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In 2019 the winner was Lexi (Alexandra) Stadlen (London School of Economics) for her thesis, Weaving lives from Violence: Possibility and Change for Muslim Women in West Bengal.

The shortlisted candidates were Radha Kapuria (Kings College, London) for Music in Colonial Punjab: A Social History; Ahmad Moradi (University of Manchester) for Politics of Persuasion: Making and Unmaking Revolution in Iran; and Sahil Nijhawan (University College London) for Human-animal relations and the role of cultural norms in tiger conservation in the Idu Mishmi of Arunachal Pradesh, India.

The Society received 26 submissions from 11 universities in the United Kingdom. These were considered by the panel of adjudicators consisting of Doctor Taylor Sherman (LSE), Professor Sunil Amrith (Harvard), Professor James Laidlaw (Cambridge), Professor Rebecca Empson (UCL) and Professor Naoko Shimizu (Yale-NUS). The prize was awarded at a reception at the Society on Tuesday 29th October 2019, with the winner announced by Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford.

The archival material is:

• 'The Bayly Prize 2019 Shortlist' - document giving biographical details of the shortlisted candidates and their theses. Computer printed, 3 pieces.
• Four digital photographs showing Professor Lyndal Roper, adjudicator Taylor Sherman, the shortlisted candidates and officers of the Society.

In 2020 the Society was unable to hold an award ceremony due to the covid-19 pandemic. The judges reported a strong field of submission with three dissertations being of outstanding merit:

Liana Chase (School of Oriental and African Studies), Healing ‘Heart-Minds’: Disaster, Care, and Global Mental Health in Nepal’s Himalayan Foothills.
Hannah Theaker (University of Oxford), Moving Muslims: The Great Northwestern Rebellion and the Transformation of Chinese Islam, 1860-1896.
Hedwig Waters (University College, London), ‘Living from loan to loan’: Tracing networks of gifts, debt and trade in the Mongolian borderlands.

The Prize was awarded to Dr Liana Chase. At present there is no archival material associated with the 2020 award.

In 2021 the Society appointed Dr T. C.Sherman (LSE) Chair, Professor Naoko Shimazu (NUS), Professor Susanne Brandtstädter (Koln), Professor Rebecca Empson (UCL), and Professor Arne Westad (Yale ) as the adjudicating panel.

The Prize was awarded to Mallika Leuzinger (University College, London) for her thesis, Dwelling in Photography: Intimacy, Amateurism and the Camera in South Asia. The shortlisted candidates were Stefano Gandolfo (University of Oxford) for The Streams of Knowledge: Organising the Siku Quanshu and Shreyashi Dasgupta (University of Cambridge) for The Accommodation City: Private Low-Income Housing and Urban Space in Dhaka and Mumbai.

At present there is no archival material.

In 2022 the Society appointed Professor Benjamin Hopkins (George Washington University) Chair, Professor Susanne Brandtstädter (Koln), Professor Magnus Marsden (Sussex), Dr Rian Thum (Manchester), and Professor Arne Westad (Yale) to be the adjudicating panel.

The winner was Sonia Wigh (university of Exeter) for her thesis, The Body of Words: A social history of sex and the body in early modern South Asia.

The shortlisted candidates were Taushif Kara (University of Cambridge) for Abode of peace: Islam, empire and the Khoja diaspora; Katie Campbell (University of Cambridge) for Cities and the Mongol Conquest: Urban Change 1200-1400; Melyn McKay (University of Oxford) for For women there are two Nirvanas: Risk and Freedom in Myanmar’s contemporary Buddhist revival movement: and Matthew Woolgar (University of Oxford) for Communism in Context: The Indonesian Communist Party in West Java.

The archival material consists of 16 digital photographs of the award ceremony which took place on 19 January 2023.

In 2023 the Society appointed Professor Benjamin Hopkins (George Washington University), Professor Susanne Brandtstädter (Koln), Professor Magnus Marsden (Sussex), Dr Rian Thum (Manchester), and Professor Nile Green (UCLA) to be the adjudicators.

The Prize was won by Dr. Thomas Barrett (University of Oxford), for his thesis Foreigners and the Making of the Chinese Diplomat.

The shortlisted candidates were Dr. Kelsey Granger (University of Cambridge) for Gifts from afar: The Creation of an Imperial Lapdog in Tang-Song China; Dr. Mariano Errichiello (School of Oriental and African Studies) for IIme Ksnum: an Esoteric Interpretation of Zoroastrianism, History and Beliefs; and Dr Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford) for Imagining the Continent’s Future: China, India and Post-War Asia, 1937-1949.

The archival material consists of a publicity poster (digital) for the award ceremony and 5 digital photographs taken at the event which was held on 25 May 2024.

The Royal Asiatic Society has irregularly sponsored research fellows. This material contains correspondence and administrative papers connected to this. At present there is only archival material for Professor Om Prakesh Kejariwal.

