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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Find out more about the identical Clive statues in my new article, co-authored with Jayanta Sengupta. “Twin statues of Robert Clive and the Long History of Imperial Narratives in London and Calcutta”. Ch. 9 in Contested Histories (Bloomsbury 2026) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/contested... (2/2)

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Identical sculptures of Robert Clive by John Tweed, early 20th Century. One is beside the old India Office in London and the other is in the Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata. A century later, how are they viewed? (1/2)

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thank you! Your module sounds great. There’s been such a flourishing of good work on this topic, and and you can’t throw a rock in the UK without hitting a problematic statue/memorial

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Publication day for my article on contested statues of Robert Clive in London & Calcutta, Co-written with Jayanta Sengupta. This pic shows a plywood mock-up of the London statue, 1916. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/contested...

Plywood cut-out of a statue, 1916. The tall plinth it stands on is made of wood and canvas. Photo from British Library, Curzon Manuscripts.

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's the summer of tittering, it would seem—and we know who 'titterers' are: people who take blood sports seriously, because they don't take anyone's life seriously enough willself1.substack.com/p/2089334077...

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Jason Arday: J'Accuse the British Media

After the death of Jason Arday, Will Self asks what happens when the media machine mistakes what interests the public for the public interest.

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’ve been awarded the London Topographical Society’s Ann Saunders Essay Prize for 2026. My essay on London’s East India House will be published by them next year. Here’s a picture from the essay, showing Charles Fox carrying East India House on his shoulders. londontopsoc.org/about-us/ann...

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Robert Clive meeting Jeff Bezos. Doesn’t Clive look handy! What would you call that deformed third set of digits? A clawed hand or a CLAUDE hand? @empirepoduk.bsky.social

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Please tell me about your favourite imperialist artwork/monument in London

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The importance of understanding colonial history… “Due to limitations in our professional knowledge, we were unable to identify potential controversies” www.ft.com/content/8243...

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Lululemon apologises after Japanese drum controversy at Great Wall yoga event

Canadian athleisure company says it ‘should have been more cautious and thorough’

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

JUST PUBLISHED! Special issue of the South Asian Studies (Vol.42.1) on "South Asian Collections in European Museums", edited by myself and Dr Shreya Gupta of the V&A. There's some amazing stuff in here. Have a look. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsas20/4...

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Unique, fully funded opportunity for archivists and library professionals from South & Southeast Asia. Deadline: 13 June 2026. drive.google.com/file/d/1a3mV...

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Regional Course 2026_Announcement_EN.docx.pdf

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Welcome to Ammachi Universe! This guy makes videos of his gran in Kerala being helped by Marvel superheroes. I approve of this use of AI. youtu.be/nSYRY6jyaXI

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Welcome To Ammachi Universe | Full Part |

YouTube video by SAAppAi

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Leiden University has agreed to return this remarkable Chola copper plate manuscript to India. It was taken in the 17th Century by the Dutch East India Company (VOC). www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...

Photo taken at Leiden in 2019 of the large 11th Century bronze seal of Rajendra Chola I. It is attached to a ring that holds together 22 inscribed copper plates.

The 22 copper plates and bronze ring that compose the manuscript (Leiden University, Or.1687)

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Oh wow! Nice to turn these things around.

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I wrote a book chapter about the British Library’s illustrated Jain manuscripts a few years back. www.academia.edu/13049050/Ill...

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Illustrated Jaina Collections in the British Library

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Clive statue (John Tweed, 1912) and Man Blinded by Flag & Walking off Plinth (Banksy, 2026) are a short walk away from each other, in the most potent, sculpture-studded part of London.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

But we're still not posting our new Open Access requirements on our website (last update 24 May 2023: www.ukri.org/publications... ). For those, you'll need to be on LinkedIn. Open, innit? Not having a go at hard-pressed UKRI staff, but as open access strategy, this is both dire and unacceptable.

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Bronze “Dancing Shiva” sculptures often feature in museums. This article by Edmond de Taillac shows how they got there. “The Last Dance of Śiva: Local Supply Networks, Colonial Collecting, and the Making of ‘Indian Art’ in Early Twentieth-Century South India” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Why has Sanchi Stupa’s east gate been replicated in Germany? All revealed in this illustrated, OA article by Parul Singh and Shraddha Bhatawadekar Full article: (Re)creating the Authentic: Reproductions of the Sanchi Gateway in Berlin Museums www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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(Re)creating the Authentic: Reproductions of the Sanchi Gateway in Berlin Museums

The first casts of the Sanchi Stupa gateway in India were made in the nineteenth century under colonial regime and collected by various museums in Europe, including Berlin. While these casts were s...

