Friday 29 July 2022

SAALG Summer gathering, 8 September 2022

The South Asia Archive and Library Group Summer gathering will take place on Thursday, 8 September 2022 at the Ancient India & Iran Trust.

Address: 23 Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge CB2 8BG (view on Google maps)

The charge will be £15 per person (in cash or cheque on the day). 

Places limited; please e-mail antonia.moon@bl.uk if you intend to come.

 Programme

Arrival and coffee, 11.30 – 11.40

11.40 – 11.45

Welcome

Ursula Sims-Williams, Ancient India & Iran Trust

 

11.45 – 12.15

Some Collections at the Ancient India & Iran Trust

 

Joanna Salisbury, Ancient India & Iran Trust

12.15 – 12.45

Alexander the Great in South Asia

 

Ursula Sims Williams, British Library

12.45 – 1.00

Display of collection items from the Ancient India & Iran Trust

 

 

1.00 – 2.00

Lunch (provided) and networking

 

 

2.00 – 2.30

Sources for Military Ancestry in the East India and India Office Records

 

Hedley Sutton, British Library

2.30 – 3.00

Tilya Tepe and Taliban: Bactrian Gold's Afghantsy Past

 

Burzine Waghmar, SOAS

 

3.00 – 3.30

Tea

 

 

3.30 – 4.30

Updates from all and SAALG Committee meeting

 

 

4.30

End