Short CV

EDUCATION – UCL, Department of History

  • PhD From Megasthenes to Sophytes: A re-examination of literary and numismatic sources for Seleucid-Mauryan relations in British and Indian scholarship.
  • MA Ancient History. Dissertation: Graeco-Roman medicine and the economic and intellectual influence of trade with India.
  • BA Ancient History.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – British Museum, Department of Asia

  • Tabor Foundation Curator: South Asia (Nov 2018 – cont.).
  • Curator Asian Ethnographic and South Asia Collections (Apr 2016 – Nov 2018).
  • Curator Asian Ethnographic Collections (Mar 2014 – Apr 2016).
  • Curator Indian Paintings and Asian Ethnography (Nov 2013 – Mar 2014).
  • Tabor Foundation Research Assistant (Nov 2012 – Nov 2013).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – UCL, Department of History

  • Teaching Assistant: The Roman Empire from Augustus to Theodosius II (Sept 2010 – May 2011)

EXTERNAL ROLES

  • Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre (July 2020 –) Trustee.
  • The Wonder House (Nov 2019 –) Founder, Presenter, Producer.
  • Museum Ethnographers Group (Apr 2019 –2020) Committee Co-optee.
  • Museum Detox (Sept 2017 –2019) Curatorial lead.
  • Royal Numismatic Society (Oct 2012 – Aug 2018) Council Member & Honorary Joint-Secretary.

FUNDING AWARDED

  • AHRC 2021-24: Co-Investigator for 3-year The Sloane Lab collaborative project with UCL, British Museum, Natural History Museum.
  • AHRC 2020-23: 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award with University of Lincoln. Project title: Women Collectors of South Asia: Gender, Material Culture and Empire.
  • Art Fund, National Heritage Memorial Fund, Brooke Sewell Permanent Fund 2019: Significant grants to purchase the ‘Trumpeters’ painting by Nainsukh.
  • AHRC 2018-21: 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award with University of Brighton. Project title: The Global and the National: South Asian Collectors at the British Museum.

SOCIETY FELLOWSHIP/MEMBERSHIP

  • Royal Asiatic Society (2011-)
  • Royal Numismatic Society (2012-)
  • Oriental Numismatic Society (2018-)
  • Royal Historical Society (2018-)
  • Museum Ethnographers Group (2019-2020)

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EDUCATION – UCL, Department of History

  • PhD From Megasthenes to Sophytes: A re-examination of literary and numismatic sources for Seleucid-Mauryan relations in British and Indian scholarship.
  • MA Ancient History. Dissertation: Graeco-Roman medicine and the economic and intellectual influence of trade with India.
  • BA Ancient History.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – British Museum, Department of Asia

  • Tabor Foundation Curator: South Asia (Nov 2018 – cont.).
  • Curator Asian Ethnographic and South Asia Collections (Apr 2016 – Nov 2018).
  • Curator Asian Ethnographic Collections (Mar 2014 – Apr 2016).
  • Curator Indian Paintings and Asian Ethnography (Nov 2013 – Mar 2014).
  • Tabor Foundation Research Assistant (Nov 2012 – Nov 2013).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – UCL, Department of History

  • Teaching Assistant: The Roman Empire from Augustus to Theodosius II (Sept 2010 – May 2011)

EXTERNAL ROLES

  • Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre (July 2020 –) Trustee.
  • The Wonder House (Nov 2019 –) Founder, Presenter, Producer.
  • Museum Ethnographers Group (Apr 2019 –2020) Committee Co-optee.
  • Museum Detox (Sept 2017 –2019) Curatorial lead.
  • Royal Numismatic Society (Oct 2012 – Aug 2018) Council Member & Honorary Joint-Secretary.

FUNDING AWARDED

  • AHRC 2021-24: Co-Investigator for 3-year The Sloane Lab collaborative project with UCL, British Museum, Natural History Museum.
  • AHRC 2020-23: 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award with University of Lincoln. Project title: Women Collectors of South Asia: Gender, Material Culture and Empire.
  • Art Fund, National Heritage Memorial Fund, Brooke Sewell Permanent Fund 2019: Significant grants to purchase the ‘Trumpeters’ painting by Nainsukh.
  • AHRC 2018-21: 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award with University of Brighton. Project title: The Global and the National: South Asian Collectors at the British Museum.

