Ms Victoria Schofield

Bio Victoria Schofield - For 30 years Victoria Schofield has been broadcasting and writing about Pakistan and South Asia, where she has travelled widely. She is a frequent commentator on BBC World TV, BBC World Service and other news outlets. She is the author of Kashmir in Conflict; Afghan Frontier: Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia; Wavell: Soldier and Statesman; Kashmir in the Crossfire; Bhutto: Trial and Execution; Old Roads, New Highways, Fifty Years of Pakistan (ed.) (1998).

Lectures to The Society

Title Type Date
India: Field Marshall Wavell (1883-1950): Soldier and Viceroy Lecture Jun 2006
Kashmir - Today, Tomorrow? Lecture May 1997

Articles in the Journal

Pakistan (Review Article)
  Ms Victoria Schofield
  Asian Affairs, Volume 41 Number 2 July 2010
Can Democracy Work in Pakistan?
  Ms Victoria Schofield
  Asian Affairs, Volume 40 Number 2 July 2009
Gilmour, D. The Long Recessional. The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling
  Ms Victoria Schofield
  Asian Affairs, Volume 33 Number 2 July 2002
Pakistan: Benign Dictatorship?
  Ms Victoria Schofield
  Asian Affairs, Volume 33 Number 1 March 2002
Kashmir – Today, Tomorrow?
  Ms Victoria Schofield
  Asian Affairs, Volume 28 Number 3 November 1997

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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