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Now on BBC Radio Six, Professor Emeritus @racheldwyer.bsky.social is talking about Bollywood cinema!!

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Here are a few close-ups from the image above, showing a nautch at Delhi in 1838, hosted by Colonel James Skinner (British Library, Add.Or.2598). Spot the opera glasses!!

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Pleased to be sharing this open access article, authored by Radha Kapuria (Durham), Shweta Sachdeva Jha (Delhi) and myself. It's the intro for a JRAS volume we co-edited on "The Travelling Female Performer in South Asia". www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Three dancing girls on a terrace accompanied by five musicians. Behind them is a marble pavilion draped with textiles. Women sit watching the performers on either side. By a Delhi artist, c.1838. The drawing is inscribed, "A Nautch at Col. Skinner's given to me by himself 1838." British Library, Add.Or.2598.

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Congratulations on publishing this important paper!!!

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Exhibition at Kensington palace on the daughters of Duleep Singh, the Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. Last princess of Punjab who saved families from the Holocaust www.thetimes.com/article/e6d7...

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Last princess of Punjab who saved families from the Holocaust

Catherine Duleep Singh helped people flee Nazi Germany. She and her sisters, including a prominent suffragette, are the subject of a Kensington Palace exhibition

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

“From Madras to London: East India Company artworks in the 18th century.” My lecture, hosted by the Tamil Heritage Trust… www.youtube.com/live/LzVhkb5...

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DrJennifer Howes. "Madras to London: East India Company Artworks in the 18th Century". Mar 7, 2026

YouTube video by Tamil Heritage Trust

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I don’t discuss preferred alternatives in the article! I just describe the antiquarian usages of the sculptures. Some of them are pretty odd!

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

For a limited time, you can download a free e-copy of my article, "Decolonising the Rescue Archive: Antiquarian usage of Amaravati sculptures in the British Museum". The article will be published in South Asian Studies journal later this year. Link on my website's homepage www.jenniferhowes.com

An ancient Buddhist sculpture from Amaravati showing a horse walking through a gateway. The sculpture became part of the British Museum's collections in 1880. Before that, it was used in the construction of a marketplace monument at Machilipatna, sent to the Madras Government Museum, and shipped to the India Museum in London.

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Happy Holi! Painting by an artist from Vellore, 1820s. @britishlibrary.bsky.social Add.Or.66, full page and detail showing women.

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I’m giving an on-line lecture on Saturday March 7th about East India Company artworks! Joining instructions below.

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

My new article on Buddhist sculpture from Amaravati has now been published on-line! It will appear in print later this summer, in a special journal issue on “South Asian Collections in European Museums”. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Decolonising the Rescue Narrative: Antiquarian Usage of Amaravati Sculptures in the British Museum

Amaravati Stupa was the first Buddhist site in India to be systematically excavated by the British. Its first colonial excavation in 1816–17 led to 51 sculptures being removed from the site by amat...

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Kate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I don't think it is only our job to teach students how to read long novels; it may also be our jobs to teach them how to live without an online surveillance state. To learn without intrusive apps. To swap notes. To write in a book's margins. To exist in their communities in slow, clunky, human ways.

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Late 18th Century painting of a royal hunting scene in the planes of Golconda, led by Nizam Ali Khan of Hyderabad. In the painting's top right hand corner, the famous female poet and performer, Mah Laqa Bai Chanda, observes the scene from her palanquin. g.co/arts/E8r3oEH...

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Nizam II on a Hunting Expedition - Rai Venkatachallam - Google Arts & Culture

Framed painting in Deccani style with Rai Venkatachallam, the court artist, also the painter of this scene. A royal procession of Asaf Jahi ruler Nizam Ali...

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

In Kolkata, before Republic Day, Queen Victoria has a bath whether she needs it or not.

Bronze statue of Queen Victoria by George Frampton. Completed in 1901, installed in the gardens in front of Kolkata’s Victoria Memorial Hall.

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Yes! Find out what the statue means to them!!

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

This marble statue of Robert Clive, the notorious East India Company soldier and crook, has become a favourite place to take photos in the Victoria Memorial Hall Kolkata.

Statue of Robert Clive by John Tweed, in the Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata. Sculpted in London along with an identical bronze statue of Clive that was installed on the “Clive Steps” in Whitehall, next to the old India Office building.

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