SOCIETY FELLOWSHIP/MEMBERSHIP

  • Royal Asiatic Society (2011-)
  • Royal Numismatic Society (2012-)
  • Oriental Numismatic Society (2018-)
  • Royal Historical Society (2018-)
  • Museum Ethnographers Group (2019-2020)
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Many months of knitting later & I've finished a baby blanket for a friend who is having their first baby! 🥰 Maurice was my constant knitting companion as you'll see if you scroll through! #knitting #babyblanket #memade
Many months of knitting later & I've finished a baby blanket for a friend who is having their first baby! 🥰 Maurice was my constant knitting companion as you'll see if you scroll through! #knitting #babyblanket #memade
Many months of knitting later & I've finished a baby blanket for a friend who is having their first baby! 🥰 Maurice was my constant knitting companion as you'll see if you scroll through! #knitting #babyblanket #memade
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EDUCATION – UCL, Department of History

  • PhD From Megasthenes to Sophytes: A re-examination of literary and numismatic sources for Seleucid-Mauryan relations in British and Indian scholarship.
  • MA Ancient History. Dissertation: Graeco-Roman medicine and the economic and intellectual influence of trade with India.
  • BA Ancient History.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – British Museum, Department of Asia

  • Tabor Foundation Curator: South Asia (Nov 2018 – cont.).
  • Curator Asian Ethnographic and South Asia Collections (Apr 2016 – Nov 2018).
  • Curator Asian Ethnographic Collections (Mar 2014 – Apr 2016).
  • Curator Indian Paintings and Asian Ethnography (Nov 2013 – Mar 2014).
  • Tabor Foundation Research Assistant (Nov 2012 – Nov 2013).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – UCL, Department of History

  • Teaching Assistant: The Roman Empire from Augustus to Theodosius II (Sept 2010 – May 2011)

EXTERNAL ROLES

  • Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre (July 2020 –) Trustee.
  • The Wonder House (Nov 2019 –) Founder, Presenter, Producer.
  • Museum Ethnographers Group (Apr 2019 –2020) Committee Co-optee.
  • Museum Detox (Sept 2017 –2019) Curatorial lead.
  • Royal Numismatic Society (Oct 2012 – Aug 2018) Council Member & Honorary Joint-Secretary.

FUNDING AWARDED

  • AHRC 2021-24: Co-Investigator for 3-year The Sloane Lab collaborative project with UCL, British Museum, Natural History Museum.
  • AHRC 2020-23: 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award with University of Lincoln. Project title: Women Collectors of South Asia: Gender, Material Culture and Empire.
  • Art Fund, National Heritage Memorial Fund, Brooke Sewell Permanent Fund 2019: Significant grants to purchase the ‘Trumpeters’ painting by Nainsukh.
  • AHRC 2018-21: 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award with University of Brighton. Project title: The Global and the National: South Asian Collectors at the British Museum.

SOCIETY FELLOWSHIP/MEMBERSHIP

  • Royal Asiatic Society (2011-)
  • Royal Numismatic Society (2012-)
  • Oriental Numismatic Society (2018-)
  • Royal Historical Society (2018-)
  • Museum Ethnographers Group (2019-2020)
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EDUCATION – UCL, Department of History

  • PhD From Megasthenes to Sophytes: A re-examination of literary and numismatic sources for Seleucid-Mauryan relations in British and Indian scholarship.
  • MA Ancient History. Dissertation: Graeco-Roman medicine and the economic and intellectual influence of trade with India.
  • BA Ancient History.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – British Museum, Department of Asia

  • Tabor Foundation Curator: South Asia (Nov 2018 – cont.).
  • Curator Asian Ethnographic and South Asia Collections (Apr 2016 – Nov 2018).
  • Curator Asian Ethnographic Collections (Mar 2014 – Apr 2016).
  • Curator Indian Paintings and Asian Ethnography (Nov 2013 – Mar 2014).
  • Tabor Foundation Research Assistant (Nov 2012 – Nov 2013).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – UCL, Department of History

  • Teaching Assistant: The Roman Empire from Augustus to Theodosius II (Sept 2010 – May 2011)

EXTERNAL ROLES

  • Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre (July 2020 –) Trustee.
  • The Wonder House (Nov 2019 –) Founder, Presenter, Producer.
  • Museum Ethnographers Group (Apr 2019 –2020) Committee Co-optee.
  • Museum Detox (Sept 2017 –2019) Curatorial lead.
  • Royal Numismatic Society (Oct 2012 – Aug 2018) Council Member & Honorary Joint-Secretary.

