1917.
- Statement concerning the possibilities of cooperation. Typed in French, undated.
- Letter from Émile Senart to the President, Royal Asiatic Society, to write concerning the cooperation between the Societies and to submit a first draft of a scheme formulating the precise terms of cooperation. Handwritten in French, dated 21 June 1917. With this letter is a handwritten translation in English.
- Report of the Committee, Royal Asiatic Society regarding the protocol sent by the Société Asiatique. Handwritten, undated.
- "Terms of an agreement between the Société Asiatique of Paris & the Royal Asiatic Society". Handwritten list of points of agreement. Undated.
- Letter from F.W. Thomas, Secretary of the Committee, Royal Asiatic Society, to Émile Senart to state that the Committee assented to the protocol sent and will recommend its acceptance by the Royal Asiatic Society. Handwritten, dated 19 July 1917.
- "Notes of the Quarter (October - December 1917)" from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society which includes "An Agreement Concluded between the Royal Asiatic Society and the Société Asiatique of Paris." Printed material.
- "Convention Entré la Société Asiatique et la Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland". Offprint of agreement, written in French.
Reprint from the Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1918, of the Agreement between the Société Asiatique and the American Oriental Society with the "Circular Letter to the Members of the American Oriental Society concerning a French Plan for securing closer relations of mutual helpfulness between the Société Asiatique and our own" by Charles R. Lanman, dated 14 March 1918. Two copies of the reprint and a further copy of the circular letter.
Also a letter from Émile Senart to F.W. Thomas, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to report on the Agreement between the Société Asiatique and the American Oriental Society. Typed, 21 June 1918.
American Oriental societyAdministrative correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and the International Union of Orientalists/ International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies in the time period 1965-1977.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and IrelandAdministrative material for the Congress. These are:
- Letter from Edwin Yamauchi, Rutgers University, to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask for details of the time and place of the next International Congress of Orientalists and to ask regarding details of the Lidzbarski Medal. Typed, dated 28 November 1965.
- Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Edwin Yamauchi, Rutgers University, to inform him that the next Congress would be held at the University of Michigan on 13 August 1967 for which the Secretary-General is Professor R.H. Fifield. Particulars for the medal could be obtained from Professor A.J. Arberry. Typed, dated 6 December 1965.
- "XXVII International Congress of Orientalists" invitation and first announcement. Printed, dated January 1966.
- Letter from O.W. Wolters to Richard Winstedt to ask it he would be willing to present a paper at the 27th Congress. Typed, dated 1 June 1966.
- Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society to O.W. Wolters to inform him of the death of Sir Richard Winstedt. Typed, dated 16 June 1966.
- Letter from Russell H. Fifield, Secretary-General, Organising Committee, to Royal Asiatic Society to invite the Society to be officially represented at the Congress. Typed, dated 7 October 1966.
- Letter from Jean Filliozat, Societé Asiatique, to Norman Brown, President, XXVIIth International Congress, to report on the discussion with his colleagues of the proposals to revise the statutes of the congress. Typed, dated 9 May 1967.
- Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Secretary-General, XXVIIth International Congress, to inform of the Society's official representatives. Typed, dated 15 June 1967.
- Correspondence between Professor D.C. Twitchett and Royal Asiatic Society regarding him being an official representative of the Society at the Congress. Three letters, typed, dated 15 June - 14 July 1967.
- Letters to John Burton-Page and R.J. Loewe from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose the delegate form for the Congress. Two letters, typed, dated 14 July 1967.
- Delegate certificate for V.L. Ménage from the Royal Asiatic Society for the XXVIIth International Congress. Printed with typed inserts, undated.
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.
For the 30th Congress the title was changed to the International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa. The Congress was held in Mexico City in August 1976. Material concerned with this Congress is: * Letter from Marion Evans, Superintendent, Congress & Inclusive Tours, Lufthansa, to send the preliminary announcement and poster for the 30th International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa. Typed, dated 11 March 1975.
- First Invitation to the Congress giving details of the sections, papers, trips and registration. Printed in Spanish, English and French, undated.
- Poster for the 30th Congress. Printed in Spanish, English and French, undated.
- Letters from Sabena Airlines and CP Air to the Royal Asiatic Society offering assistance in travel arrangements to the Congress. Two letters, typed, dated 20-23 May 1975.
- Letter from Jorge Alberto Lozoya, Secretary General, 30th Congress, to Royal Asiatic Society to ask whether the Society would assist in coordinating travel for groups of scholars to the Congress. Typed, dated 14 November 1975.
- Provisional Registration Form for the Congress. Printed in Spanish, English and French, undated, with accompanying envelope.
- Correspondence between Mrs J. Makowiecka and Mrs Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the contact details for the 30th Congress. Two letters, handwritten and typed, dated 11-15 December 1975.
- Correspondence between Dr J.G. de Casparis and Mrs Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning Casparis being the Society's official representative at the Congress. Two letters, typed, dated 2-11 July 1976.
- Letter from L. Bazin, Secretary-General, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to send the updated Constitution of the Union after the General Assembly held at the Mexico Congress. Typed in French with printed constitution in English and French, undated.