The Royal Asiatic Society is delighted to award the 2025 James J. Busuttil Prize and Medal for Human Rights to Professor Christian O. Christiansen for his book In Defense of Economic & Social Human Ri...

August is traditionally a quieter month in the Society’s calendar, with our events programme pausing for a short summer break before resuming in September. The Library, however, never runs out of thin...

The Society is glad to announce that the judges for the Bayly Prize have reached their decision about the winners for the 2025 Bayly Prize. Instigated in 2018, the Bayly Prize is awarded for a disting...

Last month, we were pleased to welcome Anna, an undergraduate at the University of St Andrews, for a two‑week placement in the Library. The Society periodically hosts volunteers and students who assis...

It’s been a lively and rewarding week at the Society, with two events and an international visit bringing scholars and friends together. Below is a recap on what we’ve been through this week, plus new...

With the arrival of summer, our 2025/26 lecture series is now nearing its finale. But before we wrap up another year of thought-provoking events, we’ve planned a vibrant programme for June – packed wi...

The Society gathered yesterday for its 2026 Anniversary General Meeting. Apart from being a cornerstone of the institutional governance of the Society, the AGM is also an opportunity for current membe...

Unpack historical efforts to protect and preserve Egypt’s heritage as well as the concept of ‘preservation’, what has been preserved, for whom, and why. Start time: 13:00 (UK).

Collections Evening 2026 We had a wonderful time at the Society’s annual Collections Evening yesterday. It’s always one of our favourite events of the year: a chance to share new scholarship on our co...

Last month, we were contacted by the Archivist at the Royal Anthropological Institute about a set of institutional papers belonging to the Society that had been in their custody for some time. We were...