Professor Charles R Bawden

Bio

Emeritus Professor C. R. Bawden had a distinguished career at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of London, where he was successively lecturer, reader and professor of Mongolian from 1955 to 1984. He is the author of a number of works, including The Modern History of Mongolia (1968), Shamans, Lamas and Evangelicals: The English Missionaries in Siberia (1985) and a Mongolian-English Dictionary (1997; reviewed in Asian Affairs, February 1998).

Lectures to The Society

Title Type Date
The English Missionaries in Siberia, 1818-1840 Lecture Nov 1984

Articles in the Journal

Edward Stallybrass: the Final Years
  Professor Charles R Bawden
  Asian Affairs, Volume 32 Number 1 March 2001
The English Missionaries in Siberia: the London Missionary Society's Mission to the Buryats, 1817-1840
  Professor Charles R Bawden
  Asian Affairs, Volume 16 Number 2 July 1985
A journey to western Mongolia
  Professor Charles R Bawden
  Royal Central Asian Journal, Volume 1969 Number 2 April 1969
Mongolian review, February 1967
  Professor Charles R Bawden
  Royal Central Asian Journal, Volume 1967 Number 1 February 1967
Mongolian review, October 1965
  Professor Charles R Bawden
  Royal Central Asian Journal, Volume 1965 Number 3 June 1965

Images of Asia

Forthcoming Events

Wed 13 Jun AGM (for members only) at 6 pm followed by at Society of Chemical Industry
Wed 27 Jun Where Hornbills Fly: A Journey with the Headhunters of Borneo at Society of Chemical Industry
Wed 11 Jul Tea Horse Road: China's Ancient Trade Road to Tibet at Society of Chemical Industry
Wed 25 Jul Annual Tea Party at The House of Lords

News

LIBRARY & ARCHIVE: TEMPORARY CLOSURE Shuts 16 May 2012, reopens 1st August 2012 more…

Festival of Asian Literature at Asia House 15 - 30 May 2012 more…

The Bangladeshi Novel The Royal Society of Literature Tagore Memorial Meeting, with speakers Philip Hensher and Tahmima Anam more…

"Yemen: Challenges for the Future" - an international conference (BYS & LMEI) Invitation for scholars to propose papers for conference in November 2012 more…

Ragmala Paintings from India: Poetry, passion, song Exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery: 25 January - 27 May 2012 more…

Recent Recordings

The Art of Resistance in the Middle East

Ashoka: India's Lost Emperor Charles Allen returns the RSAA to speak about the re-discovery of one of India's greatest Emperors, Ashoka, and the empire he built

The Freedom Factor Humphrey Hawksley discusses how freedoms have come to the world and what can be done to support their spreading in the world

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