Talks
Lectures & Talks
2023 – Curating South Asia at the British Museum – Live History India for Peepul Tree Stories
2023 – Connecting South Asia and the world – Gallery tour for British Museum Patrons and Trustees
2022 – Connecting South Asia and the world – Gallery tour for British Museum Members
2022 – Displaying Gandhara at the British Museum – Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS
2022 – Collecting Histories: Research to Display – Executive MA in Cultural Leadership, Royal Academy of Arts
2022 – Social Networking Services and museums – SISJAC (Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts & Culture)
2022 – Colonial Collecting in Ceylon – American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies
2022 – Podcasting: The Wonder House – Art Gallery & Museum Studies, Manchester University
2021 – Challenging Stereotypes of Difference – TedxBath
2021 – Museums and Collections in the Pandemic and Beyond – Professional Development Day, Association for Art History
2021 – From the mountains to the islands: collecting South Asia at the British Museum – National Institut d’Histoire de l’Art
2021 – Moved, Blown Up, Restored: sharing stories beyond the label – Keynote: Historical Fictions Research Conference
2021 – Audio described tour South Asia Collection January 2021 – British Museum
2020 – Historical narratives of the Mauryan period – Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS
2020 – Interview – MA course ‘The Museum: Critical Perspectives’ – UCL
2020 – Experimenting with Museums’ Collection Histories – Keynote – 2020 – Keynote Lecture, The Society for the History of Collecting (September 21) – Cancelled because of Covid-19 and Furlough
2020 – Museums Showoff online
2019 – Stories about Love. The Kama Sutra: Challenging the Stereotype – Museum of Fine Art, Houston (September 26)
2019 – Putting South Asia on Display – Rice University, Houston
2019 – From shells to ivory: Hugh Nevill’s colonial collecting in Sri Lanka – IoA History of Archaeology Research Network, UCL
2019 – Hugh Nevill: Colonial Collecting in Sri Lanka – Indian Art Circle, SOAS
2019 – Collecting Histories: Ancient South Asia – Gallery Talk, British Museum
2019 – Curating the Gandhara displays at the British Museum – ‘Collecting and Curating Buddhist Art in a Museum’ module @SOAS
2018 – Curating Empire – University of Lincoln
2018 – Highlights of ancient South Asia in the Hotung Gallery – Gallery Talk, British Museum
2018 – Collecting histories and imperial critique – UCL Centre for Critical Heritage Studies / South Asia Institute – Putting South Asia on Display, British Museum
2018 – How do you engage with ‘troubling’ histories in your work or collections? – V&A Research Institute Symposium – Troubling Objects: interrogating collecting and collections, V&A
2018 – Rai Bahadur Hira Lal’s Gond Collection at the British Museum – ECSAS European Conference on South Asian Studies, Paris
2018 – The Sophytes coins: from the Punjab to Bactria… and back again – EASAA European Association for South Asian Art and Archaeology conference, Naples
2018 – Sophytes: Reappraisal of an enigmatic ruler and the Sophytes coins – Royal Numismatic Society
2018 – The oldest, datable depiction of the Buddha in human form – British Museum YouTube
Panel Discussions
2023 – Collaborative Doctoral Projects panel discussion – AHRC CDP online panel
2022 – Gold in History. Conversation with Peter Frankopan – British LIbrary
2021 – Portico Library Chess Origins Talk – Portico Library, Manchester + part of MACFEST
2021 – Roots and Changes: Gujarati Influences – Panel discussion, South Asian Heritage Month
2021 – Museums and Collections in the Pandemic and Beyond – Professional Development Day, Association for Art History
2021 – Museum directors’ roundtable: museums without walls. Panel discussion with Luke Syson, Nicholas Cullinan & Sushma Jansari. Chaired by Nicola Kalinsky – British School at Rome
2020 – BBC Culture in Quarantine #MuseumPassion Live – BBC Arts
2020 – South Asia(ns) and Decolonising the Dutch Museum – Workshop in collaboration with UCL/BM/Nationaal Museum Van Wereldculturen held at Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (February 21)
2020 – Interview for ‘The Museum: Critical Perspectives’ – UCL (October 5)
2020 – What is curating? – Roundtable discussion for MA Curating Collections and Heritage – Brighton University
