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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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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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The early South Asia collection @acm_sg is select but very good. These are some of the rather fabulous sculptures on display. 1. Tibetan sculpture is always striking and this golden images of Simhavakta striding over oceans of blood while wearing a cape of flayed human skin is no exception. Her movement & appearance represent the endless cycle of rebirth & peeling away illusion to get to ultimate reality. Remember there is usually far more to what you see than meets the eye, so try not to judge too harshly. 2. Chamunda 3. Dancing Ganesha 4. Umamaheshvara 5. Garuda 6. Railing from Bharhut. If you see a long, horizontal slightly pinkish-red stone with a row of hanging bells on it, you are more likely than not looking at part of the railing from Bharhut stupa. This is no ordinary stupa (which stupa is?!) - it's the oldest, almost complete surviving example that remains from c.2th Century BC. Most of it was transferred to the Indian Museum, Kolkata where it was actually varnished so it now looks glossy and brown. I'm not even kidding. So, the rare examples of sculptures from this incredible site that are now at other museums are valuable for showing what the stone actually looks like. #asiancivilizationsmuseum #hinduart #buddhistart #tibetanart #religiousart #ganesha #simhavakta #umamaheshvara #chamunda #bharhut #bharhutstupa #garuda #singaporemuseum #singapore
The early South Asia collection @acm_sg is select but very good. These are some of the rather fabulous sculptures on display. 1. Tibetan sculpture is always striking and this golden images of Simhavakta striding over oceans of blood while wearing a cape of flayed human skin is no exception. Her movement & appearance represent the endless cycle of rebirth & peeling away illusion to get to ultimate reality. Remember there is usually far more to what you see than meets the eye, so try not to judge too harshly. 2. Chamunda 3. Dancing Ganesha 4. Umamaheshvara 5. Garuda 6. Railing from Bharhut. If you see a long, horizontal slightly pinkish-red stone with a row of hanging bells on it, you are more likely than not looking at part of the railing from Bharhut stupa. This is no ordinary stupa (which stupa is?!) - it's the oldest, almost complete surviving example that remains from c.2th Century BC. Most of it was transferred to the Indian Museum, Kolkata where it was actually varnished so it now looks glossy and brown. I'm not even kidding. So, the rare examples of sculptures from this incredible site that are now at other museums are valuable for showing what the stone actually looks like. #asiancivilizationsmuseum #hinduart #buddhistart #tibetanart #religiousart #ganesha #simhavakta #umamaheshvara #chamunda #bharhut #bharhutstupa #garuda #singaporemuseum #singapore
The early South Asia collection @acm_sg is select but very good. These are some of the rather fabulous sculptures on display. 1. Tibetan sculpture is always striking and this golden images of Simhavakta striding over oceans of blood while wearing a cape of flayed human skin is no exception. Her movement & appearance represent the endless cycle of rebirth & peeling away illusion to get to ultimate reality. Remember there is usually far more to what you see than meets the eye, so try not to judge too harshly. 2. Chamunda 3. Dancing Ganesha 4. Umamaheshvara 5. Garuda 6. Railing from Bharhut. If you see a long, horizontal slightly pinkish-red stone with a row of hanging bells on it, you are more likely than not looking at part of the railing from Bharhut stupa. This is no ordinary stupa (which stupa is?!) - it's the oldest, almost complete surviving example that remains from c.2th Century BC. Most of it was transferred to the Indian Museum, Kolkata where it was actually varnished so it now looks glossy and brown. I'm not even kidding. So, the rare examples of sculptures from this incredible site that are now at other museums are valuable for showing what the stone actually looks like. #asiancivilizationsmuseum #hinduart #buddhistart #tibetanart #religiousart #ganesha #simhavakta #umamaheshvara #chamunda #bharhut #bharhutstupa #garuda #singaporemuseum #singapore
