Tiffany Jenkins

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Tiffany Jenkins
OccupationAuthor, journalist, academic
NationalityBritish
Notable worksContesting Human Remains in Museum Collections: The Crisis of Cultural Authority;
Political Culture, Soft Interventions and Nation Building;
Keeping Their Marbles
SpouseIain Macwhirter
Website
tiffanyjenkinsinfo.com

Tiffany Jenkins is a British sociologist, cultural commentator and writer, and culture editor for the journal Sociology Compass.

Career

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She is the author of Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections (2011), which looks at the influences at play on the controversy over human remains in museum collections; and of Keeping Their Marbles (2016), which examines the controversies surrounding the Parthenon Marbles, and the wider debate on the repatriation of cultural heritage.[1] However, Jenkins' arguments have been described by experts in the field as "clumsy and shallow, and on occasion misleading" in addition to contributing to "the normalization of extremist discourse" in museology.[2] In spite of this, Jenkins has continued to argue that western museums should not return said treasures.[3]

She is editor of a multi-authored book of essays, Political Culture, Soft Interventions and Nation Building (2015), which examines the act of cultural intervention in countries that have been devastated by conflict.[4]

She is a regular contributor to the broadsheet press on the arts and cultural issues, including a column for The Scotsman newspaper.[5]

Jenkins is an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Art History at the University of Edinburgh.[6] She was previously a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics, and arts and society director of the Institute of Ideas.[7]

In March 2025, she was appointed a trustee of the British Museum.[8]

Bibliography

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  • Jenkins, Tiffany (2011). Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections: the crisis of cultural authority. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415879606.
  • Jenkins, Tiffany (2012). "'Who are we to decide?' The targeting of professional authority in the contestation over human remains in British museums". Journal of Cultural Sociology. 6: 455–470. doi:10.1177/1749975512445432. S2CID 145065156.
  • Jenkins, Tiffany (2013). "Old Skeletons, Pagans and Museums: why human remains are a bone of contention". In Best, Joel; Harris, Scott R. (eds.). Making Sense of Social Problems: New Images, New Issues. Boulder, Co.: Lynne Reinner. pp. 91–106. ISBN 9781588268556.
  • Jenkins, Tiffany, ed. (2015). Political Culture, Soft Interventions and Nation Building. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781138793569.
  • Jenkins, Tiffany (2016). Keeping Their Marbles: how the treasures of the past ended up in museums – and why they should stay there. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199657599.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Losing Our Marbles? Museums Should Not Return Cultural Treasures I So What You're Saying Is". 25 March 2019 – via www.youtube.com.
  2. ^ "Review of: Keeping Their Marbles: How the Treasures of the Past Ended Up in Museums…and Why They Should Stay There". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
  3. ^ Jenkins, Tiffany (25 November 2018). "Why western museums should keep their treasures". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  4. ^ Political culture, soft interventions and nation building. Tiffany Jenkins. London. 2015. ISBN 978-1-138-79356-9. OCLC 870663863.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ Jenkins, Tiffany (13 November 2012). "Art and politics don't mix". The Scotsman.
  6. ^ ThemeFuse. "Tiffany Jenkins". Toby Mundy Associates. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  7. ^ London School of Economics and Political Science (4 October 2016). "Museums in a Global Age". London School of Economics.
  8. ^ "Five new trustees appointed to the British Museum". British Museum. 21 March 2025.
  9. ^ Beck, Stefan (31 March 2017). "Out of Harm's Way [review of Keeping Their Marbles]". The Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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