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The Agendas, Minutes and Papers for the Library Committee Meetings for 2018.

In 2018 the winner was Johannes Lotze (University of Manchester) for his thesis, Translation of Empire: Mongol Legacy, Language Policy, and the Early Ming World Order, 1368-1453.

The shortlisted candidates were Kyle Jackson (University of Warwick) for Colonial Conquest and Religious Enlightenment: A Mizo History from Northeast India (c. 1980-1920); Ed Pulford (University of Cambridge) for On northeast Asian Frontiers of History and Friendship; Partha Pratim Shil (University of Cambridge) for Police Labour and State-Formation in Bengal, c.1860- c.1950; and Callie Wilkinson (University of Cambridge) for The Residents of the British East India Company at Indian Royal Courts, c. 1798-1818.

For the inaugural Bayly Prize the society appointed the adjudicators: Professor Taylor Sherman (LSE), Professor Sunil Amrith (Harvard), Professor Dame Caroline Humphrey (Cambridge), Professor James Laidlaw (Cambridge), and Professor Naoko Shimazu (Yale-NUS).

The winner was announced by Professor Sir David Cannadine, President of the British Academy, at a reception held at the Royal Asiatic Society on 30th October 2018.

The archival material is:

• 'The Bayly Prize 2018 Shortlist' - document giving biographical details of the shortlisted candidates and their theses. Computer printed, 4 pieces.
• 'The Bayly Prize and Launch of Professor Sir Christopher Bayly's Remaking the Modern World 1900-2015. Global Connections and Comparisons' - printed invitation from the President and Council of the Royal Asiatic Society to the award of the first Bayly Prize and book launch on 30 October 2018. Printed on card, 2 copies.
• 'The Bayly Prize' - printed details concerning the establishment of the Bayly Prize and the shortlisted candidates. Printed on card, 2 copies.
• Four digital photographs of the award ceremony on 30 October 2018 including some of the shortlisted candidates, Professor Lady Bayly and officers of the Society.

Publicity posters for Lectures and Book Launches from 2017-2018. These are a mixture of physical and electronic documents.