2020 – Experimenting with Museums’ Collection Histories – Keynote – 2020 – Keynote Lecture, The Society for the History of Collecting – Cancelled because of Covid-19 and Furlough
2020 – Archive After Hours: Sex, Romance, Erotica – HistFest Panel discussion with EL James & Dr Kate Lister – Museum of London
2020 – #MuseumFromHome with Dan Vo
2019 – Hindoo Stuart and the Making of the British Museum’s South Asia Collections – Jaipur Literary Festival discussion with William Dalrymple – British Museum
2019 – Panel discussion for UCL History Department careers event – UCL
2018 – Ravi Shankar’s Sitar: taking India to the World – British Museum YouTube
Talks
Lectures & Talks
2023 – Curating South Asia at the British Museum – Live History India for Peepul Tree Stories
2023 – Connecting South Asia and the world – Gallery tour for British Museum Patrons and Trustees
2022 – Connecting South Asia and the world – Gallery tour for British Museum Members
2022 – Displaying Gandhara at the British Museum – Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS
2022 – Collecting Histories: Research to Display – Executive MA in Cultural Leadership, Royal Academy of Arts
2022 – Social Networking Services and museums – SISJAC (Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts & Culture)
2022 – Colonial Collecting in Ceylon – American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies
2022 – Podcasting: The Wonder House – Art Gallery & Museum Studies, Manchester University
2021 – Challenging Stereotypes of Difference – TedxBath
2021 – Museums and Collections in the Pandemic and Beyond – Professional Development Day, Association for Art History
2021 – From the mountains to the islands: collecting South Asia at the British Museum – National Institut d’Histoire de l’Art
2021 – Moved, Blown Up, Restored: sharing stories beyond the label – Keynote: Historical Fictions Research Conference
2021 – Audio described tour South Asia Collection January 2021 – British Museum
2020 – Historical narratives of the Mauryan period – Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS
2020 – Interview – MA course ‘The Museum: Critical Perspectives’ – UCL
2020 – Experimenting with Museums’ Collection Histories – Keynote – 2020 – Keynote Lecture, The Society for the History of Collecting (September 21) – Cancelled because of Covid-19 and Furlough
2020 – Museums Showoff online
2019 – Stories about Love. The Kama Sutra: Challenging the Stereotype – Museum of Fine Art, Houston (September 26)
2019 – Putting South Asia on Display – Rice University, Houston
2019 – From shells to ivory: Hugh Nevill’s colonial collecting in Sri Lanka – IoA History of Archaeology Research Network, UCL
2019 – Hugh Nevill: Colonial Collecting in Sri Lanka – Indian Art Circle, SOAS
2019 – Collecting Histories: Ancient South Asia – Gallery Talk, British Museum
2019 – Curating the Gandhara displays at the British Museum – ‘Collecting and Curating Buddhist Art in a Museum’ module @SOAS
2018 – Curating Empire – University of Lincoln
2018 – Highlights of ancient South Asia in the Hotung Gallery – Gallery Talk, British Museum
2018 – Collecting histories and imperial critique – UCL Centre for Critical Heritage Studies / South Asia Institute – Putting South Asia on Display, British Museum
2018 – How do you engage with ‘troubling’ histories in your work or collections? – V&A Research Institute Symposium – Troubling Objects: interrogating collecting and collections, V&A
2018 – Rai Bahadur Hira Lal’s Gond Collection at the British Museum – ECSAS European Conference on South Asian Studies, Paris
2018 – The Sophytes coins: from the Punjab to Bactria… and back again – EASAA European Association for South Asian Art and Archaeology conference, Naples
2018 – Sophytes: Reappraisal of an enigmatic ruler and the Sophytes coins – Royal Numismatic Society
2018 – The oldest, datable depiction of the Buddha in human form – British Museum YouTube
Panel Discussions
2023 – Collaborative Doctoral Projects panel discussion – AHRC CDP online panel
2022 – Gold in History. Conversation with Peter Frankopan – British LIbrary
2021 – Portico Library Chess Origins Talk – Portico Library, Manchester + part of MACFEST
2021 – Roots and Changes: Gujarati Influences – Panel discussion, South Asian Heritage Month
2021 – Museums and Collections in the Pandemic and Beyond – Professional Development Day, Association for Art History
