Publications
“Conservation Through Generations.” Information Professional. October-November 2021. pdf
“Welcome to the Museum of the Future.” Hyperallergic. July 1, 2021.
“Wonder Woman the Museum Worker Is a Less Convincing Disguise Than Clark Kent’s.” Hyperallergic. January 13, 2021. This was one of the most read articles in all of 2021 on the Hyperallergic site.
“Malignant Patina: A Love Story.” West 86th Journal, 27, 1 (Spring-Summer 2020). pdf
“Bringing Back the (Ancient) Bodies: The Potters’ Sensory Experiences and the Firing of Red, Black and Purple Greek Vases.” Arts 8, 2 (2019), 70.
“Housing Archaeological Collections at the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum.” 2019. A free e-publication authored by Sara Berg with introductory text by S. Balachandran.
Balachandran, S. and K. McHugh. “Respectful and Responsible Stewardship: Maintaining and Renewing the Cultural Relevance of Museum Collections.” In Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage, Elkin, L. and C. A. Norris, eds. New York: SPNH, AIC, Smithsonian, GWU, 2019. 3-24. pdf
"Uncovering Ancient Preparatory Drawings on Greek Ceramics." The Iris. September 24, 2018.
“Transformative Spaces: Dr. S. Paramasivan and Conservation Science in India in the Early Twentieth Century.” Studies in Conservation, 64, 1 (2019): 24-41. pdf
“Pedagogy and the ‘Working Collection’: Teaching Technical Research and Experimental Archaeology at the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum.” Postprints of the October 2016 Penn Museum symposium, “Engaging Conservation: Collaboration Across Disciplines.” London: Archetype, 2017: 19-28. pdf
Torres, J., K. Gallagher and S. Balachandran. “Rehousing a ‘Working Collection’: Perspectives from the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Museum.” Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Vol 56, Iss. 2 (2017): 96-112. pdf
"Technical Studies." In Selections from the Eton College Myers Collection. Swaney M. and M. Moroney, eds. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum. 2016.
“New Light on Ancient Faces. Undergraduate Students at Johns Hopkins University Study Roman Egyptian Mummy Portraits.” E-News, International Committee for Egyptology in the International Council of Museums. May 2016: 8.
“Race, Diversity and Politics in Conservation: Our 21st Century Crisis.” Conservators Converse, the Blog of the American Institute for Conservation. May 2016. http://www.conservators-converse.org/2016/05/race-diversity-and-politics-in-conservation-our-21st-century-crisis-sanchita-balachandran/
“Reverse Engineering Ancient Greek Ceramics: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration.” National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Journal, Vol. 37, 2016: 92.
“Archaeology, Conservation and the ‘Cost’ of Archaeological Artefacts.” Archaeology in Society: Its Relevance in the Modern World. Rockman, M. and J. Flatman, eds. New York: Springer Press, 2012. 128-134.
“The Use of Cyclododecane in Field Stabilization and Storage of Archaeological Finds.” The Conservation of Archaeological Materials. Current Trends and Future Directions. British Archaeological Reports International Series 2116. Williams, E. and C. Peachy, eds. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2010. 77-87.
“Among the Dead and Their Possessions: A Conservator’s Role in the Death, Life and Afterlife of Human Remains and their Associated Objects.” Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Vol. 48, No. 3 (2009): 197-219. pdf
“Artifact.” Archaeology Magazine, Vol. 62, No. 6, (November/December 2009): 72.
Balachandran, S. and G. Gates. “When Objects are Beyond Conservation: Recovering Visual Information from Damaged Artifacts.” International Dunhuang Project, December 2007.
“Edge of an Ethical Dilemma.” Archaeology Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 6, November/December 2007: 18-20, 65.
“Object Lessons: The Politics of Preservation and Museum Building in Western China in the Early Twentieth Century.” International Journal of Cultural Property, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2007): 1-32. pdf
“ANC2002.36.” Bidoun. Arts and Culture from the Middle East. Spring/Summer 2008.