• 26 October 2017: Dr Yuka Kadoi, 'Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art', book launch. (Physical document.)
• 26 October 2017: Professor Francis Robinson, Marion Molteno and Dr Rakjshanda Jalil. 'A Thousand Yearnings: A Book of Urdu Poetry and Prose" A new edition of Ralph Russell's translations with introduction by Marion Molteno', book launch.
• 2 November 2017: Charles Allen, 'Coromandel: A Personal history of South India', book launch.
• 9 November 2017: Dr Andrew Arsan, 'Beyond Formal and Informal Imperialism: Beirut, Hong Kong, and the Growth of European Power, c.1830-1870'.
• 16 November 2017: Professor David Park, 'Preserving the Buddhist Wall Paintings of Bhutan'.
• 21 November 2107: RAS Collections Evening.
• 23 November 2017: Dr Elaine Wright, 'Lapis and Gold: Exploring Chester Beatty's Ruzbihan Qur'an'.
• 4 December 2017: Mark Condos, 'The Insecurity State', book launch.
• 7 December 2017: Dr Diana Lange, 'Exploring Tibet in the Mid 19th Century: The British Library's Wise Collection'.
• 13 December 2017: David Leffman, 'William Mesny: How a British Adventurer Became a General in Qing-Dynasty China'.
• 11 January 2018: Professor Christopher Fuller, 'European Science and Colonial Anthropology in British India, c.1871-1911'.
• 17 January 2018: "Anglo-Indian and Minority Politics in South Asia" by Uther Charlton-Stevens, 'Refugees and the Politics of the Everyday State in Pakistan Resettlement in Punjab, 1947-1962" by Elisabetta Iob, "Urbanisation, Citizenship and Conflict in India Ahmedabad 1900-2000" by Tommaso Bobbio; book launches with introduction by Professor Francis Robinson.
• 18 January 2017: Dr Mark Condos, 'Anarchists, Revolutionaries, and Franco-British Imperial Policing in French Chandernagore, 1905-1930'.
• 23 January 2018: Dr Alban von Stockhausen, 'Images and (Post)colonial Encounters: A History of the Visual Representation of the Nagas of Northeast India'.
• 8 February 2018: Dr Annabel Gallop, 'The Great Seal of Aceh'.
• 20 February 2018: Amy Matthewson, 'Mr Punch and Chinamania: Blue Willow China and Consumer Consumption in 'Punch' Magazine, 1874-1880'.
• 26 February 2018: Rohan Deb Roy, 'Malarial Subjects: Empire, Medicine and Nonhumans in British India, 1820-1909', book launch.
• 6 March 2018: Professor Mercedes Volait, 'The Domestic Collecting of Islamic Artefacts in 19th Century Cairo: The Meymar Objects at the Victoria and Albert Museum'.
• 8 March 2018: Dr Peter Webb, 'Arab Origins: Identity, History and Islam'.
• 15 March 2018: Robert Irwin, 'Ibn Khaldun', book launch.
• 20 March 2018: Dr Zeynep Yürekli-Görkay, 'An Ottoman Sense of Place: Topographical illustration between Europe and Iran'.
• 12 April 2018: Dr Omniya Abdel-Barr, 'K.A.C. Creswell's Photographic Archive at the V&A Museum'.
• 17 April 2018: Professor Francis Robinson, 'Jamal Mian', book launch.
• 19 April 2018: John Falconer, 'A Glorious Galaxy of Monuments: Photography and Archaeology in India in the 19th Century'.
• 26 April 2018: Dr Alex McKay, 'The View from the Palace: The Sikkim Royal Archives'.
• 3 May 2018: Professor Anthony Stockwell, 'Plunder and Restitution: Britain and the Mandalay Regalia'.
• 15 May 2018: Dr Deniz Tuerker, 'The Yildiz Kiosk and the Queen Mothers of the Tanzimat Era: Gender, Landscape and Visibility'.
• 17 May 2018: Dr. Indira Viswanathan Peterson, 'The Royal Asiatic Society's recruitment of elite Indians in its foundational years, making specific reference to the relationship between the RAS's VP Sir Alexander Johnston (1775-1849) and King Serfoji II of Tanjore (r. 1798-1832)'.
• 24 May 2018: Dr Susan Whitfield, 'Silk, Slaves and Stupas: Material Culture of the Silk Road'.
• 29 May 2018: Dr Ashmita Khasnabish, 'Indian Imagination in a Postcolonial Context'.
• 31 May 2018: Nancy Charley, 'Feart', book launch.
• 7 June 2018: Dr. Umberto Bongianino, 'Like Sweet-Smelling Blooms: Arabic Calligraphy in the Islamic West'.
• 14 June 2018, Professor Ornit Shani, 'How India became democratic'.
• 15 June 2018: John de Lucy, 'The Chinese Labour Corps 1917-1920 & their role in the First World War'; and Frances Wood, 'Essential but Unacknowledged: The Contribution of the CLC in WW1', lectures as part of the British Chinese Armed Forces Heritage Exhibition Roadshow at the Royal Asiatic Society, 22 May-18 June 2018.
• 18 June 2018: Professor Robert Dankoff, 'Ottoman Explorations of the Nile', book launch.
• 11 July 2018: Farrukh Husain & Victoria Schofield, 'Afghanistan in the Age of Empires'.

