dr hardeep dhindsa (he/him)
@hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social
art historian researching whiteness and greco-roman mythology in british history painting. curator thinking about victorian art and global connections. views my own. 🏳️🌈
https://hardeepsdhindsa.co.uk
https://hardeepsdhindsa.co.uk
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I’ve graduated with a PhD in Classics and History! 👨🎓 #c18 #classicsbluesky
‘Agents of Empire: Cultural Imperialism, White British Identity, and the Eighteenth-Century Grand Tour’ is available to download and read using the following link: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/st...
‘Agents of Empire: Cultural Imperialism, White British Identity, and the Eighteenth-Century Grand Tour’ is available to download and read using the following link: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/st...
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“[A]s art historians we are trained to understand how powerful the image can be”, writes @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social, unravelling and unpacking the visual politics of Whiteness in Classical sculpture and beyond (Volume 22, Issue 1-3, 2024). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Confronting the White Classical Body
Published in Visual Culture in Britain (Vol. 22, No. 1-3, 2024)
www.tandfonline.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:10 AM
“[A]s art historians we are trained to understand how powerful the image can be”, writes @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social, unravelling and unpacking the visual politics of Whiteness in Classical sculpture and beyond (Volume 22, Issue 1-3, 2024). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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@womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social is nearly 10! Come celebrate with us and a great line-up of speakers @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social @alicekonig.bsky.social & Katharine Piu San Russell @durhamclassics.bsky.social. Travel bursaries available, see info in QT'd link
#AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky 🏺
#AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky 🏺
You're all invited to the WCC UK's birthday! @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social
wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/01/29/c...
wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/01/29/c...
Celebrating Women in Classics: Ten Years of the Women’s Classical Committee UK - WCC-UK
As part of the Women’s Classical Committee’s tenth anniversary celebrations, we invite you to join us for a lively round table discussion and Q&A on the theme of ‘Celebrating Women in Classics’ on 22n...
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January 30, 2026 at 9:50 AM
@womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social is nearly 10! Come celebrate with us and a great line-up of speakers @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social @alicekonig.bsky.social & Katharine Piu San Russell @durhamclassics.bsky.social. Travel bursaries available, see info in QT'd link
#AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky 🏺
#AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky 🏺
I’ve graduated with a PhD in Classics and History! 👨🎓 #c18 #classicsbluesky
‘Agents of Empire: Cultural Imperialism, White British Identity, and the Eighteenth-Century Grand Tour’ is available to download and read using the following link: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/st...
‘Agents of Empire: Cultural Imperialism, White British Identity, and the Eighteenth-Century Grand Tour’ is available to download and read using the following link: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/st...
January 25, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I’ve graduated with a PhD in Classics and History! 👨🎓 #c18 #classicsbluesky
‘Agents of Empire: Cultural Imperialism, White British Identity, and the Eighteenth-Century Grand Tour’ is available to download and read using the following link: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/st...
‘Agents of Empire: Cultural Imperialism, White British Identity, and the Eighteenth-Century Grand Tour’ is available to download and read using the following link: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/st...
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2025 has been a rotten year for most early career postdoctoral researchers, especially in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
For a better 2026, check out (or repost) this short thread on a free resource for UK-based SHAPE PhDs within 10 years (excluding career breaks) of the doctorate. 1/3
For a better 2026, check out (or repost) this short thread on a free resource for UK-based SHAPE PhDs within 10 years (excluding career breaks) of the doctorate. 1/3
Early Career Researcher Network
An inclusive, researcher-led network for UK-based early career researchers working in the humanities and social sciences
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
December 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
2025 has been a rotten year for most early career postdoctoral researchers, especially in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
For a better 2026, check out (or repost) this short thread on a free resource for UK-based SHAPE PhDs within 10 years (excluding career breaks) of the doctorate. 1/3
For a better 2026, check out (or repost) this short thread on a free resource for UK-based SHAPE PhDs within 10 years (excluding career breaks) of the doctorate. 1/3
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"More than a third (37%) of Reform UK voters said they would be prouder of Britain if there were fewer people from minority ethnic backgrounds in a decade’s time, and 10% [compared to 3% overall] said it was important to have white skin to be a good British citizen."