2021 – Museum directors’ roundtable: museums without walls. Panel discussion with Luke Syson, Nicholas Cullinan & Sushma Jansari. Chaired by Nicola Kalinsky – British School at Rome
2020 – BBC Culture in Quarantine #MuseumPassion Live – BBC Arts
2020 – South Asia(ns) and Decolonising the Dutch Museum – Workshop in collaboration with UCL/BM/Nationaal Museum Van Wereldculturen held at Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (February 21)
2020 – Interview for ‘The Museum: Critical Perspectives’ – UCL (October 5)
2020 – What is curating? – Roundtable discussion for MA Curating Collections and Heritage – Brighton University
2020 – Experimenting with Museums’ Collection Histories – Keynote – 2020 – Keynote Lecture, The Society for the History of Collecting – Cancelled because of Covid-19 and Furlough
2020 – Archive After Hours: Sex, Romance, Erotica – HistFest Panel discussion with EL James & Dr Kate Lister – Museum of London
2020 – #MuseumFromHome with Dan Vo
2019 – Hindoo Stuart and the Making of the British Museum’s South Asia Collections – Jaipur Literary Festival discussion with William Dalrymple – British Museum
2019 – Panel discussion for UCL History Department careers event – UCL
2018 – Ravi Shankar’s Sitar: taking India to the World – British Museum YouTube
Talks
Lectures & Talks
2023 – Curating South Asia at the British Museum – Live History India for Peepul Tree Stories
2023 – Connecting South Asia and the world – Gallery tour for British Museum Patrons and Trustees
2022 – Connecting South Asia and the world – Gallery tour for British Museum Members
2022 – Displaying Gandhara at the British Museum – Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS
2022 – Collecting Histories: Research to Display – Executive MA in Cultural Leadership, Royal Academy of Arts
2022 – Social Networking Services and museums – SISJAC (Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts & Culture)
2022 – Colonial Collecting in Ceylon – American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies
2022 – Podcasting: The Wonder House – Art Gallery & Museum Studies, Manchester University
2021 – Challenging Stereotypes of Difference – TedxBath
2021 – Museums and Collections in the Pandemic and Beyond – Professional Development Day, Association for Art History
2021 – From the mountains to the islands: collecting South Asia at the British Museum – National Institut d’Histoire de l’Art
2021 – Moved, Blown Up, Restored: sharing stories beyond the label – Keynote: Historical Fictions Research Conference
2021 – Audio described tour South Asia Collection January 2021 – British Museum
2020 – Historical narratives of the Mauryan period – Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS
2020 – Interview – MA course ‘The Museum: Critical Perspectives’ – UCL
2020 – Experimenting with Museums’ Collection Histories – Keynote – 2020 – Keynote Lecture, The Society for the History of Collecting (September 21) – Cancelled because of Covid-19 and Furlough
2020 – Museums Showoff online
2019 – Stories about Love. The Kama Sutra: Challenging the Stereotype – Museum of Fine Art, Houston (September 26)
2019 – Putting South Asia on Display – Rice University, Houston
2019 – From shells to ivory: Hugh Nevill’s colonial collecting in Sri Lanka – IoA History of Archaeology Research Network, UCL
2019 – Hugh Nevill: Colonial Collecting in Sri Lanka – Indian Art Circle, SOAS
2019 – Collecting Histories: Ancient South Asia – Gallery Talk, British Museum
2019 – Curating the Gandhara displays at the British Museum – ‘Collecting and Curating Buddhist Art in a Museum’ module @SOAS
2018 – Curating Empire – University of Lincoln
2018 – Highlights of ancient South Asia in the Hotung Gallery – Gallery Talk, British Museum
2018 – Collecting histories and imperial critique – UCL Centre for Critical Heritage Studies / South Asia Institute – Putting South Asia on Display, British Museum
2018 – How do you engage with ‘troubling’ histories in your work or collections? – V&A Research Institute Symposium – Troubling Objects: interrogating collecting and collections, V&A
2018 – Rai Bahadur Hira Lal’s Gond Collection at the British Museum – ECSAS European Conference on South Asian Studies, Paris
2018 – The Sophytes coins: from the Punjab to Bactria… and back again – EASAA European Association for South Asian Art and Archaeology conference, Naples
2018 – Sophytes: Reappraisal of an enigmatic ruler and the Sophytes coins – Royal Numismatic Society
