Dr Jennifer Howes

LECTURE - February 28  2026, 2pm.

East India Company monuments in Westminster Abbey. 

Illustrated lecture in the Allen Room of St Anne's Church, W1. 

Organised by The Historical Association, Central London Branch. 

MY NEW BOOK 

The Art of A Corporation: The East India Company as Patron and Collector 

This book examines the East India Company's complex history through the artworks it corporately collected in London. Now available in paperback! Chapter one is free open access. 

Get 25% off the paperback with the code TAOC25

EXHIBITION  

A Treasury of Life: Indian Company Paintings, c.1790-1835. Curated by Giles Tillotson at DAG,  New Delhi.

Showing in Goa's Aguad Port & Jail Complex until January 2026! I contributed a chapter to the exhibition's catalogue. 

ARTICLE  

"Tipu Sultan's Female Entourage under East India Company Rule." Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (31.4).  

What happened when the British placed these women under house arrest after Tipu Sultan's death?