The early South Asia collection @acm_sg is select but very good. These are some of the rather fabulous sculptures on display. 1. Tibetan sculpture is always striking and this golden images of Simhavakta striding over oceans of blood while wearing a cape of flayed human skin is no exception. Her movement & appearance represent the endless cycle of rebirth & peeling away illusion to get to ultimate reality. Remember there is usually far more to what you see than meets the eye, so try not to judge too harshly. 2. Chamunda 3. Dancing Ganesha 4. Umamaheshvara 5. Garuda 6. Railing from Bharhut. If you see a long, horizontal slightly pinkish-red stone with a row of hanging bells on it, you are more likely than not looking at part of the railing from Bharhut stupa. This is no ordinary stupa (which stupa is?!) - it's the oldest, almost complete surviving example that remains from c.2th Century BC. Most of it was transferred to the Indian Museum, Kolkata where it was actually varnished so it now looks glossy and brown. I'm not even kidding. So, the rare examples of sculptures from this incredible site that are now at other museums are valuable for showing what the stone actually looks like. #asiancivilizationsmuseum #hinduart #buddhistart #tibetanart #religiousart #ganesha #simhavakta #umamaheshvara #chamunda #bharhut #bharhutstupa #garuda #singaporemuseum #singapore
The early South Asia collection @acm_sg is select but very good. These are some of the rather fabulous sculptures on display. 1. Tibetan sculpture is always striking and this golden images of Simhavakta striding over oceans of blood while wearing a cape of flayed human skin is no exception. Her movement & appearance represent the endless cycle of rebirth & peeling away illusion to get to ultimate reality. Remember there is usually far more to what you see than meets the eye, so try not to judge too harshly. 2. Chamunda 3. Dancing Ganesha 4. Umamaheshvara 5. Garuda 6. Railing from Bharhut. If you see a long, horizontal slightly pinkish-red stone with a row of hanging bells on it, you are more likely than not looking at part of the railing from Bharhut stupa. This is no ordinary stupa (which stupa is?!) - it's the oldest, almost complete surviving example that remains from c.2th Century BC. Most of it was transferred to the Indian Museum, Kolkata where it was actually varnished so it now looks glossy and brown. I'm not even kidding. So, the rare examples of sculptures from this incredible site that are now at other museums are valuable for showing what the stone actually looks like. #asiancivilizationsmuseum #hinduart #buddhistart #tibetanart #religiousart #ganesha #simhavakta #umamaheshvara #chamunda #bharhut #bharhutstupa #garuda #singaporemuseum #singapore
The early South Asia collection @acm_sg is select but very good. These are some of the rather fabulous sculptures on display. 1. Tibetan sculpture is always striking and this golden images of Simhavakta striding over oceans of blood while wearing a cape of flayed human skin is no exception. Her movement & appearance represent the endless cycle of rebirth & peeling away illusion to get to ultimate reality. Remember there is usually far more to what you see than meets the eye, so try not to judge too harshly. 2. Chamunda 3. Dancing Ganesha 4. Umamaheshvara 5. Garuda 6. Railing from Bharhut. If you see a long, horizontal slightly pinkish-red stone with a row of hanging bells on it, you are more likely than not looking at part of the railing from Bharhut stupa. This is no ordinary stupa (which stupa is?!) - it's the oldest, almost complete surviving example that remains from c.2th Century BC. Most of it was transferred to the Indian Museum, Kolkata where it was actually varnished so it now looks glossy and brown. I'm not even kidding. So, the rare examples of sculptures from this incredible site that are now at other museums are valuable for showing what the stone actually looks like. #asiancivilizationsmuseum #hinduart #buddhistart #tibetanart #religiousart #ganesha #simhavakta #umamaheshvara #chamunda #bharhut #bharhutstupa #garuda #singaporemuseum #singapore
The early South Asia collection @acm_sg is select but very good. These are some of the rather fabulous sculptures on display. 1. Tibetan sculpture is always striking and this golden images of Simhavakta striding over oceans of blood while wearing a cape of flayed human skin is no exception. Her movement & appearance represent the endless cycle of rebirth & peeling away illusion to get to ultimate reality. Remember there is usually far more to what you see than meets the eye, so try not to judge too harshly. 2. Chamunda 3. Dancing Ganesha 4. Umamaheshvara 5. Garuda 6. Railing from Bharhut. If you see a long, horizontal slightly pinkish-red stone with a row of hanging bells on it, you are more likely than not looking at part of the railing from Bharhut stupa. This is no ordinary stupa (which stupa is?!) - it's the oldest, almost complete surviving example that remains from c.2th Century BC. Most of it was transferred to the Indian Museum, Kolkata where it was actually varnished so it now looks glossy and brown. I'm not even kidding. So, the rare examples of sculptures from this incredible site that are now at other museums are valuable for showing what the stone actually looks like. #asiancivilizationsmuseum #hinduart #buddhistart #tibetanart #religiousart #ganesha #simhavakta #umamaheshvara #chamunda #bharhut #bharhutstupa #garuda #singaporemuseum #singapore
