The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland will continues it’s 2024 – 25 lecture series in October, all events are free and open to all at 14 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD.

Each event will also be accessible for online viewing over zoom before being uploaded to our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@royalasiaticsocietyofgreat3084

To join us online please email Matty at mb@royalasiaticsociety.org

Friday 4th Oct 6.30pm

Dr Liz Driver

Reasons for Tod’s dismissal as Political Agent in the Western Rajput States 1818-1822

Tuesday 8th Oct 6.30pm

Prof Mark Liechty 

Building Capacity, Not Infrastructure: Lessons from Hydropower Development in Nepal 

Thursday 10th Oct 6.30pm

Marcus Milwright

Writing Art History as Fiction: A Story of Islamic Art

Wednesday 16th Oct 6.30pm

Professor Suranjan Das

Revisiting the Nehru Years in India, 1947 – 1964

Thursday 17th Oct 6.30pm

Celebrating the publication of Islamic Bookbinding revealed through the lens of the Montefiascone Conservation Project

Introduced by Professors Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom with a short talk by Cheryl Porter 

Thursday 24th Oct 6.30pm

Book Launch of Goderdzi Chokheli’s ‘Human Sadness’ 

with talks by Professor Dan Healey, Ms Lia Chokoshvili, and Translators 

Thursday 31st Oct 6.30pm

Dr Stephen A. Murphy

Buddhist Landscapes: Art and Archaeology of the Khorat Plateau, 7th to 11th Centuries

More information at https://royalasiaticsociety.org/events/month/2024-10/.