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lewisryder.bsky.social

@lewisryder.bsky.social
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Historian of collecting, museums and colonialism. Currently a Leverhulme ECF researching emotional politics of British colonial loot c.1750-1914.

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lewisryder.bsky.social @lewisryder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Proud of this one - my new article in The Historical Journal is out on first view. It's a historiographical review of the literature on British colonial spoils, or 'loot'.
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lewisryder.bsky.social @lewisryder.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Well chuffed with this shout out! Thanks Craig
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lewisryder.bsky.social @lewisryder.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
If anyone wants to chat more generally Leverhulme ECF - from applying to diff unis, to the actual app, just give me a shout!
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Gareth Knapman @garethknapman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
What role did colonial police play in the plunder of Australian First Nation Ancestors remains and material culture? Public lecture, ANU 23/6/2026 aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Emma Martin @tibetcurator.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This represents the first account of the Toshakhana or Treasure House, a colonial institution appropriated from earlier Indian and Persian practice. I argue that instead of solidifying regard it produced indifference to the gift & giver. A dream come true to publish in @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social
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lewisryder.bsky.social @lewisryder.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
buy this and make me a millionaire
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lewisryder.bsky.social @lewisryder.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
oh we'll have a look
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H-Material Culture @h-materialculture.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Check out our Featured New Work interview with Lewis Ryder on H-Material Culture. We discuss his new monograph with @manchesterup.bsky.social about early 20C British collecting 'from below', _Connoisseures and Conmen_ #MaterialCulture networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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Lewis Ryder's _Connoisseurs and conmen: The contest for cultural authority in early twentieth-century Britain_ (Manchester UP, 2026) | H-Net
Lewis Ryder, Connoisseurs and conmen: The contest for cultural authority in early twentieth-century Britain (Manchester University Press, 2026), https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177391/T...
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lewisryder.bsky.social @lewisryder.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Was good fun chatting to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my new book. You can listen to our chat here newbooksnetwork.com/connoisseurs... and, as they say, ‘wherever you get your podcasts’
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8. Lewis Ryder, "Connoisseurs and conmen: The contest for cultural authority in early twentieth-century Britain" (Manchester UP, 2026) - New Books Network
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lewisryder.bsky.social @lewisryder.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
🚨 New book give away!!! 🚨 As my book Connoisseurs and Conmen is out a week today I'm running a competition, for students, inspired by the book's subject, the trickster John Hilditch. The winner gets a free copy of the book. @h-materialculture.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
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lewisryder.bsky.social @lewisryder.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
🚨 New book give away!!! 🚨 As my book Connoisseurs and Conmen is out a week today I'm running a competition, for students, inspired by the book's subject, the trickster John Hilditch. The winner gets a free copy of the book. @h-materialculture.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
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