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
"More than a third (37%) of Reform UK voters said they would be prouder of Britain if there were fewer people from minority ethnic backgrounds in a decade’s time, and 10% [compared to 3% overall] said it was important to have white skin to be a good British citizen."
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Looking forward to our next @ics.bsky.social – British Museum seminar with another terrific group of speakers, incl @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social @drmaimusie.bsky.social, Eleanor Newman & Joe Skinner. Register at link below!
Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Race & the representation of the other
Mon 15 Dec, 4pm, Senate House
Full details: shorturl.at/dbH6p
Speakers include: Hardeep Dhindsa (Birmingham Museums Trust), Mai Musié (UoL), Eleanor Newman (Oxford), Joseph Skinner (Newcastle)
Mon 15 Dec, 4pm, Senate House
Full details: shorturl.at/dbH6p
Speakers include: Hardeep Dhindsa (Birmingham Museums Trust), Mai Musié (UoL), Eleanor Newman (Oxford), Joseph Skinner (Newcastle)
Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Race and the representation of the other
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December 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Looking forward to our next @ics.bsky.social – British Museum seminar with another terrific group of speakers, incl @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social @drmaimusie.bsky.social, Eleanor Newman & Joe Skinner. Register at link below!
Register for BSECS using the link below! If any PhD students and/or ECRs want to chat over coffee about postdoc applications, drop me a DM :) I'm always happy to share my experiences of post-PhD life. #c18
DON'T FORGET to register for #BSECS2026 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026.
Early bird rates apply until tomorrow (Saturday 15 November 2025)
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
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Early bird rates apply until tomorrow (Saturday 15 November 2025)
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
BSECS Conference Registration
Registration for the BSECS Annual Conference is now open. Please use the form below to register for the conference.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Register for BSECS using the link below! If any PhD students and/or ECRs want to chat over coffee about postdoc applications, drop me a DM :) I'm always happy to share my experiences of post-PhD life. #c18
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A project that started with a DiGRA23 workshop is finally, nearly out in the world! Coming May 2026 from Bloomsbury’s Writing History series, Writing Games Histories is a collection of essays on historical game studies methods&approaches. Find the ToC here:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
Writing Game Histories
This book offers an accessible introduction to the dynamic intersection between history and games, and the flourishing discipline of Historical Game Studies. Fr…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A project that started with a DiGRA23 workshop is finally, nearly out in the world! Coming May 2026 from Bloomsbury’s Writing History series, Writing Games Histories is a collection of essays on historical game studies methods&approaches. Find the ToC here:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
Next time you visit the Pre-Raphaelite galleries at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, keep an eye out for more information about my project, Victorian Art & Design and the Global!
More information available at: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/about/what-w...
More information available at: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/about/what-w...
November 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Next time you visit the Pre-Raphaelite galleries at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, keep an eye out for more information about my project, Victorian Art & Design and the Global!
More information available at: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/about/what-w...
More information available at: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/about/what-w...
Check out my review of Paola Bertucci’s book, In the Land of Marvels: Science, Fabricated Realities, and Industrial Espionage in the Age of the Grand Tour. It’s a fascinating glimpse into the social and cultural circles of Italy’s scientific communities in the eighteenth century ⚡️
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November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Check out my review of Paola Bertucci’s book, In the Land of Marvels: Science, Fabricated Realities, and Industrial Espionage in the Age of the Grand Tour. It’s a fascinating glimpse into the social and cultural circles of Italy’s scientific communities in the eighteenth century ⚡️
Hey, it's me! Check out some of the highlights from Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery's newly reopened Pre-Raphaelite galleries!👩🎨
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October 31, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Hey, it's me! Check out some of the highlights from Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery's newly reopened Pre-Raphaelite galleries!👩🎨
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Εὖγε! Euax! My bestie’s shop is back for 2025! 🦉 Meg is a Classics researcher who makes jewellery inspired by the ancient world. Love ancient coins? Or know someone who does? You’ll definitely find something cool in the shop below 🪙 ko-fi.com/agameganon/s...