Photographs from:

• 12 October 2017: Russell Harris, 'A Journal of Three Months' Walk in Persia in 1884 by Captain John Compton Pyne', 4 images.
• 26 October 2017: Dr Yuka Kadoi, 'Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art', book launch, 6 images.
• 2 November 2017: Charles Allen, 'Coromandel: A Personal history of South India', book launch, 4 images.
• 9 November 2017: Dr Andrew Arsan, 'Beyond Formal and Informal Imperialism: Beirut, Hong Kong, and the Growth of European Power, c.1830-1870', 4 images.
• 16 November 2017: Professor David Park, 'Preserving the Buddhist Wall Paintings of Bhutan', 7 images.
• 23 November 2017: Dr Elaine Wright, 'Lapis and Gold: Exploring Chester Beatty's Ruzbihan Qur'an', 8 images.
• 7 December 2017: Dr Diana Lange, 'Exploring Tibet in the Mid 19th Century: The British Library's Wise Collection', 4 images .
• 7 December 2017: David Leffman, 'William Mesny: How a British Adventurer Became a General in Qing-Dynasty China', 6 images.
• 11 January 2018: Professor Christopher Fuller, 'European Science and Colonial Anthropology in British India, c.1871-1911', 5 images.
• 17 January 2018: "Anglo-Indian and Minority Politics in South Asia" by Uther Charlton-Stevens, 'Refugees and the Politics of the Everyday State in Pakistan Resettlement in Punjab, 1947-1962" by Elisabetta Iob, "Urbanisation, Citizenship and Conflict in India Ahmedabad 1900-2000" by Tommaso Bobbio; book launch with introduction by Professor Francis Robinson, 7 images.
• 18 January 2017: Dr Mark Condos, 'Anarchists, Revolutionaries, and Franco-British Imperial Policing in French Chandernagore, 1905-1930', 4 images.
• 23 January 2018: Dr Alban von Stockhausen, 'Images and (Post)colonial Encounters: A History of the Visual Representation of the Nagas of Northeast India', 3 images.
• 8 February 2018: Dr Annabel Gallop, 'The Great Seal of Aceh', 5 images.
• 20 February 2018: Amy Matthewson, 'Mr Punch and Chinamania: Blue Willow China and Consumer Consumption in 'Punch' Magazine, 1874-1880', 4 images.
• 6 March 2018: Professor Mercedes Volait, 'The Domestic Collecting of Islamic Artefacts in 19th Century Cairo: The Meymar Objects at the Victoria and Albert Museum', 4 images.
• 8 March 2018: Dr Peter Webb, 'Arab Origins: Identity, History and Islam', 9 images.
• 15 March 2018: Robert Irwin, 'Ibn Khaldun', book launch, 3 images.
• 20 March 2018: Dr Zeynep Yürekli-Görkay, 'An Ottoman Sense of Place: Topographical illustration between Europe and Iran', 5 images.
• 27 March 2018: Drs George Michell and Gethin Rees 'Buddhist Rock-Cut Monasteries of the Western Ghats', 6 images.
• 10 April 2018: Ezra Rashkow, Sanjukta Ghosh and Upal Chakrabarti (editors), 'Memory, Identity and the Colonial Encounter in India: Essays in Honour of Peter Robb', book launch, 13 images.
• 12 April 2018: Dr Omniya Abdel-Barr, 'K.A.C. Creswell's Photographic Archive at the V&A Museum', 8 images.
• 17 April 2018: Professor Francis Robinson, 'Jamal Mian', book launch, 9 images.
• 19 April 2018: John Falconer, 'A Glorious Galaxy of Monuments: Photography and Archaeology in India in the 19th Century', 2 images.
• 26 April 2018: Dr Alex McKay, 'The View from the Palace: The Sikkim Royal Archives', 4 images.
• 3 May 2018: Professor Anthony Stockwell, 'Plunder and Restitution: Britain and the Mandalay Regalia', 6 images.
• 15 May 2018: Dr Deniz Tuerker, 'The Yildiz Kiosk and the Queen Mothers of the Tanzimat Era: Gender, Landscape and Visibility'; and 17 May 2018: Dr. Indira Viswanathan Peterson, 'The Royal Asiatic Society's recruitment of elite Indians in its foundational years, making specific reference to the relationship between the RAS's VP Sir Alexander Johnston (1775-1849) and King Serfoji II of Tanjore (r. 1798-1832)' , 9 images.
• 29 May 2018: Dr Ashmita Khasnabish, 'Indian Imagination in a Postcolonial Context', 3 images.
• 31 May 2018: Nancy Charley, 'Feart', book launch, 5 images.
• 7 June 2018: Dr. Umberto Bongianino, 'Like Sweet-Smelling Blooms: Arabic Calligraphy in the Islamic West', 3 images.
• 14 June 2018, Professor Ornit Shani, 'How India became democratic', 8 images.
• 15 June 2018: John de Lucy, 'The Chinese Labour Corps 1917-1920 & their role in the First World War'; and Frances Wood, 'Essential but Unacknowledged: The Contribution of the CLC in WW1', lectures as part of the British Chinese Armed Forces Heritage Exhibition Roadshow at the Royal Asiatic Society, 22 May-18 June 2018, 8 images.
• 18 June 2018: Professor Robert Dankoff, 'Ottoman Explorations of the Nile', book launch, 14 images.