The early South Asia collection @acm_sg is select but very good. These are some of the rather fabulous sculptures on display. 1. Tibetan sculpture is always striking and this golden images of Simhavakta striding over oceans of blood while wearing a cape of flayed human skin is no exception. Her movement & appearance represent the endless cycle of rebirth & peeling away illusion to get to ultimate reality. Remember there is usually far more to what you see than meets the eye, so try not to judge too harshly. 2. Chamunda 3. Dancing Ganesha 4. Umamaheshvara 5. Garuda 6. Railing from Bharhut. If you see a long, horizontal slightly pinkish-red stone with a row of hanging bells on it, you are more likely than not looking at part of the railing from Bharhut stupa. This is no ordinary stupa (which stupa is?!) - it's the oldest, almost complete surviving example that remains from c.2th Century BC. Most of it was transferred to the Indian Museum, Kolkata where it was actually varnished so it now looks glossy and brown. I'm not even kidding. So, the rare examples of sculptures from this incredible site that are now at other museums are valuable for showing what the stone actually looks like. #asiancivilizationsmuseum #hinduart #buddhistart #tibetanart #religiousart #ganesha #simhavakta #umamaheshvara #chamunda #bharhut #bharhutstupa #garuda #singaporemuseum #singapore
The early South Asia collection @acm_sg is select but very good. These are some of the rather fabulous sculptures on display. 1. Tibetan sculpture is always striking and this golden images of Simhavakta striding over oceans of blood while wearing a cape of flayed human skin is no exception. Her movement & appearance represent the endless cycle of rebirth & peeling away illusion to get to ultimate reality. Remember there is usually far more to what you see than meets the eye, so try not to judge too harshly. 2. Chamunda 3. Dancing Ganesha 4. Umamaheshvara 5. Garuda 6. Railing from Bharhut. If you see a long, horizontal slightly pinkish-red stone with a row of hanging bells on it, you are more likely than not looking at part of the railing from Bharhut stupa. This is no ordinary stupa (which stupa is?!) - it's the oldest, almost complete surviving example that remains from c.2th Century BC. Most of it was transferred to the Indian Museum, Kolkata where it was actually varnished so it now looks glossy and brown. I'm not even kidding. So, the rare examples of sculptures from this incredible site that are now at other museums are valuable for showing what the stone actually looks like. #asiancivilizationsmuseum #hinduart #buddhistart #tibetanart #religiousart #ganesha #simhavakta #umamaheshvara #chamunda #bharhut #bharhutstupa #garuda #singaporemuseum #singapore
The early South Asia collection @acm_sg is select but very good. These are some of the rather fabulous sculptures on display. 1. Tibetan sculpture is always striking and this golden images of Simhavakta striding over oceans of blood while wearing a cape of flayed human skin is no exception. Her movement & appearance represent the endless cycle of rebirth & peeling away illusion to get to ultimate reality. Remember there is usually far more to what you see than meets the eye, so try not to judge too harshly. 2. Chamunda 3. Dancing Ganesha 4. Umamaheshvara 5. Garuda 6. Railing from Bharhut. If you see a long, horizontal slightly pinkish-red stone with a row of hanging bells on it, you are more likely than not looking at part of the railing from Bharhut stupa. This is no ordinary stupa (which stupa is?!) - it's the oldest, almost complete surviving example that remains from c.2th Century BC. Most of it was transferred to the Indian Museum, Kolkata where it was actually varnished so it now looks glossy and brown. I'm not even kidding. So, the rare examples of sculptures from this incredible site that are now at other museums are valuable for showing what the stone actually looks like. #asiancivilizationsmuseum #hinduart #buddhistart #tibetanart #religiousart #ganesha #simhavakta #umamaheshvara #chamunda #bharhut #bharhutstupa #garuda #singaporemuseum #singapore
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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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There is a small but excellent collection of terracottas on display @acm_sg The standing goddess with weapons emanating from her hair is a favourite image of mine - we could all do with her strength & protection! - and this was a beautifully preserved and pretty large plaque. The small pot-bellied yakshas (male nature spirits) are also fabulous, especially the grimacing one! These are also made in a mold, 2-parts in their case, and one is filled with pebbles to make a rattling sound when it moves! #objectoftheday #curatorsofinstagram #curatorsoftheextraordinary #hinduart #buddhistart #asiancivilisationsmuseum #asiancivilizationsmuseum #singapore #singaporemuseum #museum #southasiacollection #southasianart #terracotta #terracottaart #goddess #yaksha #divine