September 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Εὖγε! Euax! My bestie’s shop is back for 2025! 🦉 Meg is a Classics researcher who makes jewellery inspired by the ancient world. Love ancient coins? Or know someone who does? You’ll definitely find something cool in the shop below 🪙 ko-fi.com/agameganon/s...
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Little payday treat order for me! Finally got a couple of laptop stickers (with an Etruscan theme).
❗My shop is back❗Check out my illustrations of classical antiquities in all their polychromatic glory🏺
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Neo-Classicist Shop | Redbubble
Neo-Classicist is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.
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August 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Little payday treat order for me! Finally got a couple of laptop stickers (with an Etruscan theme).
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Of interest for UK museum staff and those working with collections relating to migration history, an in-person Migration Network event hosted by @migrationmuseum.org at the Museum of Liverpool on Wednesday 3 September 10:00-15:30.
Centring Migration: A Day of Dialogue on Future Museum Collecting Practices
Join the Migration Museum and National Museums Liverpool for a day-long, in-person event exploring collections and community-centred work.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Of interest for UK museum staff and those working with collections relating to migration history, an in-person Migration Network event hosted by @migrationmuseum.org at the Museum of Liverpool on Wednesday 3 September 10:00-15:30.
❗My shop is back❗Check out my illustrations of classical antiquities in all their polychromatic glory🏺
www.redbubble.com/people/Neo-C...
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Neo-Classicist Shop | Redbubble
Neo-Classicist is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.
www.redbubble.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
❗My shop is back❗Check out my illustrations of classical antiquities in all their polychromatic glory🏺
www.redbubble.com/people/Neo-C...
www.redbubble.com/people/Neo-C...
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My PhD thesis is now available online through the University of Leicester repository! 'Sociability, Provincial Antiquarianism and Networks of Knowledge in the Spalding Gentlemen's Society, 1710-1755'. figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/the...
December 14, 2024 at 1:54 PM
My PhD thesis is now available online through the University of Leicester repository! 'Sociability, Provincial Antiquarianism and Networks of Knowledge in the Spalding Gentlemen's Society, 1710-1755'. figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/the...
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👉NEW -- Westminster group took cash from Israeli state-owned arms firm
by Martin Williams
Revealed: Cross-party group of MPs accused of ‘clear breach of the rules’ over donation from weapons company controlled by Israeli government.
www.declassifieduk.org/westminster-...
by Martin Williams
Revealed: Cross-party group of MPs accused of ‘clear breach of the rules’ over donation from weapons company controlled by Israeli government.
www.declassifieduk.org/westminster-...
Westminster group took cash from Israeli state-owned arms firm
Revealed: cross-party group of MPs accused of ‘clear breach of the rules’ over donation from weapons company controlled by Israeli government.
www.declassifieduk.org
July 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
👉NEW -- Westminster group took cash from Israeli state-owned arms firm
by Martin Williams
Revealed: Cross-party group of MPs accused of ‘clear breach of the rules’ over donation from weapons company controlled by Israeli government.
www.declassifieduk.org/westminster-...
by Martin Williams
Revealed: Cross-party group of MPs accused of ‘clear breach of the rules’ over donation from weapons company controlled by Israeli government.
www.declassifieduk.org/westminster-...
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It's ten years since I published this piece on my post-PhD experience of precarious employment, and I'm sad to reflect that my happy ending has become a vanishingly less likely outcome. catherinefletcher.info/2015/06/30/f...
