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Researcher, Archivist, Writer
Monna Matharu is an archivist and researcher. Her work centres on rethinking how collections are described, interpreted, and shared, with particular attention to migration, empire, and community memory.
Through writing, archival work, she is interested in how collections shape what is remembered, whose stories are preserved, and how the past continues to inform contemporary cultural and political life.
She has led research and engagement projects for institutions including Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, Brent Museum and Archives, St Pauls Cathedral, the University of East London, and the South Asian Diaspora Arts Archive, producing exhibitions, research guides, and public programmes.
Education
2012 - 2016 Study of Religion SOAS, University of London
2019 - 2021 Curation, Collections and Heritage University of Brighton
Exhibitions
2024 - British Empire Exhibition 100 Years on
2023 - St Paul's East India Company Trail
2021- 2023 Multiple across UEL
Publications and Conferences
2021 - Presenter - 'Migrant Visibility, Gurdwaras in the UK' seminar series for Centre for Research in Anthropology Lisbon
2023 - Panellist and Paper - 'State of the Legacy: Interrogating a Decade of 'Olympic Regeneration'
2022 - Panellist - Matchstick 1888 Book Launch 'Memorial Statues'
2021 - Presenter - 'Memory in the Archive' International Archives Week Milli India Sessions​
2019 - Guest Speaker - at School of Humanities Research Week: Decolonising Design History and Heritage​
2019 - Presenter - in South Asian Heritage Month, Centre for Design History Podcast with British Council and Manchester Museum
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