There is a small but excellent collection of terracottas on display @acm_sg The standing goddess with weapons emanating from her hair is a favourite image of mine - we could all do with her strength & protection! - and this was a beautifully preserved and pretty large plaque. The small pot-bellied yakshas (male nature spirits) are also fabulous, especially the grimacing one! These are also made in a mold, 2-parts in their case, and one is filled with pebbles to make a rattling sound when it moves! #objectoftheday #curatorsofinstagram #curatorsoftheextraordinary #hinduart #buddhistart #asiancivilisationsmuseum #asiancivilizationsmuseum #singapore #singaporemuseum #museum #southasiacollection #southasianart #terracotta #terracottaart #goddess #yaksha #divine
There is a small but excellent collection of terracottas on display @acm_sg The standing goddess with weapons emanating from her hair is a favourite image of mine - we could all do with her strength & protection! - and this was a beautifully preserved and pretty large plaque. The small pot-bellied yakshas (male nature spirits) are also fabulous, especially the grimacing one! These are also made in a mold, 2-parts in their case, and one is filled with pebbles to make a rattling sound when it moves! #objectoftheday #curatorsofinstagram #curatorsoftheextraordinary #hinduart #buddhistart #asiancivilisationsmuseum #asiancivilizationsmuseum #singapore #singaporemuseum #museum #southasiacollection #southasianart #terracotta #terracottaart #goddess #yaksha #divine
There is a small but excellent collection of terracottas on display @acm_sg The standing goddess with weapons emanating from her hair is a favourite image of mine - we could all do with her strength & protection! - and this was a beautifully preserved and pretty large plaque. The small pot-bellied yakshas (male nature spirits) are also fabulous, especially the grimacing one! These are also made in a mold, 2-parts in their case, and one is filled with pebbles to make a rattling sound when it moves! #objectoftheday #curatorsofinstagram #curatorsoftheextraordinary #hinduart #buddhistart #asiancivilisationsmuseum #asiancivilizationsmuseum #singapore #singaporemuseum #museum #southasiacollection #southasianart #terracotta #terracottaart #goddess #yaksha #divine
There is a small but excellent collection of terracottas on display @acm_sg The standing goddess with weapons emanating from her hair is a favourite image of mine - we could all do with her strength & protection! - and this was a beautifully preserved and pretty large plaque. The small pot-bellied yakshas (male nature spirits) are also fabulous, especially the grimacing one! These are also made in a mold, 2-parts in their case, and one is filled with pebbles to make a rattling sound when it moves! #objectoftheday #curatorsofinstagram #curatorsoftheextraordinary #hinduart #buddhistart #asiancivilisationsmuseum #asiancivilizationsmuseum #singapore #singaporemuseum #museum #southasiacollection #southasianart #terracotta #terracottaart #goddess #yaksha #divine
There is a small but excellent collection of terracottas on display @acm_sg The standing goddess with weapons emanating from her hair is a favourite image of mine - we could all do with her strength & protection! - and this was a beautifully preserved and pretty large plaque. The small pot-bellied yakshas (male nature spirits) are also fabulous, especially the grimacing one! These are also made in a mold, 2-parts in their case, and one is filled with pebbles to make a rattling sound when it moves! #objectoftheday #curatorsofinstagram #curatorsoftheextraordinary #hinduart #buddhistart #asiancivilisationsmuseum #asiancivilizationsmuseum #singapore #singaporemuseum #museum #southasiacollection #southasianart #terracotta #terracottaart #goddess #yaksha #divine
There is a small but excellent collection of terracottas on display @acm_sg The standing goddess with weapons emanating from her hair is a favourite image of mine - we could all do with her strength & protection! - and this was a beautifully preserved and pretty large plaque. The small pot-bellied yakshas (male nature spirits) are also fabulous, especially the grimacing one! These are also made in a mold, 2-parts in their case, and one is filled with pebbles to make a rattling sound when it moves! #objectoftheday #curatorsofinstagram #curatorsoftheextraordinary #hinduart #buddhistart #asiancivilisationsmuseum #asiancivilizationsmuseum #singapore #singaporemuseum #museum #southasiacollection #southasianart #terracotta #terracottaart #goddess #yaksha #divine
There is a small but excellent collection of terracottas on display @acm_sg The standing goddess with weapons emanating from her hair is a favourite image of mine - we could all do with her strength & protection! - and this was a beautifully preserved and pretty large plaque. The small pot-bellied yakshas (male nature spirits) are also fabulous, especially the grimacing one! These are also made in a mold, 2-parts in their case, and one is filled with pebbles to make a rattling sound when it moves! #objectoftheday #curatorsofinstagram #curatorsoftheextraordinary #hinduart #buddhistart #asiancivilisationsmuseum #asiancivilizationsmuseum #singapore #singaporemuseum #museum #southasiacollection #southasianart #terracotta #terracottaart #goddess #yaksha #divine