The Agendas, Minutes and Papers for the Library Committee Meetings for 2017.

The Report and Financial Statements for the Society were no longer published in the Society's Journal after 2011. Therefore these have been included within these archives. The material available for the Anniversary General Meetings from 2016-2020 is:

2016

• Agenda for the Anniversary General Meeting, 12 May 2016, with Election of Council Members, 3 pieces.
• Signed Minutes of the AGM, 1 piece.
• Royal Asiatic Society Report and Financial Statements for the year ending December 2015, 14 pieces.
• Poster for Anniversary Lecture given by Denis Sinor Medal Winner, Professor Nicholas Sims-Williams. The presentation of the medal took place at the AGM. The lecture was entitled The Bactrian Archives: Reconstructing the Lost History of Ancient Afghanistan. Printed, 2 pieces.
• Photographs from Anniversary Lecture and presentation of the Medal, 5 digital images.

2017

• Agenda for the Anniversary General Meeting, 11 May 2017, with Election of Council Members, 1 piece.
• Signed Minutes of the AGM, 1 piece.
• Royal Asiatic Society Report and Financial Statements for the year ending December 2016, 16 pieces.
• Poster for Anniversary Lecture given by Professor Susan Bayly. The lecture was entitled Beyond 'Propaganda': Images and the Moral Citizen in Late-Socialist Vietnam. Printed and Digital copies.
• Photographs from Anniversary Meeting and Lecture, 6 digital images.

2018

• Agenda for the Anniversary General Meeting, 10 May 2018, with Election of Council Members, 2 pieces.
• Minutes of the AGM, 1 piece.
• Royal Asiatic Society Report and Financial Statements for the year ending December 2017, 15 pieces.
• Poster for Anniversary Lecture given by Professor Charles Melville. The lecture was entitled The Illustration of Mirkhwand's Raudat al-Safa in RAS Ms. Persian 38. Digital copy and printed copy.
• Photographs from Anniversary Meeting and Lecture, 7 digital images.

2019

• Agenda for the Anniversary General Meeting, 9 May 2019, with Election of Council Members, 2 pieces.
• Signed Minutes of the AGM, 1 piece.
• Royal Asiatic Society Report and Financial Statements for the year ending December 2018, 16 pieces.
• Poster for Anniversary Lecture given by Professor Jonathan Phillips. The lecture was entitled 'Saladin, we have returned!': The Myriad Memories of the Crusades in the Near East during the Modern Era. Digital copy and printed copy.
• Photographs from Anniversary Meeting and Lecture, 5 digital images.

2020
In 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Anniversary General Meeting was held via the online platform, Zoom. The material includes:

• Agenda for the Anniversary General Meeting, 22 October 2020, with Election of Council Members, 2 pieces.
• Minutes of the AGM, 1 piece.
• Royal Asiatic Society Report and Financial Statements for the year ending December 2019, 17 pieces.
• Photographs from the preparations for the Zoom AGM, 4 digital images.

Publicity posters for Lectures and Book Launches from 2016-2017. These are a mixture of physical and electronic documents.

