South Africa's Position in the Western World

This address by the South African High Commissioner in Londonwas given at a joint meeting of the Royal African Society andthe Royal Empire Society on February 24. The Earl of Clarendon,an honorary Vice-President of the Royal African Society, wasin the Chair. The vote of thanks at the conclusion of the addresswas proposed by Sir Harry Batterbee, Deputy Chairman of theRoyal Empire Society, on behalf of both Societies.     

The Capricorn Contract

The following address was given by Colonel Stirling, Presidentof the Capricorn Africa Society at a joint meeting of the RoyalAfrican Society and the Royal Empire Society on March 7, 1957.Mr. Alan Moorehead was in the chair.     

African Student at Home

The following address was given before a joint meeting of theRoyal African Society and the Royal Empire Society on June 24.Mr. B. F. Macdona, Vice-Chairman of the Council of the RoyalAfrican Society, took the chair. Miss Trevelyan is adviser tooverseas students at the University of London. She has beenassociated with student welfare work for a number of years,and is also a familiar figure in London musical circles.     

The Social Role of African Music

The well-known South African collector of indigenous music visitedBritain last autumn to collect funds for an international Africanmusic library to be organised by the African Music Society ofJohannesburg. In the course of this mission, which was successful,Mr. Tracey gave a lecture demonstration to members of the InternationalAfrican Institute, Royal Empire Society and Royal African Society.We reproduce the remarks he then made, with an indication ofthe music he played.     

The Influence of Capital Development on the Africans

The following address by the Union High Commissioner was givento a joint meeting of the Royal African Society and the RoyalEmpire Society on December 6, 1956. Lord Hailey was in the chair.     

Uganda's Progress and Problems

The following address was given by the former Governor of Ugandaat a joint meeting of the Royal African Society and the RoyalEmpire Society on February 7, 1957. Sir John Macpherson tookthe chair.     

女性社会价值评价与性别问题——以“谁是日本社会的女性人生赢家”为例

文章通过以"谁是日本社会女性的人生赢家"为议题分析了现代日本社会对女性价值的评价标准。日本社会对成功女性的评价存在"家庭角色(妻子、母亲)+α"这样一个模式。文中对该模式的形成及其反映的女性性别问题进行了具体的阐释。日本社会对女性"赢家"的评价表明了家庭角色实现是女性成功的首要条件,其次才是女性社会性贡献及价值的内容。     

Rebuilding the Social Life of the Kikuyu

The following address was given by Dr. Shannon at a joint meetingof the Royal Empire Society on July 4, 1957. Lord Hailey, Chairmanof the Royal African Society, presided.     

Kenya's Agricultural Planning

The following address was given by the Director of Agriculture,Kenya, at a joint meeting of the Royal African Society and theRoyal Empire Society on May 2, 1957. Major Sir Thomas Dugdaletook the chair.     

An African Looks at Federation

The following address was given at a joint meeting of the RoyalAfrican Society and the Royal Commonwealth Society on July 2,1959. Mr. H. St. L. Grenfell. a member of the Council, tookthe chair.     

The Colour Problem in Britain as it Affects Africa and the Commonweath

The following address by the Director of the Institute of RaceRelations at Chatham House was given at a joint meeting of theRoyal African Society and the Commonwealth Society on February5, 1959. The chairman was Mr. H. V. Hodson, Editor of The SundayTimes.     

Modern Ethiopia

This address by the chairman of the Anglo-Ethiopian Societywas given at a joint meeting of the Royal African Society, theRoyal Commonwealth Society and the Anglo-Ethiopian Society onMay 3, 1962. Lt.-Col. Neil McLean, D.S.O., M.P., took the chair     

The Last Nine Years in Tanganyika

Princess Alice, President of the Royal African Society, waspresent to hear this address given by the former Governor ofTanganyika to a joint meeting of the Royal African Society andthe Royal Commonwealth Society on October 2 1958, Colonel SirCharles Ponsonby Bt. was in the chair.     

A Hundred Years of Asian Affairs: the Journal Celebrates its Centenary

The Asian Affairs Journal is 100 years old this year. This article charts the history of the Journal from its origins in 1914 as the regular journal of the Central Asian Society (later the Royal Central Asian Society and then the RSAA). It discusses the Journal's origins, its relationship with the RSAA, its developing role and form as the interests of the Society changed and developed in reaction to the two World Wars and the decline of Empire, and looks at some of the contributors of the Journal in its earlier period.     

The United Nations in Katanga

The following address by the Conservative Member of Parliamentfor Mid-Bedfordshire was given at a joint meeting of the RoyalAfrican Society and the Royal Commonwealth Society on March1, 1962. Major Lewis Hastings, M.C., author and broadcaster,took the chair.     

The Problem of African Advancement on the Copperbelt of Northern Rhodesia

The following is an address which was given by Mr. R. L. Prainat a joint meeting of the Royal African Society with the RoyalEmpire Society. He is Chairman of the Rhodesian Selection Trust,which controls the mines at Luanshya and Mufulira.     

The Legal Factor in a Changing Africa

The address which follows was given before a joint meeting ofthe Royal African Society and the Royal Empire Society on July22, 1955. The meeting was arranged to coincide with the Commonwealthand Empire Legal Conference, and Colonel Charles Ponson by,T.D., D.L., presided.     

America Discovers Africa

The address that follows was given before a joint meeting ofthe Royal African Society and the Royal Empire Society on February6, 1958. Mr. B. F. Macdona, vice-chairman of the Council, presided.     

Unique Experiment in French Black Africa

The address that follows was given by the International Correspondentof "Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant" at a joint meeting of the RoyalAfrican Society and the Royal Commonwealth Society on November6, 1958. Earl De La Warr, president of the Royal CommonwealthSociety, took the chair.     

Current Events In Tunisia

The following address by the Tunisian Ambassador in London wasgiven at a joint meeting of the Royal African Society and theRoyal Empire Society on March 6, 1958. Sir Knox Helm, formerGovernor-General of the Sudan, presided.