FUNDING AWARDED

  • AHRC 2021-24: Co-Investigator for 3-year The Sloane Lab collaborative project with UCL, British Museum, Natural History Museum.
  • AHRC 2020-23: 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award with University of Lincoln. Project title: Women Collectors of South Asia: Gender, Material Culture and Empire.
  • Art Fund, National Heritage Memorial Fund, Brooke Sewell Permanent Fund 2019: Significant grants to purchase the ‘Trumpeters’ painting by Nainsukh.
  • AHRC 2018-21: 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award with University of Brighton. Project title: The Global and the National: South Asian Collectors at the British Museum.

SOCIETY FELLOWSHIP/MEMBERSHIP

  • Royal Asiatic Society (2011-)
  • Royal Numismatic Society (2012-)
  • Oriental Numismatic Society (2018-)
  • Royal Historical Society (2018-)
  • Museum Ethnographers Group (2019-2020)
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Lectures, workshops, study sessions... I enjoy them all! Last week, a super group of students studying for the @soasdiplomainasianart @soasuni Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art visited the Department of Asia's study room @britishmuseum . Together, we looked at and talked about a selection of Gandhara stone and stucco sculptures. I had previously met some of the students on one of my gallery talks, so I knew they would be up for a good discussion - and they were! We spoke together about all aspects of these objects from the circumstances of their acquisition and arrival @britishmuseum, to the makers marks on the reverse of some sculptures, and even how you can calculate the diameter of a stupa drum from the curve of a yakshi panel! A big shout out to Gavin and Ben, the Assistant Collection Managers who carefully brought all of these objects from the Asia stores to the study room where they set them out so perfectly! None of the workshops work (see what I did there?!) without their expert knowledge. Photos shared with permission from Patrick Monger, Programme Manager of the SOAS Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art. @malcolmmcneillmoyouke
Lectures, workshops, study sessions... I enjoy them all! Last week, a super group of students studying for the @soasdiplomainasianart @soasuni Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art visited the Department of Asia's study room @britishmuseum . Together, we looked at and talked about a selection of Gandhara stone and stucco sculptures. I had previously met some of the students on one of my gallery talks, so I knew they would be up for a good discussion - and they were! We spoke together about all aspects of these objects from the circumstances of their acquisition and arrival @britishmuseum, to the makers marks on the reverse of some sculptures, and even how you can calculate the diameter of a stupa drum from the curve of a yakshi panel! A big shout out to Gavin and Ben, the Assistant Collection Managers who carefully brought all of these objects from the Asia stores to the study room where they set them out so perfectly! None of the workshops work (see what I did there?!) without their expert knowledge. Photos shared with permission from Patrick Monger, Programme Manager of the SOAS Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art. @malcolmmcneillmoyouke
Lectures, workshops, study sessions... I enjoy them all! Last week, a super group of students studying for the @soasdiplomainasianart @soasuni Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art visited the Department of Asia's study room @britishmuseum . Together, we looked at and talked about a selection of Gandhara stone and stucco sculptures. I had previously met some of the students on one of my gallery talks, so I knew they would be up for a good discussion - and they were! We spoke together about all aspects of these objects from the circumstances of their acquisition and arrival @britishmuseum, to the makers marks on the reverse of some sculptures, and even how you can calculate the diameter of a stupa drum from the curve of a yakshi panel! A big shout out to Gavin and Ben, the Assistant Collection Managers who carefully brought all of these objects from the Asia stores to the study room where they set them out so perfectly! None of the workshops work (see what I did there?!) without their expert knowledge. Photos shared with permission from Patrick Monger, Programme Manager of the SOAS Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art. @malcolmmcneillmoyouke
Lectures, workshops, study sessions... I enjoy them all! Last week, a super group of students studying for the @soasdiplomainasianart @soasuni Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art visited the Department of Asia's study room @britishmuseum . Together, we looked at and talked about a selection of Gandhara stone and stucco sculptures. I had previously met some of the students on one of my gallery talks, so I knew they would be up for a good discussion - and they were! We spoke together about all aspects of these objects from the circumstances of their acquisition and arrival @britishmuseum, to the makers marks on the reverse of some sculptures, and even how you can calculate the diameter of a stupa drum from the curve of a yakshi panel! A big shout out to Gavin and Ben, the Assistant Collection Managers who carefully brought all of these objects from the Asia stores to the study room where they set them out so perfectly! None of the workshops work (see what I did there?!) without their expert knowledge. Photos shared with permission from Patrick Monger, Programme Manager of the SOAS Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art. @malcolmmcneillmoyouke
Lectures, workshops, study sessions... I enjoy them all! Last week, a super group of students studying for the @soasdiplomainasianart @soasuni Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art visited the Department of Asia's study room @britishmuseum . Together, we looked at and talked about a selection of Gandhara stone and stucco sculptures. I had previously met some of the students on one of my gallery talks, so I knew they would be up for a good discussion - and they were! We spoke together about all aspects of these objects from the circumstances of their acquisition and arrival @britishmuseum, to the makers marks on the reverse of some sculptures, and even how you can calculate the diameter of a stupa drum from the curve of a yakshi panel! A big shout out to Gavin and Ben, the Assistant Collection Managers who carefully brought all of these objects from the Asia stores to the study room where they set them out so perfectly! None of the workshops work (see what I did there?!) without their expert knowledge. Photos shared with permission from Patrick Monger, Programme Manager of the SOAS Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art. @malcolmmcneillmoyouke
Lectures, workshops, study sessions... I enjoy them all! Last week, a super group of students studying for the @soasdiplomainasianart @soasuni Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art visited the Department of Asia's study room @britishmuseum . Together, we looked at and talked about a selection of Gandhara stone and stucco sculptures. I had previously met some of the students on one of my gallery talks, so I knew they would be up for a good discussion - and they were! We spoke together about all aspects of these objects from the circumstances of their acquisition and arrival @britishmuseum, to the makers marks on the reverse of some sculptures, and even how you can calculate the diameter of a stupa drum from the curve of a yakshi panel! A big shout out to Gavin and Ben, the Assistant Collection Managers who carefully brought all of these objects from the Asia stores to the study room where they set them out so perfectly! None of the workshops work (see what I did there?!) without their expert knowledge. Photos shared with permission from Patrick Monger, Programme Manager of the SOAS Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art. @malcolmmcneillmoyouke
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EDUCATION – UCL, Department of History

