92nd SAALG Conference
By SOAS Library
Date and time
Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:30 - 16:30 GMT
Location
Salvation Army International Heritage Centre
William Booth College Denmark Hill London SE5 8BQ United KingdomDescription
The conference will include the following talks plus a chance to view items from the Salvation Army's archive collection and museum displays, as well as the SAALG Business Meeting.
- ‘Cataloguing the Michael Stokes Indian postcard collection’ Rosie Llewellyn-Jones (Archivist, Royal Society for Asian Affairs)
- ‘Searching for Mahabharatas: An inquiry into the modern adaptations of an Indian 'national epic' in Hindi and English cultural spheres’ Chimnay Sharma (PhD Candidate, SOAS University of London)
- ‘Three books about South India in the days of the Raj. Discovering the life and work of the photographer A. T. W. Penn’ - Christopher Penn (Independent Researcher, Author)
- ‘Digitising with volunteers: the experience of the Centre of South Asian Studies’ – Dr. Kevin Greenbank (Archivist, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge)
Conference fee is £20 including lunch and refreshments. If you need any further information please contact Helen Porter (hp7@soas.ac.uk)