2018 – The oldest, datable depiction of the Buddha in human form – British Museum YouTube
Panel Discussions
2023 – Collaborative Doctoral Projects panel discussion – AHRC CDP online panel
2022 – Gold in History. Conversation with Peter Frankopan – British LIbrary
2021 – Portico Library Chess Origins Talk – Portico Library, Manchester + part of MACFEST
2021 – Roots and Changes: Gujarati Influences – Panel discussion, South Asian Heritage Month
2021 – Museums and Collections in the Pandemic and Beyond – Professional Development Day, Association for Art History
2021 – Museum directors’ roundtable: museums without walls. Panel discussion with Luke Syson, Nicholas Cullinan & Sushma Jansari. Chaired by Nicola Kalinsky – British School at Rome
2020 – BBC Culture in Quarantine #MuseumPassion Live – BBC Arts
2020 – South Asia(ns) and Decolonising the Dutch Museum – Workshop in collaboration with UCL/BM/Nationaal Museum Van Wereldculturen held at Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (February 21)
2020 – Interview for ‘The Museum: Critical Perspectives’ – UCL (October 5)
2020 – What is curating? – Roundtable discussion for MA Curating Collections and Heritage – Brighton University
2020 – Experimenting with Museums’ Collection Histories – Keynote – 2020 – Keynote Lecture, The Society for the History of Collecting – Cancelled because of Covid-19 and Furlough
2020 – Archive After Hours: Sex, Romance, Erotica – HistFest Panel discussion with EL James & Dr Kate Lister – Museum of London
2020 – #MuseumFromHome with Dan Vo
2019 – Hindoo Stuart and the Making of the British Museum’s South Asia Collections – Jaipur Literary Festival discussion with William Dalrymple – British Museum
2019 – Panel discussion for UCL History Department careers event – UCL
2018 – Ravi Shankar’s Sitar: taking India to the World – British Museum YouTube
Talks
Lectures & Talks
2023 – Curating South Asia at the British Museum – Live History India for Peepul Tree Stories
2023 – Connecting South Asia and the world – Gallery tour for British Museum Patrons and Trustees
2022 – Connecting South Asia and the world – Gallery tour for British Museum Members
2022 – Displaying Gandhara at the British Museum – Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS
2022 – Collecting Histories: Research to Display – Executive MA in Cultural Leadership, Royal Academy of Arts
2022 – Social Networking Services and museums – SISJAC (Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts & Culture)
2022 – Colonial Collecting in Ceylon – American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies
2022 – Podcasting: The Wonder House – Art Gallery & Museum Studies, Manchester University
2021 – Challenging Stereotypes of Difference – TedxBath
2021 – Museums and Collections in the Pandemic and Beyond – Professional Development Day, Association for Art History
2021 – From the mountains to the islands: collecting South Asia at the British Museum – National Institut d’Histoire de l’Art
2021 – Moved, Blown Up, Restored: sharing stories beyond the label – Keynote: Historical Fictions Research Conference
2021 – Audio described tour South Asia Collection January 2021 – British Museum
2020 – Historical narratives of the Mauryan period – Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS
2020 – Interview – MA course ‘The Museum: Critical Perspectives’ – UCL
2020 – Experimenting with Museums’ Collection Histories – Keynote – 2020 – Keynote Lecture, The Society for the History of Collecting (September 21) – Cancelled because of Covid-19 and Furlough
2020 – Museums Showoff online
2019 – Stories about Love. The Kama Sutra: Challenging the Stereotype – Museum of Fine Art, Houston (September 26)
2019 – Putting South Asia on Display – Rice University, Houston
2019 – From shells to ivory: Hugh Nevill’s colonial collecting in Sri Lanka – IoA History of Archaeology Research Network, UCL
2019 – Hugh Nevill: Colonial Collecting in Sri Lanka – Indian Art Circle, SOAS
2019 – Collecting Histories: Ancient South Asia – Gallery Talk, British Museum
2019 – Curating the Gandhara displays at the British Museum – ‘Collecting and Curating Buddhist Art in a Museum’ module @SOAS
2018 – Curating Empire – University of Lincoln
2018 – Highlights of ancient South Asia in the Hotung Gallery – Gallery Talk, British Museum