  • PhD From Megasthenes to Sophytes: A re-examination of literary and numismatic sources for Seleucid-Mauryan relations in British and Indian scholarship.
  • MA Ancient History. Dissertation: Graeco-Roman medicine and the economic and intellectual influence of trade with India.
  • BA Ancient History.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – British Museum, Department of Asia

  • Tabor Foundation Curator: South Asia (Nov 2018 – cont.).
  • Curator Asian Ethnographic and South Asia Collections (Apr 2016 – Nov 2018).
  • Curator Asian Ethnographic Collections (Mar 2014 – Apr 2016).
  • Curator Indian Paintings and Asian Ethnography (Nov 2013 – Mar 2014).
  • Tabor Foundation Research Assistant (Nov 2012 – Nov 2013).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – UCL, Department of History

  • Teaching Assistant: The Roman Empire from Augustus to Theodosius II (Sept 2010 – May 2011)

EXTERNAL ROLES

  • Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre (July 2020 –) Trustee.
  • The Wonder House (Nov 2019 –) Founder, Presenter, Producer.
  • Museum Ethnographers Group (Apr 2019 –2020) Committee Co-optee.
  • Museum Detox (Sept 2017 –2019) Curatorial lead.
  • Royal Numismatic Society (Oct 2012 – Aug 2018) Council Member & Honorary Joint-Secretary.

FUNDING AWARDED

  • AHRC 2021-24: Co-Investigator for 3-year The Sloane Lab collaborative project with UCL, British Museum, Natural History Museum.
  • AHRC 2020-23: 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award with University of Lincoln. Project title: Women Collectors of South Asia: Gender, Material Culture and Empire.
  • Art Fund, National Heritage Memorial Fund, Brooke Sewell Permanent Fund 2019: Significant grants to purchase the ‘Trumpeters’ painting by Nainsukh.
  • AHRC 2018-21: 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award with University of Brighton. Project title: The Global and the National: South Asian Collectors at the British Museum.

