Skulls for the Tsar: Indigenous human remains in Russian collections

该项目旨在对漫长的19世纪俄罗斯帝国从澳大利亚、新西兰和更广阔的太平洋地区获取土著人类遗骸的情况进行首次详细调查。它预计将产生关于帝国俄罗斯的科学网络、人类学藏品和潜在的知识传统的新知识。预期成果包括更好地了解俄罗斯人对土著人民的看法，以及发展一种新的撰写收集土著人类遗骸的历史的方法。该项目与受影响社区直接合作，应能为寻求从海外机构归还祖先遗骸的土著人民带来重大利益。

This project aims to produce the first detailed investigation of the acquisition of Indigenous human remains from Australia, New Zealand and the broader Pacific by the Russian Empire during the long 19th century. It expects to generate new knowledge about Imperial Russia's scientific networks, anthropological collections and underlying intellectual traditions. Expected outcomes include a better understanding of Russian perceptions of Indigenous peoples and the development of a new way of writing histories about the collecting of Indigenous human remains. Working directly with affected communities, this project should provide significant benefits to Indigenous peoples seeking the return of their ancestors' remains from overseas institutions.