• 12 September 2016: Hasan Ali Khan, 'Constructing Islam on the Indus', book launch.
• 27 September 2016: Dr Rose Kerr, 'Statue of Zhenwu, the Dark Warrior'.
• 13 October 2016: Dr Chandrika Kaul, 'The BBC and India: Mediating Empire, War and Decolonisation'.
• 18 October 2016: Marion Molteno, 'Ralph Russell's The Famous Ghalib: The Sound of My Moving Pen'.
• 24 October 2016: Professor Karel Werner, 'Pure Yoga in its Historical Context and Today'.
• 26 October 2016: David Waterhouse, 'Brian Hodgson and the RAS - Fresh Perspectives'.
• 2 November 2016: Dr Mark Watson, 'Nepal: The Early years of Natural History Exploration and the Role of Learned Societies'.
• 7 November 2016: Francis Gooding and Noah Angell, 'Lux Imperium, Colonial Film at Home: Amateur Movies of the British Empire taken from the Bristol Records Office Collection', film and talk.
• 8 November 2016: John Baily, 'War, Exile and the Music of Afghanistan: The Ethnographer's Tale', book launch. (Physical document.)
• 10 November 2016: Dr Imma Ramos, 'From Akbar to Ambedkar: Retelling of the Story of South Asia at the British Museum'.
• 21 November 2016: H.J. Noltie, ' "Indian Forester, Scottish Laird: the Botanical Lives of Hugh Cleghorn of Stravithie' and 'The Cleghorn Collection: South Indian Botanical Drawings, 1845-1860', book launches. (Physical document.)
• 6 December 2016: Professor Jordan Goodman, 'Pictures, Texts and Plants: Joseph Banks and Chine, 1780-1820'.
• 8 December 2016: Arthur Milner, 'Damascus Tiles: Some Enduring Questions'.
• 12 December 2016: Frances Wood and Christopher Arnander. 'Betrayed Ally: China in the Great War', book launch. (Physical document.)
• 14 December 2016: Professor Nile Green, 'The Afghan Discovery of Buddha: Archaeology and Nationalism in Pre-Taliban Afghanistan'.
• 12 January 2017: Dr Edward Anderson, 'Hindu Nationalism Abroad: The Indian Diaspora and Hindutva's Early Transnational Development (1946-77)'.
• 18 January 2017: The Hon. James Stourton, 'Reflections on Chinese Porcelain Collectors'.
• 26 January 2017: Elisabeth Leake, 'The Defiant Border', book launch.
• 9 February 2017: Stéphane Pradines, 'The Swahili, a Muslim Culture of the Indian Ocean World: New evidence from archaeological excavations'.
• 14 February 2017: Dr Arthur Dudney, 'The Literature of Decline under the Late Mughals'.
• 16 February 2017:, Richard P. McClary, 'Rum Seljuq Architecture, 1170-1220', book launch.
• 23 February 2017: Nancy Charley, 'Little Blue Hut', book launch.
• 2 March 2017: Bérénice Guyot-Réchard, 'Shadow States: India, China and the Himalayas, 1910-1962', book launch.
• 2 March 2017: Joint lecture with the Armenian Institute, Patrick Donabedian.
• 7 March 2017: Professor Sheila Blair, 'Monumentalizing the Grave: Muslim-style Mausolea across Mongol Eurasia'.
• 9 March 2017: Dr Roy Fischel, 'Sultans of Many Idioms: Kingship, Ideology and Locality in Bijapur and Golkonda, ca. 1600'.
• 14 March 2017: Edward Weech and Nancy Charley, 'Exploring the Royal Asiatic Society Archives: In the Footsteps of Thomas Manning and Sir Richard Burton'. (Physical document.)
• 28 March 2017: Prof Robert Ousterhout, 'Palmyra through the lens of John Henry Haynes: Legendary City, forgotten photographer, and monuments in peril', with Cornucopia. (Physical document.)
• 7 April 2017: Dr Giles Tillotson, Architecture and Landscape in Marwar'.
• 18 April 2017: Dr Martin Bayly, 'Taming the Imperial Imagination: The Genesis of Colonial Knowledge on Afghanistan, 1808-1878'.
• 27 April 2017: Tara Purnima, 'Tales of the Tribes: Connecting to Cultures through Animation'.
• 28 April 2017: Dr Bruno de Nicola, 'Women in Mongol Iran: The Khatuns, 1206 - 1335', book launch.
• 4 May 2017: Armenian Institute lecture, Dr Claude Mutafian, 'The Magic of Writing: A Survey from Stone Inscriptions, Illuminated Manuscripts to Printing'.
• 8 May 2017: Professor Nobuaki Kondo, 'Islamic Law and Society in Iran'.
• 15 May 2017: George Kam Wah Mak, 'Protestant Bible Translation and Mandarin as the National Language of China', book launch.
• 16 May 2017: Dr Simon Layton, 'Piracy and Politics in the Indian Ocean World'.
• 22 May 2017: Professor Jonathan Bloom, 'Silk Road or Paper Road?'.
• 23 May 2017: Collections Evening.
• 8 June 2017: Dr Peter Frankopan, 'Asia and the Formation of Early Modern Europe'.
• 13 June 2017: Burzine Waghmar, 'The East is a Career: A Centennial Appreciation of SOAS'.
• 15 June 2017: Armenian Institute Lecture, Dr Yolande Crowe, 'Armenian Merchants and Kϋtahaya Potters in the 18th Century'.