SOCIETY FELLOWSHIP/MEMBERSHIP

  • Royal Asiatic Society (2011-)
  • Royal Numismatic Society (2012-)
  • Oriental Numismatic Society (2018-)
  • Royal Historical Society (2018-)
  • Museum Ethnographers Group (2019-2020)
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EDUCATION – UCL, Department of History

  • PhD From Megasthenes to Sophytes: A re-examination of literary and numismatic sources for Seleucid-Mauryan relations in British and Indian scholarship.
  • MA Ancient History. Dissertation: Graeco-Roman medicine and the economic and intellectual influence of trade with India.
  • BA Ancient History.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – British Museum, Department of Asia

  • Tabor Foundation Curator: South Asia (Nov 2018 – cont.).
  • Curator Asian Ethnographic and South Asia Collections (Apr 2016 – Nov 2018).
  • Curator Asian Ethnographic Collections (Mar 2014 – Apr 2016).
  • Curator Indian Paintings and Asian Ethnography (Nov 2013 – Mar 2014).
  • Tabor Foundation Research Assistant (Nov 2012 – Nov 2013).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – UCL, Department of History

  • Teaching Assistant: The Roman Empire from Augustus to Theodosius II (Sept 2010 – May 2011)

EXTERNAL ROLES

  • Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre (July 2020 –) Trustee.
  • The Wonder House (Nov 2019 –) Founder, Presenter, Producer.
  • Museum Ethnographers Group (Apr 2019 –2020) Committee Co-optee.
  • Museum Detox (Sept 2017 –2019) Curatorial lead.
  • Royal Numismatic Society (Oct 2012 – Aug 2018) Council Member & Honorary Joint-Secretary.

FUNDING AWARDED

  • AHRC 2021-24: Co-Investigator for 3-year The Sloane Lab collaborative project with UCL, British Museum, Natural History Museum.
  • AHRC 2020-23: 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award with University of Lincoln. Project title: Women Collectors of South Asia: Gender, Material Culture and Empire.
  • Art Fund, National Heritage Memorial Fund, Brooke Sewell Permanent Fund 2019: Significant grants to purchase the ‘Trumpeters’ painting by Nainsukh.
  • AHRC 2018-21: 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award with University of Brighton. Project title: The Global and the National: South Asian Collectors at the British Museum.

SOCIETY FELLOWSHIP/MEMBERSHIP

  • Royal Asiatic Society (2011-)
  • Royal Numismatic Society (2012-)
  • Oriental Numismatic Society (2018-)
  • Royal Historical Society (2018-)
  • Museum Ethnographers Group (2019-2020)
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Such a fantastic experience speaking about #SloaneLab at the Towards a National Collection conference @britishmuseum! #SloaneLab is 1 of 5 #DiscoveryProjects awarded £14.5million by @ahrcpress to create a unified national collection of the UK's museums, libraries, galleries and archives using digital technology. The aim is to maintain global leadership in #digitalhumanities and #arts #research. #SloaneLab is about connections. It is about finding ways to bring disparate collections from different institutions together and sharing them with as many people as possible digitally. To meet this challenge, a multi-disciplinary team is working with the remarkably diverse collections of Sir Hans Sloane which are now spread across the @britishmuseum, @natural_history_museum & @britishlibrary. Together, we are trying to find ways of connecting these collections while also connecting them with people. The stories embedded within each object, each catalogue entry, are central to answering the complex questions we are asking of the collections. However, many people and stories intrinsically connected with what survives in our stores and archives are invisible. So, this talk was also about absence. My fab panel included Anne Luther of #DigitalBenin, Helen Graham of #CongruenceEngine and was chaired by Esme Ward Director @mcrmuseum! #TaNC #TowardsANationalCollection
Such a fantastic experience speaking about #SloaneLab at the Towards a National Collection conference @britishmuseum! #SloaneLab is 1 of 5 #DiscoveryProjects awarded £14.5million by @ahrcpress to create a unified national collection of the UK's museums, libraries, galleries and archives using digital technology. The aim is to maintain global leadership in #digitalhumanities and #arts #research. #SloaneLab is about connections. It is about finding ways to bring disparate collections from different institutions together and sharing them with as many people as possible digitally. To meet this challenge, a multi-disciplinary team is working with the remarkably diverse collections of Sir Hans Sloane which are now spread across the @britishmuseum, @natural_history_museum & @britishlibrary. Together, we are trying to find ways of connecting these collections while also connecting them with people. The stories embedded within each object, each catalogue entry, are central to answering the complex questions we are asking of the collections. However, many people and stories intrinsically connected with what survives in our stores and archives are invisible. So, this talk was also about absence. My fab panel included Anne Luther of #DigitalBenin, Helen Graham of #CongruenceEngine and was chaired by Esme Ward Director @mcrmuseum! #TaNC #TowardsANationalCollection
Such a fantastic experience speaking about #SloaneLab at the Towards a National Collection conference @britishmuseum! #SloaneLab is 1 of 5 #DiscoveryProjects awarded £14.5million by @ahrcpress to create a unified national collection of the UK's museums, libraries, galleries and archives using digital technology. The aim is to maintain global leadership in #digitalhumanities and #arts #research. #SloaneLab is about connections. It is about finding ways to bring disparate collections from different institutions together and sharing them with as many people as possible digitally. To meet this challenge, a multi-disciplinary team is working with the remarkably diverse collections of Sir Hans Sloane which are now spread across the @britishmuseum, @natural_history_museum & @britishlibrary. Together, we are trying to find ways of connecting these collections while also connecting them with people. The stories embedded within each object, each catalogue entry, are central to answering the complex questions we are asking of the collections. However, many people and stories intrinsically connected with what survives in our stores and archives are invisible. So, this talk was also about absence. My fab panel included Anne Luther of #DigitalBenin, Helen Graham of #CongruenceEngine and was chaired by Esme Ward Director @mcrmuseum! #TaNC #TowardsANationalCollection
Such a fantastic experience speaking about #SloaneLab at the Towards a National Collection conference @britishmuseum! #SloaneLab is 1 of 5 #DiscoveryProjects awarded £14.5million by @ahrcpress to create a unified national collection of the UK's museums, libraries, galleries and archives using digital technology. The aim is to maintain global leadership in #digitalhumanities and #arts #research. #SloaneLab is about connections. It is about finding ways to bring disparate collections from different institutions together and sharing them with as many people as possible digitally. To meet this challenge, a multi-disciplinary team is working with the remarkably diverse collections of Sir Hans Sloane which are now spread across the @britishmuseum, @natural_history_museum & @britishlibrary. Together, we are trying to find ways of connecting these collections while also connecting them with people. The stories embedded within each object, each catalogue entry, are central to answering the complex questions we are asking of the collections. However, many people and stories intrinsically connected with what survives in our stores and archives are invisible. So, this talk was also about absence. My fab panel included Anne Luther of #DigitalBenin, Helen Graham of #CongruenceEngine and was chaired by Esme Ward Director @mcrmuseum! #TaNC #TowardsANationalCollection
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EDUCATION – UCL, Department of History

