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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Historian of collecting, museums and colonialism. Currently a Leverhulme ECF researching emotional politics of British colonial loot c.1750-1914.
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
Past and Present@pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · last mo.On advance access: "Tibetan Gift-Giving, British Indifference, and the Erasure of Provenance in Colonial India" by @tibetcurator.bsky.social (@uomsalc.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · last mo.Connoisseur or conman? The story of John Hilditch and the art world he challenged. Now 50% off until 9 July. Read the full Q&A with the book's author, Lewis Ryder: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04...
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Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · last mo.Our Summer Sale is now on! For TWO WEEKS ONLY, every single book on our website is 50% OFF. No code needed, discount applies automatically at checkout. Shop now: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk Must end 9th July! #SummerSale #booksky
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...
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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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’
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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🚨 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
🚨 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