Correspondence and administrative papers concerning Kejariwal's research fellowship. These are:

• Letter from Phil [Cyril Philips] to Frank Steele, President, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the request of Professor Kejariwal to meet Steele and to discuss his research. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 5 March 1990.
• Correspondence between Frank Steele and O.P. Kejariwal concerning the possibility of the Royal Asiatic Society funding his research. Two letters, handwritten, dated 21 March and 10 April 1990.
• 'Paper for the Council Meeting of 12 April 1990: Grant to Professor O.M. Kejariwal' written by Franke Steele with additional information concerning proposed expenditure, biographical data and proposal entitled 'British Historiography on India in the nineteenth century'. Typed, 9 pieces, dated 2 April 1990.
• Correspondence between Frank Steele, O.P. Kejariwal and A.D.H. Bivar, President, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the amount that the Society may be willing to provide, and the reasons for the subsequent delay in Kejariwal's reply and whether there is still the possibility of being funded by the Society. Five letters, typed and handwritten, dated 14 April 1990 - 12 July 1991.
• Correspondence between A.D.H. Bivar and O.P. Kejariwal concerning the formal offer made by the Society and Kejariwal's acceptance of its conditions. Two letters, typed, dated 26 July-12 August 1991.
• Extract from a letter from A.D.H. Bivar to O.P. Kejariwal concerning arrangements for Kejariwal's flight to England. One piece, typed, dated 20 February 1992.
• Correspondence between O.P. Kejariwal, A.D.H. Bivar and John A. Payne, Honorary Treasurer, Royal Asiatic Society, regarding the practicalities of Kejariwal receiving his funding. Typed and handwritten, 4 letters, dated 2 June - 27 July 1992.
• 'Dr O.P. Kejariwal Total grant' - balance sheet for Kejariwal's funding with note by David Bivar. Typed and handwritten, 1 piece, dated 10 November 1992.
• Correspondence between John A. Payne and O.P. Kejariwal concerning his return to India and final payments. Three letters, typed and handwritten, dated 10 November - 21 December 1992.
• Correspondence between A.D.H. Bivar and O.P. Kejariwal concerning Kejariwal's final reports. Typed and handwritten, 2 letters, dated 30 December 1992 - 6 January 1993.
• 'Report on the Period of Fellowship of the Royal Asiatic Society, London. 15 May 1992 to 11 November 1992.' -Kejariwal's report on his research. Typed, 2 pieces.
• 'Summary of Suggestions by Dr Kejariwal' - a further report by Kejariwal but itemising possible improvements to the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed, 6 pieces.
• Correspondence concerning obtaining photocopies and other research material between O.P. Kejariwal, John A. Payne and the holding institutions. Typed and handwritten, 13 pieces, dated 7 January 1993 - 20 February 1993.
• Correspondence between John A. Payne and O.P. Kejariwal concerning other institutions that may be helpful to Kejariwal's research. Typed and handwritten, 5 pieces, dated 5 April 1993 - 11 March 1994.

• 'Identifications of Copies of Paintings in the Ajanta Caves Completed by Robert Gill in the Period 1845-1863' by Colmán McLaughlin. The manuscript is dated as 'Final Draft 1/21/2010'. Computer printed, 36 pieces.
• Copies of emails between Colmán McLaughlin and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning obtaining documents for this research. He also includes a transcript of a submission by the Royal Asiatic Society to the East India Company Honourable Court of Directors concerning the appointment of Robert Gill as artist and photographer at the Ajanta Caves and subsequent correspondence, computer printed, 11 pieces, dated 19 July 2004 - 10 July 2009.

Parts 2,3,4 and 5 of the 'Etymological Vocabulary of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Ainu' by Johannes Rahder of Yale University. The second and third parts were privately printed in 1959, the fourth in 1960 and the fifth in 1962, all in New Haven Connecticut, USA. These are typed manuscripts.

• Part 2 runs from page 75-157 with ten pages of Abbreviations and a title page. On this first page of the text is the handwritten note 'pages 1-74 form the first part of J. Rahder's Etymological Vocabulary of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Ainu (first edition printed in Tokyo 1956 as Monograph 16 of Monumenta Nipponica, Sophia Univ; 2nd revised and enlarged edition New Haven 1960).' Foolscap sheets.
• Part 3 has a title page and 66 pages of content. Foolscap sheets.
• Part 4 has a title page, three preface pages and 38 pages of content. Foolscap sheets.
• Part 5 has a title page, 1 preface page and 45 pages of content. Sheets 28cm x 22cm.

The 'Index of Languages' taken from the 'Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society' by Horace Frederick Moule and Thomas Herbert Darlow, London, 1903-1911. This is a handwritten copy made into a table over 72 sheets with the headings Language, Where Spoken, Family of Languages, Characters used by Bible Society for printing, and Remarks. With the index is a typed covering page which indicates that this is not a complete list but comprises only of those languages and dialects into which the Bible had been translated. At the top of the page the date 1936 has been crossed out and replaced with 1937.