  • PhD From Megasthenes to Sophytes: A re-examination of literary and numismatic sources for Seleucid-Mauryan relations in British and Indian scholarship.
  • MA Ancient History. Dissertation: Graeco-Roman medicine and the economic and intellectual influence of trade with India.
  • BA Ancient History.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – British Museum, Department of Asia

  • Tabor Foundation Curator: South Asia (Nov 2018 – cont.).
  • Curator Asian Ethnographic and South Asia Collections (Apr 2016 – Nov 2018).
  • Curator Asian Ethnographic Collections (Mar 2014 – Apr 2016).
  • Curator Indian Paintings and Asian Ethnography (Nov 2013 – Mar 2014).
  • Tabor Foundation Research Assistant (Nov 2012 – Nov 2013).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – UCL, Department of History

  • Teaching Assistant: The Roman Empire from Augustus to Theodosius II (Sept 2010 – May 2011)

EXTERNAL ROLES

  • Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre (July 2020 –) Trustee.
  • The Wonder House (Nov 2019 –) Founder, Presenter, Producer.
  • Museum Ethnographers Group (Apr 2019 –2020) Committee Co-optee.
  • Museum Detox (Sept 2017 –2019) Curatorial lead.
  • Royal Numismatic Society (Oct 2012 – Aug 2018) Council Member & Honorary Joint-Secretary.

FUNDING AWARDED

  • AHRC 2021-24: Co-Investigator for 3-year The Sloane Lab collaborative project with UCL, British Museum, Natural History Museum.
  • AHRC 2020-23: 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award with University of Lincoln. Project title: Women Collectors of South Asia: Gender, Material Culture and Empire.
  • Art Fund, National Heritage Memorial Fund, Brooke Sewell Permanent Fund 2019: Significant grants to purchase the ‘Trumpeters’ painting by Nainsukh.
  • AHRC 2018-21: 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award with University of Brighton. Project title: The Global and the National: South Asian Collectors at the British Museum.

SOCIETY FELLOWSHIP/MEMBERSHIP

  • Royal Asiatic Society (2011-)
  • Royal Numismatic Society (2012-)
  • Oriental Numismatic Society (2018-)
  • Royal Historical Society (2018-)
  • Museum Ethnographers Group (2019-2020)
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