Mission Statement

To achieve its objectives as an educational charity, the Society seeks to provide a balanced programme of activities and publications which, while not neglecting the past, gives a wide range of opportunities for members to keep up-to-date with developments in Asian countries and for discussions on a wide variety of topics of common interest to Asia and the West.

Images of Asia

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Child Priests in Varanasi (Banaras), India

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Istanbul as seen from the Bosphorus

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Sign at the Golden Triangle (Thailand, Laos and Burma)

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Lijiang Rooftops

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Baltit Fort, Hunza

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Chopping firewood in Naryn Oblast, Kyrgyzstan

Forthcoming Events

Mon 11 Oct Iraq - A Military View

Wed 13 Oct Decline and Fall: the Tragic Reign of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Muqtadir 908-932 at 2 Belgrave Square

Wed 20 Oct The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in an Historical Perspective at 2 Belgrave Square

Wed 3 Nov The Russians in Afghanistan at 2 Belgrave Square

Tue 9 Nov Annual Presentation for Sixth Form Students at SOAS - Brunei Gallery

News

Twenty20 Cricket match Maj Langlands XI v Britsh Army XI 25 Sept 2010: Cricket Match between Major Langlands School old boys XI and the British Army XI in aid of Major Langlands School in Chitral. more…

Tour of Georgia & Armenia 2010 more…

Tour of India 2011 more…

Further Exhibitions at and with the British Museum & Abroad more…

Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul This exhibition explores the cultural heritage of ancient Afghanistan from the Bronze Age through the rise of trade along the Silk Roads in the first century of our era. more…

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