Dr Roger Kershaw

Bio

Roger Kershaw is a former lecturer, now freelance writer, on South East Asia. He worked in Brunei between 1984 and 1994. His interest in monarchy is reflected in Monarchy in South-East Asia: The Faces of Tradition in Transition (London, Routledge, 2001). He has contributed a number of articles to Asian Affairs on Brunei, Malaysia and Thailand, and many reviews across the years. He gained a Ph.D. at SOAS in 1969.

Lectures to The Society

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Articles in the Journal

Partners in Realism: Britain and Brunei Amid Recent Turbulence
  Dr Roger Kershaw
  Asian Affairs, Volume 34 Number 1 March 2003
Elusive Truths: British Media and the Thai Monarchy
  Dr Roger Kershaw
  Asian Affairs, Volume 32 Number 3 November 2001
Challenges of Historiography: Interpreting the Decolonisation of Brunei
  Dr Roger Kershaw
  Asian Affairs, Volume 31 Number 3 November 2000
Constraints of History: the Eliciting of Modern Brunei
  Dr Roger Kershaw
  Asian Affairs, Volume 29 Number 3 November 1998
Students and the Revolution: Thoughts on the Return of a Thai Son
  Dr Roger Kershaw
  Asian Affairs, Volume 13 Number 1 March 1982
Thailand's Return to Limited Democracy
  Dr Roger Kershaw
  Asian Affairs, Volume 10 Number 3 November 1979
Cross-currents on the Malayan East Coast
  Dr Roger Kershaw
  Asian Affairs, Volume 7 Number 2 July 1976
Thailand After Vietnam: After Vietnam Thailand?
  Dr Roger Kershaw
  Asian Affairs, Volume 7 Number 1 March 1976

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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

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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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