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Recommendation, correspondence and photographs concerned with the conferment of the Burton Memorial Medal on Professor Caroline Humphrey.

Report to nominate Professor Humphrey as a recipient of the Medal and copies of email correspondence concerning the award.

Report to give biographical details of Professor Caroline Humphreys and to suggest her as a suitable candidate for the Burton Memorial Medal.

Copies of emails between Dr Alison Ohta, Director of Royal Asiatic Society, and Professor Caroline Humphrey concerning the conferment of the Burton Memorial Award, the arrangements for giving the Memorial Lecture and the dinner afterwards. Copies were made in 2019.

Five photographs taken at the Presentation of the Burton Memorial Medal to Professor Caroline Humphrey. These are held electronically and can be viewed within the Reading Room. They are:

• RAS BMM.21.02.01 - Professor Caroline Humphrey delivering her lecture.
• RAS BMM.21.02.02 - Mr Lionel Knight, Treasurer of Royal Asiatic Society, introduces the Lecture
• RAS BMM.21.02.03 - Professor Caroline Humphrey receives her Medal from Professor Peter Robb, President of Royal Asiatic Society
• RAS BMM.21.02.04 - The Richard Burton hat and stick on display
• RAS BMM.21.02.05 - Professors Caroline Humphrey and Peter Robb at the post lecture reception

In 2022, three Burton Memorial Medals were given by the Royal Asiatic Society to:

• Dr. Peter Alford Andrews and Mrs. Mügül Andrews for their study on Eurasian tents.
• Pepita Seth for her exploration of the closed worlds of the Guruvayur Temple and Theyyam Rituals in Kerala.
• Professor Tim Williams for his exploration, archaeological and documentation projects in Beirut and Central Asia, and for his collaborations with local partners on the Silk Road and for UNESCO and ICOMOS Silk Roads mapping.

Much of the material concerned with the awarding of these medals is still within the current records. However there are some publicity material and photographs. Associated with the award of the medal in 2022 is:

• 'The Sir Richard Burton Medal, 2022' - part of the blogpost, Reflecting on 2021, posted on 17 December 2021. Archival electronic document created in September 2024.

The Burton Memorial Medal was given to Peter Alford Andrews and to his wife, Mügül, posthumously. Archival material associated with this is:

• 'Interview with Peter Alford Andrews – recipient of the Sir Richard Burton Medal, 2022' (copy of a blogpost from 17 June 2022) - electronic archival document created September 2024.
• Publicity Poster for the award of the Medal and Peter Andrews lecture, 'A Lifetime in Tents', 8 November 2022.

Pepita Seth received her Medal on 24 October 2023. The material associated is:

• Interview with Pepita Seth (2022 Burton Medal Recipient) - copy of a blogpost for 1 July 2022, archival electronic document created September 2024.
• Publicity Poster for conferment of the medal and Seth's lecture, 'In God's Mirror: The Theyyams of Malabar', 24 October 2023, 2 jpeg documents.
• Digital photographs of the lecture and receiving of the medal, 6 photographs.

Professor Tim Williams received his Medal on 8 December 2022. The associated material is:

• Publicity Poster for the conferment of the medal and Williams' lecture, 'Along the Silk Roads of Central Asia', 8 December 2022.

In 1923 the Royal Asiatic Society celebrated its Centenary. This archival material contains a scrapbook with Centenary correspondence and invitations, further congratulatory correspondence, material concerning the Centenary Events, and correspondence concerning the publication of a Centenary Volume.