Hardeep wears a green, grey and orange knitted jumper. He smiles to the camera. Around the edge of the image are flowers.

Job title:

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow

Office:

0.54, Hunter Building

Biography

Dr Hardeep Dhindsa (he/him) is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at The University of Edinburgh. He was formerly the curator of Victorian Art & Design and the Global at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, and has held research positions at the British School at Rome, Bishopsgate Institute, and King’s College London. Hardeep has collaborated with several cultural institutions, including the British Museum, the National Trust, and the National Gallery, to develop public programmes addressing the difficult histories of empire.

Research interests

  • Art and the British Empire
  • Classical Art and Archaeology
  • History of Collecting
  • The Grand Tour
  • Critical Whiteness Studies