2018 – Collecting histories and imperial critique – UCL Centre for Critical Heritage Studies / South Asia Institute – Putting South Asia on Display, British Museum
2018 – How do you engage with ‘troubling’ histories in your work or collections? – V&A Research Institute Symposium – Troubling Objects: interrogating collecting and collections, V&A
2018 – Rai Bahadur Hira Lal’s Gond Collection at the British Museum – ECSAS European Conference on South Asian Studies, Paris
2018 – The Sophytes coins: from the Punjab to Bactria… and back again – EASAA European Association for South Asian Art and Archaeology conference, Naples
2018 – Sophytes: Reappraisal of an enigmatic ruler and the Sophytes coins – Royal Numismatic Society
2018 – The oldest, datable depiction of the Buddha in human form – British Museum YouTube
Panel Discussions
2023 – Collaborative Doctoral Projects panel discussion – AHRC CDP online panel
2022 – Gold in History. Conversation with Peter Frankopan – British LIbrary
2021 – Portico Library Chess Origins Talk – Portico Library, Manchester + part of MACFEST
2021 – Roots and Changes: Gujarati Influences – Panel discussion, South Asian Heritage Month
2021 – Museums and Collections in the Pandemic and Beyond – Professional Development Day, Association for Art History
2021 – Museum directors’ roundtable: museums without walls. Panel discussion with Luke Syson, Nicholas Cullinan & Sushma Jansari. Chaired by Nicola Kalinsky – British School at Rome
2020 – BBC Culture in Quarantine #MuseumPassion Live – BBC Arts
2020 – South Asia(ns) and Decolonising the Dutch Museum – Workshop in collaboration with UCL/BM/Nationaal Museum Van Wereldculturen held at Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (February 21)
2020 – Interview for ‘The Museum: Critical Perspectives’ – UCL (October 5)
2020 – What is curating? – Roundtable discussion for MA Curating Collections and Heritage – Brighton University
2020 – Experimenting with Museums’ Collection Histories – Keynote – 2020 – Keynote Lecture, The Society for the History of Collecting – Cancelled because of Covid-19 and Furlough
2020 – Archive After Hours: Sex, Romance, Erotica – HistFest Panel discussion with EL James & Dr Kate Lister – Museum of London
2020 – #MuseumFromHome with Dan Vo
2019 – Hindoo Stuart and the Making of the British Museum’s South Asia Collections – Jaipur Literary Festival discussion with William Dalrymple – British Museum
2019 – Panel discussion for UCL History Department careers event – UCL
2018 – Ravi Shankar’s Sitar: taking India to the World – British Museum YouTube
Talks
Lectures & Talks
2023 – Curating South Asia at the British Museum – Live History India for Peepul Tree Stories
2023 – Connecting South Asia and the world – Gallery tour for British Museum Patrons and Trustees
2022 – Connecting South Asia and the world – Gallery tour for British Museum Members
2022 – Displaying Gandhara at the British Museum – Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS
2022 – Collecting Histories: Research to Display – Executive MA in Cultural Leadership, Royal Academy of Arts
2022 – Social Networking Services and museums – SISJAC (Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts & Culture)
2022 – Colonial Collecting in Ceylon – American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies
2022 – Podcasting: The Wonder House – Art Gallery & Museum Studies, Manchester University
2021 – Challenging Stereotypes of Difference – TedxBath
2021 – Museums and Collections in the Pandemic and Beyond – Professional Development Day, Association for Art History
2021 – From the mountains to the islands: collecting South Asia at the British Museum – National Institut d’Histoire de l’Art
2021 – Moved, Blown Up, Restored: sharing stories beyond the label – Keynote: Historical Fictions Research Conference
2021 – Audio described tour South Asia Collection January 2021 – British Museum
2020 – Historical narratives of the Mauryan period – Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS
2020 – Interview – MA course ‘The Museum: Critical Perspectives’ – UCL
2020 – Experimenting with Museums’ Collection Histories – Keynote – 2020 – Keynote Lecture, The Society for the History of Collecting (September 21) – Cancelled because of Covid-19 and Furlough
2020 – Museums Showoff online
2019 – Stories about Love. The Kama Sutra: Challenging the Stereotype – Museum of Fine Art, Houston (September 26)
2019 – Putting South Asia on Display – Rice University, Houston
