Advancing knowledge of Asia

The Royal Society for Asian Affairs values and upholds free speech and open debate, is independent of governments and political bodies and does not take institutional positions on issues of policy at its meetings or in its publications.

Asian Affairs

Asian Affairs is the quarterly journal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, published continuously since 1914.

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Library

The RSAA’s eLibrary includes established classics of Asian studies, current scholarship, recent fiction and general reading.

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Events

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Upcoming Events

Literary and Photographic Legacies of Russia in the Chinese City of Harbin

Julius Kochan, RSAA Travel Awards 2024 Recipient, with guest host Dr Winnie King
25 June 2025, 14.00 BST Online

Online Religion in Contemporary China

Mengyuan Tian, RSAA Travel Awards 2024 recipient, with guest host Professor Astrid Nordin
9 July 2025, 14.00 BST Online

Annual General Meeting and Lord Denman Memorial Lecture 2025

16 July 2025 17.30 BST at the SCI Belgravia, London and online.
RSAA members and their guests only.

Travelling the Silk Road: From London to Beijing

Christopher Wilton-Steer
10 September 2025
14.00 BST Online

Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia

An online Reading Room discussion with author and historian Sam Dalrymple, hosted by Sophie Ibbotson.
15 September 2025, 18.30 BST

From Geo- to Astropolitics: How Taiwan Builds Outer Space Missions Amid Geopolitical Tensions

Yi-Ting Chang, RSAA Travel Awards 2024 recipient with guest host Sze Miller
1 October 2025, 14.00 BST Online

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