Photographs from:

• 12 September 2016: Hasan Ali Khan, 'Constructing Islam on the Indus', book launch, 2 images.
• 27 September 2016: Dr Rose Kerr, 'Statue of Zhenwu, the Dark Warrior', 10 images.
• 13 October 2016: Dr Chandrika Kaul, 'The BBC and India: Mediating Empire, War and Decolonisation', 8 images.
• 18 October 2016: Marion Molteno, 'Ralph Russell's The Famous Ghalib: The Sound of My Moving Pen', 15 images.
• 24 October 2016: Professor Karel Werner, 'Pure Yoga in its Historical Context and Today', 1 image.
• 26 October 2016: David Waterhouse, 'Brian Hodgson and the RAS - Fresh Perspectives', 3 images.
• 2 November 2016: Dr Mark Watson, 'Nepal: The Early years of Natural History Exploration and the Role of Learned Societies', 8 images.
• 7 November 2016: Francis Gooding and Noah Angell, 'Lux Imperium, Colonial Film at Home: Amateur Movies of the British Empire Taken from the Bristol Records Office Collection', film and talk, 5 images.
• 8 November 2016: John Baily, 'War, Exile and the Music of Afghanistan: The Ethnographer's Tale', book launch, 4 images.
• 10 November 2016: Dr Imma Ramos, 'From Akbar to Ambedkar: Retelling of the Story of South Asia at the British Museum', 2 images.
• 21 November 2016: H.J. Noltie, 'Indian Forester, Scottish Laird: the Botanical Lives of Hugh Cleghorn of Stravithie' and 'The Cleghorn Collection: South Indian Botanical Drawings, 1845-1860', book launches, 7 images.
• 6 December 2016: Professor Jordan Goodman, 'Pictures, Texts and Plants: Joseph Banks and Chine, 1780-1820', 2 images.
• 8 December 2016: Arthur Milner, 'Damascus Tiles: Some Enduring Questions', 5 images.
• 12 December 2016: Frances Wood and Christopher Arnander. 'Betrayed Ally: China in the Great War', book launch, 11 images.
• 14 December 2016: Professor Nile Green, 'The Afghan Discovery of Buddha: Archaeology and Nationalism in Pre-Taliban Afghanistan', 1 image.
• 12 January 2017: Dr Edward Anderson, 'Hindu Nationalism Abroad: The Indian Diaspora and Hindutva's Early Transnational Development (1946-77)', 7 images.
• 18 January 2017: The Hon. James Stourton, 'Reflections on Chinese Porcelain Collectors', 7 images.
• 26 January 2017: Elisabeth Leake, 'The Defiant Border', book launch, 2 images.
• 9 February 2017: Stéphane Pradines, 'The Swahili, a Muslim Culture of the Indian Ocean World: New evidence from archaeological excavations', 2 images.
• 14 February 2017: Dr Arthur Dudney, 'The Literature of Decline under the Late Mughals', 4 images.
• 16 February 2017: Richard P. McClary, 'Rum Seljuq Architecture, 1170-1220', book launch, 3 images.
• 23 February 2017: Nancy Charley, 'Little Blue Hut', book launch, 12 images.
• 2 March 2017: Bérénice Guyot-Réchard, 'Shadow States: India, China and the Himalayas, 1910-1962', book launch, 7 images.