2019 – From shells to ivory: Hugh Nevill’s colonial collecting in Sri Lanka – IoA History of Archaeology Research Network, UCL
2019 – Hugh Nevill: Colonial Collecting in Sri Lanka – Indian Art Circle, SOAS
2019 – Collecting Histories: Ancient South Asia – Gallery Talk, British Museum
2019 – Curating the Gandhara displays at the British Museum – ‘Collecting and Curating Buddhist Art in a Museum’ module @SOAS
2018 – Curating Empire – University of Lincoln
2018 – Highlights of ancient South Asia in the Hotung Gallery – Gallery Talk, British Museum
2018 – Collecting histories and imperial critique – UCL Centre for Critical Heritage Studies / South Asia Institute – Putting South Asia on Display, British Museum
2018 – How do you engage with ‘troubling’ histories in your work or collections? – V&A Research Institute Symposium – Troubling Objects: interrogating collecting and collections, V&A
2018 – Rai Bahadur Hira Lal’s Gond Collection at the British Museum – ECSAS European Conference on South Asian Studies, Paris
2018 – The Sophytes coins: from the Punjab to Bactria… and back again – EASAA European Association for South Asian Art and Archaeology conference, Naples
2018 – Sophytes: Reappraisal of an enigmatic ruler and the Sophytes coins – Royal Numismatic Society
2018 – The oldest, datable depiction of the Buddha in human form – British Museum YouTube
Panel Discussions
2023 – Collaborative Doctoral Projects panel discussion – AHRC CDP online panel
2022 – Gold in History. Conversation with Peter Frankopan – British LIbrary
2021 – Portico Library Chess Origins Talk – Portico Library, Manchester + part of MACFEST
2021 – Roots and Changes: Gujarati Influences – Panel discussion, South Asian Heritage Month
2021 – Museums and Collections in the Pandemic and Beyond – Professional Development Day, Association for Art History
2021 – Museum directors’ roundtable: museums without walls. Panel discussion with Luke Syson, Nicholas Cullinan & Sushma Jansari. Chaired by Nicola Kalinsky – British School at Rome
2020 – BBC Culture in Quarantine #MuseumPassion Live – BBC Arts
2020 – South Asia(ns) and Decolonising the Dutch Museum – Workshop in collaboration with UCL/BM/Nationaal Museum Van Wereldculturen held at Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (February 21)
2020 – Interview for ‘The Museum: Critical Perspectives’ – UCL (October 5)
2020 – What is curating? – Roundtable discussion for MA Curating Collections and Heritage – Brighton University
2020 – Experimenting with Museums’ Collection Histories – Keynote – 2020 – Keynote Lecture, The Society for the History of Collecting – Cancelled because of Covid-19 and Furlough
2020 – Archive After Hours: Sex, Romance, Erotica – HistFest Panel discussion with EL James & Dr Kate Lister – Museum of London
2020 – #MuseumFromHome with Dan Vo
2019 – Hindoo Stuart and the Making of the British Museum’s South Asia Collections – Jaipur Literary Festival discussion with William Dalrymple – British Museum
2019 – Panel discussion for UCL History Department careers event – UCL
2018 – Ravi Shankar’s Sitar: taking India to the World – British Museum YouTube
Talks
Lectures & Talks
2023 – Curating South Asia at the British Museum – Live History India for Peepul Tree Stories
2023 – Connecting South Asia and the world – Gallery tour for British Museum Patrons and Trustees
2022 – Connecting South Asia and the world – Gallery tour for British Museum Members
2022 – Displaying Gandhara at the British Museum – Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS
2022 – Collecting Histories: Research to Display – Executive MA in Cultural Leadership, Royal Academy of Arts
2022 – Social Networking Services and museums – SISJAC (Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts & Culture)
2022 – Colonial Collecting in Ceylon – American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies
2022 – Podcasting: The Wonder House – Art Gallery & Museum Studies, Manchester University
2021 – Challenging Stereotypes of Difference – TedxBath
2021 – Museums and Collections in the Pandemic and Beyond – Professional Development Day, Association for Art History
2021 – From the mountains to the islands: collecting South Asia at the British Museum – National Institut d’Histoire de l’Art
2021 – Moved, Blown Up, Restored: sharing stories beyond the label – Keynote: Historical Fictions Research Conference
