The SAALG Autumn Meeting will take place on Monday 30. October at the SOAS Library.

The meeting will also include a visit to the Royal Asiatic Society Bicentenary Exhibition at the Brunei Gallery SOAS exhibitions.

Programme below & in our blog here:
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Burzine Waghmar

An early 19th century depiction of a Durga pandal in Sevak Ram's painting of the celebration of Durga Puja, the Hindu festival marking the Goddess Durga's victory over the demon king Mahishasura.

Painted in Patna, in 1809. British Library, Add Or 29.

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Rama and Laksmana attacking the demon Danukabandha. Painted in Trichinopoly, c. 1824-26. From an album on Hindu deities.

Come work with us! Digital Curator, OCR/HTR British Library
Join the Heritage Made Digital team to further improve the access & usability of our digital collections by integrating a standardised OCR & HTR production process into our existing workflows.
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Partition of Identity presents 'Paper Boats: The Pakistani Bengali Story'

Curated by our alumni Anushay Malik, Humera Iqbal and more. Based on research from the Partition of Identity Project, University College London, and MGSHSS.

Find out more here: richmix.org.uk/events/paper-b…

Join us for the South Asia Centre's first research seminar of the autumn semester with Karthick Ram Manoharan on 'Anti-colonialism or anti-casteism? Reading #Fanon and #Periyar together' on 19 Oct from 16:30-18:30 pm (BST) on Teams. Don't miss out - Registration info on the poster.

Now open! Come and explore the exhibitions we have on display including Extradinary Endeavours and our own collections 😍

Link in bio for more info 👆

#royalasiaticsociety #asisanart #exhibition #london @soasuni @royalasiaticsociety

We are delighted to be hosting a very exciting exhibition this October by talented British-Indian artist Surjeet Husain. Show opens 6th to 14th October in the Penny School Gallery at our dedicated Creative Industries Centre, in the heart of Kingston.
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Very proud to share this new publication of mine, the intro to Islam and Print in South Asia: 'Beyond Colonial Rupture: Print Culture and the Emergence of Muslim Modernity in Nineteenth-Century South Asia', co-authored with Priyanka Basu and Layli Uddin doi.org/10.1163/258999…

If you haven't seen British Library's Digital Storytelling exhibition, please visit before it closes on 15th October! Stella Wisdom is giving 2 talks about it, tomorrow eve at Richmond upon Thames Libraries & Friday morning (6th Oct) for DARIAH-EU's Friday Frontiers series blogs.bl.uk/digital-schola…

#JobAlert for researcher in #SilkRoad studies

William Henry Wilson of the Bombay Police - his papers are part of a recently catalogued collection of India Office Private Papers now available to researchers British Library.
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The call for applications to Round 19 is now open! Apply online via the EAP portal by Monday 13 Nov for grants starting in summer 2024. Check out the Grants pages of our website for more information.

Are you an archive interested in applying for the Endangered Archives Programme? Don't miss the upcoming events organised with regional hub partners including School of Cultural Texts and Records, JU!

Gaddi Politics and Identity in the Western Himalaya

Date/time: 4 Oct 2023, 5:30pm
Venue: SOAS University of London
Registration -

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Could you help save the stories that shaped history?

Today, we’re launching an appeal to raise £20,000 towards our vital conservation work to preserve our collection for future generations.

New series, new year: CROSSINGS, 2023-24. Come join us Center for South Asian Studies, UC Santa Cruz for a wonderful line up of thinkers, activists, artists. Check out our website for more info to register and more: csas.ucsc.edu

Uncovering the lives of East India Company women.
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We are looking for a Project Curator to support the development and delivery of the exhibition focussing on #Dunhuang and the Eastern #SilkRoads that is scheduled in Autumn 2024. Full Time, Fixed Term Contract for 18 months. More information at tinyurl.com/jnxme2hx

Remaking Britain are looking to get in touch with strikers from the #Grunwick Dispute, 1976-78, this South Asian Heritage Month #SouthAsianHeritageMonth . If you know anyone involved, or could put us in touch with Jayaben Desai’s son Sunil Desai, we’d love to hear from you. #StoriesToTell Pls share