Fonds RAS LEC4 - Royal Asiatic Society Lectures and Events: General Meetings, Lectures and Book Launches

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 891 RAS LEC4

Titre

Royal Asiatic Society Lectures and Events: General Meetings, Lectures and Book Launches

Date(s)

  • 1823 - ongoing (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

2 archival boxes + digital files

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

(1823-)

Histoire administrative

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

Histoire archivistique

These form part of the institutional records of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

As part of the institutional records, they have always been part of the Society's possessions.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Since its inception the Royal Asiatic Society has encouraged the dissemination of Asian studies through the delivering of papers and lectures. These, particularly throughout the early history, were part of the General Meetings and recorded in the Minutesread more

Mode de classement

The material was organised chronologically.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

Partially open. More recent material may be closed for confidentiality reasons. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is toread more

Conditions de 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.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Zone des sources complémentaires

Unités de description associées

The material in the other lecture and events catalogues will have some overlap with the material in this catalogue. Governance catalogues may also provide further information, particularly those for the Anniversary General Meetings.

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Sujets

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

gb891-raslec4

Note de l'archiviste

The material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2023.