2021 – Audio described tour South Asia Collection January 2021 – British Museum
2020 – Historical narratives of the Mauryan period – Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS
2020 – Interview – MA course ‘The Museum: Critical Perspectives’ – UCL
2020 – Experimenting with Museums’ Collection Histories – Keynote – 2020 – Keynote Lecture, The Society for the History of Collecting (September 21) – Cancelled because of Covid-19 and Furlough
2020 – Museums Showoff online
2019 – Stories about Love. The Kama Sutra: Challenging the Stereotype – Museum of Fine Art, Houston (September 26)
2019 – Putting South Asia on Display – Rice University, Houston
2019 – From shells to ivory: Hugh Nevill’s colonial collecting in Sri Lanka – IoA History of Archaeology Research Network, UCL
2019 – Hugh Nevill: Colonial Collecting in Sri Lanka – Indian Art Circle, SOAS
2019 – Collecting Histories: Ancient South Asia – Gallery Talk, British Museum
2019 – Curating the Gandhara displays at the British Museum – ‘Collecting and Curating Buddhist Art in a Museum’ module @SOAS
2018 – Curating Empire – University of Lincoln
2018 – Highlights of ancient South Asia in the Hotung Gallery – Gallery Talk, British Museum
2018 – Collecting histories and imperial critique – UCL Centre for Critical Heritage Studies / South Asia Institute – Putting South Asia on Display, British Museum
2018 – How do you engage with ‘troubling’ histories in your work or collections? – V&A Research Institute Symposium – Troubling Objects: interrogating collecting and collections, V&A
2018 – Rai Bahadur Hira Lal’s Gond Collection at the British Museum – ECSAS European Conference on South Asian Studies, Paris
2018 – The Sophytes coins: from the Punjab to Bactria… and back again – EASAA European Association for South Asian Art and Archaeology conference, Naples
2018 – Sophytes: Reappraisal of an enigmatic ruler and the Sophytes coins – Royal Numismatic Society
2018 – The oldest, datable depiction of the Buddha in human form – British Museum YouTube
Panel Discussions
2023 – Collaborative Doctoral Projects panel discussion – AHRC CDP online panel
2022 – Gold in History. Conversation with Peter Frankopan – British LIbrary
2021 – Portico Library Chess Origins Talk – Portico Library, Manchester + part of MACFEST
2021 – Roots and Changes: Gujarati Influences – Panel discussion, South Asian Heritage Month
2021 – Museums and Collections in the Pandemic and Beyond – Professional Development Day, Association for Art History
2021 – Museum directors’ roundtable: museums without walls. Panel discussion with Luke Syson, Nicholas Cullinan & Sushma Jansari. Chaired by Nicola Kalinsky – British School at Rome
2020 – BBC Culture in Quarantine #MuseumPassion Live – BBC Arts
2020 – South Asia(ns) and Decolonising the Dutch Museum – Workshop in collaboration with UCL/BM/Nationaal Museum Van Wereldculturen held at Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (February 21)
2020 – Interview for ‘The Museum: Critical Perspectives’ – UCL (October 5)
2020 – What is curating? – Roundtable discussion for MA Curating Collections and Heritage – Brighton University
2020 – Experimenting with Museums’ Collection Histories – Keynote – 2020 – Keynote Lecture, The Society for the History of Collecting – Cancelled because of Covid-19 and Furlough
2020 – Archive After Hours: Sex, Romance, Erotica – HistFest Panel discussion with EL James & Dr Kate Lister – Museum of London
2020 – #MuseumFromHome with Dan Vo
2019 – Hindoo Stuart and the Making of the British Museum’s South Asia Collections – Jaipur Literary Festival discussion with William Dalrymple – British Museum
2019 – Panel discussion for UCL History Department careers event – UCL
2018 – Ravi Shankar’s Sitar: taking India to the World – British Museum YouTube
Talks
Lectures & Talks
2023 – Curating South Asia at the British Museum – Live History India for Peepul Tree Stories
2023 – Connecting South Asia and the world – Gallery tour for British Museum Patrons and Trustees
2022 – Connecting South Asia and the world – Gallery tour for British Museum Members
2022 – Displaying Gandhara at the British Museum – Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS
2022 – Collecting Histories: Research to Display – Executive MA in Cultural Leadership, Royal Academy of Arts
2022 – Social Networking Services and museums – SISJAC (Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts & Culture)
