AGM, denman memorial lecture and 125th anniversary
We will mark the 125th anniversary of the RSAA alongside our AGM and Denman Memorial Lecture on 15 July 2026, 17.30-20.30 BST
We will mark the 125th anniversary of the RSAA alongside our AGM and Denman Memorial Lecture on 15 July 2026, 17.30-20.30 BST
From 18 July 2025 our postal address will be Nova North, 11 Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5BY. Our phone number will be unchanged as 020 7235 5122.
We are delighted to announce that we have made awards to four young researchers this year. Click for full details
We welcome Asian Affairs’ new International Editorial Advisory Board
In 2015-16 the Royal Society for Asian Affairs sold at auction a number of items from its collections. The sales were controversial, and concerns were raised by RSAA members and scholars in the field. At the time the Society held that the sales were its only option to ensure its survival. In late 2022 and…
The RSAA archive has its origins in the Central Asia Society and the objectives of its founders “to maintain in England a central institution for the collection, provision, maintenance and diffusion of information and knowledge”. It reflects the interests and priorities of the Society’s members and consists in large part of materials donated by them. …