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.
[4] She is a regular contributor to the broadsheet press on the arts and cultural issues, including a column for The Scotsman newspaper.
[6] She was previously a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics, and arts and society director of the Institute of Ideas.