2022 – Colonial Collecting in Ceylon – American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies
2022 – Podcasting: The Wonder House – Art Gallery & Museum Studies, Manchester University
2021 – Challenging Stereotypes of Difference – TedxBath
2021 – Museums and Collections in the Pandemic and Beyond – Professional Development Day, Association for Art History
2021 – From the mountains to the islands: collecting South Asia at the British Museum – National Institut d’Histoire de l’Art
2021 – Moved, Blown Up, Restored: sharing stories beyond the label – Keynote: Historical Fictions Research Conference
2021 – Audio described tour South Asia Collection January 2021 – British Museum
2020 – Historical narratives of the Mauryan period – Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS
2020 – Interview – MA course ‘The Museum: Critical Perspectives’ – UCL
2020 – Experimenting with Museums’ Collection Histories – Keynote – 2020 – Keynote Lecture, The Society for the History of Collecting (September 21) – Cancelled because of Covid-19 and Furlough
2020 – Museums Showoff online
2019 – Stories about Love. The Kama Sutra: Challenging the Stereotype – Museum of Fine Art, Houston (September 26)
2019 – Putting South Asia on Display – Rice University, Houston
2019 – From shells to ivory: Hugh Nevill’s colonial collecting in Sri Lanka – IoA History of Archaeology Research Network, UCL
2019 – Hugh Nevill: Colonial Collecting in Sri Lanka – Indian Art Circle, SOAS
2019 – Collecting Histories: Ancient South Asia – Gallery Talk, British Museum
2019 – Curating the Gandhara displays at the British Museum – ‘Collecting and Curating Buddhist Art in a Museum’ module @SOAS
2018 – Curating Empire – University of Lincoln
2018 – Highlights of ancient South Asia in the Hotung Gallery – Gallery Talk, British Museum
2018 – Collecting histories and imperial critique – UCL Centre for Critical Heritage Studies / South Asia Institute – Putting South Asia on Display, British Museum
2018 – How do you engage with ‘troubling’ histories in your work or collections? – V&A Research Institute Symposium – Troubling Objects: interrogating collecting and collections, V&A
2018 – Rai Bahadur Hira Lal’s Gond Collection at the British Museum – ECSAS European Conference on South Asian Studies, Paris
2018 – The Sophytes coins: from the Punjab to Bactria… and back again – EASAA European Association for South Asian Art and Archaeology conference, Naples
2018 – Sophytes: Reappraisal of an enigmatic ruler and the Sophytes coins – Royal Numismatic Society
2018 – The oldest, datable depiction of the Buddha in human form – British Museum YouTube
Panel Discussions
2023 – Collaborative Doctoral Projects panel discussion – AHRC CDP online panel
2022 – Gold in History. Conversation with Peter Frankopan – British LIbrary
2021 – Portico Library Chess Origins Talk – Portico Library, Manchester + part of MACFEST
2021 – Roots and Changes: Gujarati Influences – Panel discussion, South Asian Heritage Month
2021 – Museums and Collections in the Pandemic and Beyond – Professional Development Day, Association for Art History
2021 – Museum directors’ roundtable: museums without walls. Panel discussion with Luke Syson, Nicholas Cullinan & Sushma Jansari. Chaired by Nicola Kalinsky – British School at Rome
2020 – BBC Culture in Quarantine #MuseumPassion Live – BBC Arts
2020 – South Asia(ns) and Decolonising the Dutch Museum – Workshop in collaboration with UCL/BM/Nationaal Museum Van Wereldculturen held at Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (February 21)
2020 – Interview for ‘The Museum: Critical Perspectives’ – UCL (October 5)
2020 – What is curating? – Roundtable discussion for MA Curating Collections and Heritage – Brighton University
2020 – Experimenting with Museums’ Collection Histories – Keynote – 2020 – Keynote Lecture, The Society for the History of Collecting – Cancelled because of Covid-19 and Furlough
2020 – Archive After Hours: Sex, Romance, Erotica – HistFest Panel discussion with EL James & Dr Kate Lister – Museum of London
2020 – #MuseumFromHome with Dan Vo
2019 – Hindoo Stuart and the Making of the British Museum’s South Asia Collections – Jaipur Literary Festival discussion with William Dalrymple – British Museum
2019 – Panel discussion for UCL History Department careers event – UCL
2018 – Ravi Shankar’s Sitar: taking India to the World – British Museum YouTube