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4 November 2026

The RSAA and SOAS are once again delighted to offer Sixth Form students the opportunity to hear from expert speakers and take part in introductory classes in Asian languages. The annual Schools’ Day has been running for over twenty years. This free event is open to students in Year 12 and Year 13.

Its aim is to introduce students to ideas, reg...


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Marcin Kusztal and Dr Kuat Akizhanov in conversation
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Kazakhstan is often viewed through familiar lenses: as a post-Soviet success story, a r...


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Claire Thomas 18 June 2026 15.00 BST Online

A talk with British photojournalist Claire Thomas, creator of ALTAI: Hunters and Herders of Mongolia, inviting us into the highlands,...


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Sophie Ibbotson is Uzbekistan’s Ambassador for Ecology and the former Chairman of the RSAA

After the Battle of Ankara in 1402, England’s King Henry IV and Amir Timur – better known in the West as Tamerlane – exchanged letters. Two years later, HE Ruy González de Clavijo was sent by King Henry III of Castile to the Timurid court in Samarkand, and his published diary...


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Charlie Walker is an award-winning British explorer and writer

Everyone remembers where they were at the exact moment they heard the news on 24 February 2022. For many, it will have been in bed, waking up to find their phone exploding with alerts: “BREAKING NEWS: Russia launche...


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