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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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I stopped in my tracks when I saw these earrings. They are incredibly rare gold earrings dating to c.1st - 3rd centuries AD. You often see them represented in sculptures but to actually see a pair is 🤯 Same with the next pair which are discs of ivory that would have been inserted into stretched earlobes 👉🏾 The other earrings are beautiful examples from Java, Philippines and Champa (Mekong Delta) that date between 3rd - 9th centuries. #kushanart #gold #ancientindia #goldearrings #indianart #indiangold #philippines #champa #objectoftheday #dayinthelifeofacurator #mekongdelta #java #javagold #javanesegold #goldart #goldenart #asiancivilisationsmuseum #asiancivilisationsmuseumsingapore #singapore #singaporemuseum
I stopped in my tracks when I saw these earrings. They are incredibly rare gold earrings dating to c.1st - 3rd centuries AD. You often see them represented in sculptures but to actually see a pair is 🤯 Same with the next pair which are discs of ivory that would have been inserted into stretched earlobes 👉🏾 The other earrings are beautiful examples from Java, Philippines and Champa (Mekong Delta) that date between 3rd - 9th centuries. #kushanart #gold #ancientindia #goldearrings #indianart #indiangold #philippines #champa #objectoftheday #dayinthelifeofacurator #mekongdelta #java #javagold #javanesegold #goldart #goldenart #asiancivilisationsmuseum #asiancivilisationsmuseumsingapore #singapore #singaporemuseum
I stopped in my tracks when I saw these earrings. They are incredibly rare gold earrings dating to c.1st - 3rd centuries AD. You often see them represented in sculptures but to actually see a pair is 🤯 Same with the next pair which are discs of ivory that would have been inserted into stretched earlobes 👉🏾 The other earrings are beautiful examples from Java, Philippines and Champa (Mekong Delta) that date between 3rd - 9th centuries. #kushanart #gold #ancientindia #goldearrings #indianart #indiangold #philippines #champa #objectoftheday #dayinthelifeofacurator #mekongdelta #java #javagold #javanesegold #goldart #goldenart #asiancivilisationsmuseum #asiancivilisationsmuseumsingapore #singapore #singaporemuseum
I stopped in my tracks when I saw these earrings. They are incredibly rare gold earrings dating to c.1st - 3rd centuries AD. You often see them represented in sculptures but to actually see a pair is 🤯 Same with the next pair which are discs of ivory that would have been inserted into stretched earlobes 👉🏾 The other earrings are beautiful examples from Java, Philippines and Champa (Mekong Delta) that date between 3rd - 9th centuries. #kushanart #gold #ancientindia #goldearrings #indianart #indiangold #philippines #champa #objectoftheday #dayinthelifeofacurator #mekongdelta #java #javagold #javanesegold #goldart #goldenart #asiancivilisationsmuseum #asiancivilisationsmuseumsingapore #singapore #singaporemuseum
I stopped in my tracks when I saw these earrings. They are incredibly rare gold earrings dating to c.1st - 3rd centuries AD. You often see them represented in sculptures but to actually see a pair is 🤯 Same with the next pair which are discs of ivory that would have been inserted into stretched earlobes 👉🏾 The other earrings are beautiful examples from Java, Philippines and Champa (Mekong Delta) that date between 3rd - 9th centuries. #kushanart #gold #ancientindia #goldearrings #indianart #indiangold #philippines #champa #objectoftheday #dayinthelifeofacurator #mekongdelta #java #javagold #javanesegold #goldart #goldenart #asiancivilisationsmuseum #asiancivilisationsmuseumsingapore #singapore #singaporemuseum
I stopped in my tracks when I saw these earrings. They are incredibly rare gold earrings dating to c.1st - 3rd centuries AD. You often see them represented in sculptures but to actually see a pair is 🤯 Same with the next pair which are discs of ivory that would have been inserted into stretched earlobes 👉🏾 The other earrings are beautiful examples from Java, Philippines and Champa (Mekong Delta) that date between 3rd - 9th centuries. #kushanart #gold #ancientindia #goldearrings #indianart #indiangold #philippines #champa #objectoftheday #dayinthelifeofacurator #mekongdelta #java #javagold #javanesegold #goldart #goldenart #asiancivilisationsmuseum #asiancivilisationsmuseumsingapore #singapore #singaporemuseum
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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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