Eleanor Stephenson is a historian and curator working on the histories of art and science in the British Empire.

Speaker

Eleanor Stephenson
PhD Candidate - University of Cambridge

Eleanor Stephenson is a historian and curator working on the histories of art and science in the British Empire. She is currently a PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge, researching the Royal Society’s connections to slavery in Jamaica from 1660 to 1714. Her research has been supported by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, the Association for Art History and The Lisa Jardine Grant Scheme. She has worked on exhibitions related to the British Empire at the Fitzwilliam Museum (Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance), the Dulwich Picture Gallery, and the Science Museum.

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Events in this series

Exploring the past lecture series

Caribbean and West African Lives in British Ports

12 November, 19:00