• 2 March 2017: Joint lecture with the Armenian Institute, Patrick Donabedian, 8 images.
• 7 March 2017: Professor Sheila Blair, 'Monumentalizing the Grave: Muslim-style Mausolea across Mongol Eurasia', 7images.
• 9 March 2017: Dr Roy Fischel, 'Sultans of Many Idioms: Kingship, Ideology and Locality in Bijapur and Golkonda, ca. 1600', 13 images.
• 14 March 2017: Edward Weech and Nancy Charley, 'Exploring the Royal Asiatic Society Archives: In the Footsteps of Thomas Manning and Sir Richard Burton', 8 images.
• 28 March 2017: Prof Robert Ousterhout, 'Palmyra through the lens of John Henry Haynes: Legendary City, forgotten photographer, and monuments in peril', with Cornucopia, 13 images.
• 7 April 2017: Dr Giles Tillotson, 'Architecture and Landscape in Marwar', 7 images.
• 18 April 2017: Dr Martin Bayly, 'Taming the Imperial Imagination: The Genesis of Colonial Knowledge on Afghanistan, 1808-1878', 14 images.
• 27 April 2017: Tara Purnima, 'Tales of the Tribes: Connecting to Cultures through Animation', 7 images.
• 28 April 2017: Dr Bruno de Nicola, 'Women in Mongol Iran: The Khatuns, 1206 - 1335', book launch, 7 images.
• 4 May 2017: Armenian Institute lecture, Dr Claude Mutafian, 'The Magic of Writing: A Survey from Stone Inscriptions, Illuminated Manuscripts to Printing', 5 images.
• 8 May 2017: Professor Nobuaki Kondo, 'Islamic Law and Society in Iran', 1 image.
• 16 May 2017: Dr Simon Layton, 'Piracy and Politics in the Indian Ocean World', 5 images.
• 22 May 2017: Professor Jonathan Bloom, 'Silk Road or Paper Road?', 3 images.
• 8 June 2017: Dr Peter Frankopan, 'Asia and the Formation of Early Modern Europe', 23 images.
• 13 June 2017: Burzine Waghmar, 'The East is a Career': A Centennial Appreciation of SOAS', 10 images.
• 15 June 2017: Armenian Institute Lecture, Dr Yolande Crowe, 'Armenian Merchants and Kϋtahaya Potters in the 18th Century', 1 image.

The Agendas, Minutes and Papers for the Library Committee Meetings for 2016.

Material associated with loans from the Society's collections between 2015-2019:

• Correspondence and Loan and Exhibition Agreement between the Royal Asiatic Society and the National Gallery Singapore concerning the loan of artworks (Head Cat. No. 01.014, 025.072, 025.074i and 090.014) for the exhibition 'Artist and Empire' scheduled to open in October 2016. This exhibition was the touring leg of Tate Britain's exhibition from November 2015 to April 2016. Typed, 12 pieces, dated 5 November 2015-20 May 2016.
• Letter from the Réunion des Musées Nationaux Grand Palais concerning the loan of the portrait of Madhu Rao Narayan (Head Cat. No. 01.014) for the exhibition 'Des grands Moghols aux Maharajahs' scheduled to open in March 2017. Typed, 1 piece, dated 10 November 2016.