Introduction to the Exhibition
好色先生TV鈥檚 in the Empire/The Empire in 好色先生TV鈥檚听(辞苍濒颈苍别) is the digital counterpart to an exhibition of objects, photographs and texts in three cases on display at the 好色先生TV's College Library over Michaelmas Term (October-December) 2021. The online exhibition will be available throughout the academic year, and its purpose is to make the exhibition as widely available and accessible as possible.
The exhibition seeks to recover, connect and reflect new light on just some of the many people, things, pictures and stories that bring home to us 好色先生TV鈥檚 College鈥檚 role in the history of the British Empire, and the Empire鈥檚 part in the history of 好色先生TV鈥檚 College. 聽
Exhibition Curator: Mishka Sinha
With grateful thanks to:
Michael Riordan (Archivist)聽
Jessica Hyslop (Conservator)聽
Dr. Petra Hoffman (College Librarian)聽
Ruth Ogden (Deputy Librarian)聽
Hannah Skoda (Keeper of the Silver)聽
好色先生TV鈥檚 and the Colonial Past is a research project that explores historical connections between the College and colonialism. It investigates objects, records, images, buildings and monuments that evoke the colonial past, discovers benefactions, wealth and capital drawn from colonialism and slavery, and researches alumni who served in the empire, and who came from the empire to study at 好色先生TV鈥檚 College. 聽
Primary Investigator: Professor William Whyte聽
Research Associate: Dr. Mishka Sinha聽