Professor John Carswell
| Bio | Professor John Carswell is a long-time member of the Society, having served twice on the Council and as a Vice-President. He has lectured frequently to the Society on a range of different topics, and particularly on his researches into trade between China, Central Asia and the West. He now lives in Andalusia, and his most recent activity has been cataloguing the Iznik collection in the Benaki Museum in Athens. |
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Lectures to The Society
| Title | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Excavation of Mantal: Sri Lanka, Civil War and Pre-History |  |
Nov 2008 |
| China in Sri Lanka: Recent Discoveries of Chinese Porcelain | |
Apr 2005 |
| More About the Mongols | |
Apr 2003 |
| Westward from Mongolia: New research in the Gobi Desert | |
Feb 2001 |
| A Month in Mongolia: Kharakhoto Revisited | |
Mar 1998 |
| Mysteries of Ancient China | |
Feb 1997 |
| From Chicago to Korea: Chinese Celadon in the Indian Ocean | |
Jul 1994 |
| The Feast of the Gods | |
Jan 1993 |
| China and the West: Recent Archaeological research in South Asia | |
Jul 1988 |
Articles in the Journal
| More About the Mongols: Chinese Porcelain from Asia to Europe | ||
| Professor John Carswell | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 36 Number 2 | July 2005 | |
| Westward from Mongolia: New Research in the Taklamakan | ||
| Professor John Carswell | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 32 Number 2 | July 2001 | |
| A Month in Mongolia: Kharakhoto Revisited | ||
| Professor John Carswell | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 29 Number 3 | November 1998 | |
| The Mysteries of Ancient China | ||
| Professor John Carswell | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 28 Number 2 | July 1997 | |
| From Chicago to Samarkand | ||
| Professor John Carswell | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 26 Number 2 | July 1995 | |
| The Queen, the Sultan and the Organ | ||
| Professor John Carswell | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 25 Number 1 | March 1994 | |
| "The Feast of the Gods" | ||
| Professor John Carswell | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 24 Number 2 | July 1993 | |
| China and the West: Recent Archaeological Research in South Asia | ||
| Professor John Carswell | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 20 Number 1 | March 1989 | |
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