Five cities, seven years: my life post-PhD
It’s seven years today since I was awarded my PhD, and it’s also my last official day in the office at my current job. That’ll be the seventh job in seven years, the fifth city an…
catherinefletcher.info
June 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
It's ten years since I published this piece on my post-PhD experience of precarious employment, and I'm sad to reflect that my happy ending has become a vanishingly less likely outcome. catherinefletcher.info/2015/06/30/f...
Deeply honoured to say that I am one of the recipients of an Early Career Fellowship! From May 2026, I’ll be spending 3 years at Edinburgh’s Art History department (@edincollegeofart.bsky.social) to research Whiteness and Greco-Roman antiquity in eighteenth-century British history paintings
From untangling the evolutionary roots of plant variation to how medieval nuns mastered the art of credit, we’ve had some fascinating applications for this year’s Early Career Fellowship scheme. The Trust is pleased to announce 152 Fellowships in this round. Congratulations to the 2025 cohort!
June 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Deeply honoured to say that I am one of the recipients of an Early Career Fellowship! From May 2026, I’ll be spending 3 years at Edinburgh’s Art History department (@edincollegeofart.bsky.social) to research Whiteness and Greco-Roman antiquity in eighteenth-century British history paintings
Super pleased to announce that I started my new job as a Curator/Researcher at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 🎉 I’ll be working on the ‘Victorian Art & Design and the Global’ project and will get to share my expertise on all things Empire and British Art
June 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Super pleased to announce that I started my new job as a Curator/Researcher at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 🎉 I’ll be working on the ‘Victorian Art & Design and the Global’ project and will get to share my expertise on all things Empire and British Art
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In today’s #PeoplingPodcast, we are joined by @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social to discuss the relationship between classical culture and imperialism in the 18th and 19th centuries. Listen in to find out more about Classics, the Grand Tour, and Invented Legacies here: peoplingthepast.com/2025/06/03/p...
June 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In today’s #PeoplingPodcast, we are joined by @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social to discuss the relationship between classical culture and imperialism in the 18th and 19th centuries. Listen in to find out more about Classics, the Grand Tour, and Invented Legacies here: peoplingthepast.com/2025/06/03/p...
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We're excited to present the first in a series of interviews with our Fellows. We start with @profdanhicks.bsky.social, Prof of Contemporary Archaeology at @ox.ac.uk, Curator of World Archaeology at @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social & Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford.
www.sal.org.uk/2025/04/meet...
www.sal.org.uk/2025/04/meet...
Meet the Fellows: Dan Hicks FSA - Society of Antiquaries of London
The Society of Antiquaries is proud to bring together a distinguished community of scholars, practitioners, and enthusiasts dedicated to the study and stewardship of the material past. In our new Meet...
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April 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
We're excited to present the first in a series of interviews with our Fellows. We start with @profdanhicks.bsky.social, Prof of Contemporary Archaeology at @ox.ac.uk, Curator of World Archaeology at @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social & Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford.
www.sal.org.uk/2025/04/meet...
www.sal.org.uk/2025/04/meet...
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Very pleased that copies of our new volume with @cypriotartleeds.bsky.social & Thomas Kiely ‘Empire & Excavation. Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus’ have arrived! Thanks to @sidestone.bsky.social 🏺
April 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Very pleased that copies of our new volume with @cypriotartleeds.bsky.social & Thomas Kiely ‘Empire & Excavation. Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus’ have arrived! Thanks to @sidestone.bsky.social 🏺
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Deeply honoured to have contributed to the relaunch issue of Visual Culture in Britain @vcib.bsky.social 🎨 My short essay uses my illustrations as a starting point to discuss the normalcy of Whiteness in the reception of Greco-Roman art and how Critical Whiteness Studies helps me articulate this
Confronting the White Classical Body
Published in Visual Culture in Britain (Ahead of Print, 2024)
www.tandfonline.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Deeply honoured to have contributed to the relaunch issue of Visual Culture in Britain @vcib.bsky.social 🎨 My short essay uses my illustrations as a starting point to discuss the normalcy of Whiteness in the reception of Greco-Roman art and how Critical Whiteness Studies helps me articulate this