Subseries RAS LEC4/7/2 - Publicity Material

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.

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