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Adam Sammut on Radio 3 Podcast
Posted on Thursday 11 April 2024
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Adam Sammut appeared on the Arts & Ideas podcast on Radio 3 last month.
Call for Applications: British & Irish Furniture Makers Online and Furniture History Society digital research project
Posted on Thursday 7 March 2024
Applications are invited from MA students to engage in one of several possible exciting digital research projects involving the collections and furnishings of three prestigious historic British houses: Castle Howard, Raby Castle and Holkham Hall.
Call for Papers: Monuments in Conversation Westminster Abbey in the 18th Century
Posted on Tuesday 27 February 2024
We are pleased to announce that "Monuments in Conversation: Westminster Abbey in the Eighteenth Century" will be the first event held in the newly renovated conference facilities at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.
Book prize for Prof Kate Giles
Posted on Wednesday 17 January 2024
We are delighted to share that Prof Kate Giles has been awarded a Historians of British Art Book Prize!
Islamic Art Exhibition Now Open
Posted on Wednesday 20 December 2023
An exhibition of Islamic art spanning one thousand years is now on display at the University’s Borthwick Centre for Archives in the University's library.
New book edited by Helen Hills
Posted on Tuesday 19 December 2023
Helen Hills', Professor Emerita, has just published Silver : Transformational Matter, with the British Academy and Oxford University Press.
Launch of New Journal of Islamic Art
Posted on Tuesday 12 December 2023
We are delighted to invite submissions to our new Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture!
History of Art Graduate Teaching Assistant Recruitment
Posted on Thursday 30 November 2023
The History of Art Department are recruiting for Graduate Teaching Assistants for the 2024/5 academic year.
Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships in the Humanities 2024/25
Posted on Monday 13 November 2023
With generous funding from the Wolfson Foundation, the Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships fund doctoral research in three areas: History, Literature and Languages.
2024 WRoCAH AHRC Open Competition Studentships
Posted on Monday 13 November 2023
The WRoCAH competition for PhD studentships starting in October 2024 is now open!
History of Art's Marcus Milwright and co-editor Evanthia Baboula win book award
Posted on Thursday 26 October 2023
History of Art's Marcus Milwright and co-editor Evanthia Baboula's book Made for the Eye of One Who Sees, Canadian Contributions to the Study of Islamic Art and Archaeology has been awarded the Inaugural University Art Association of Canada (UAAC-AAUC) book award for best edited collection.
Pamela Enyonu’s @syokereart residence for the @artrightstruth project came to an end this week!
Posted on Thursday 26 October 2023
We enjoyed having her around and were impressed by the range of works she produced during her stay: some of them were participatory, and others used a material close to her heart, paper (including paper towels and napkins from our Campus Kitchen Services and local pubs!).
Call for Papers: Production, Transmission & Interpretation
Posted on Wednesday 18 October 2023
An interdisciplinary conference on Islamic Art, Architecture, History and Archaeology on 14th and 15th March, 2024
Busan Biennale 2024 announces co-artistic directors
Posted on Monday 16 October 2023
Congratulations go to Philippe Pirotte and Vera Mey from the History of Art department, as they have been selected as co-artistic directors of Busan Biennale 2024.
First artist in residence for Art Rights Truth research project
Posted on Monday 16 October 2023
The History of Art Department is delighted to welcome Ugandan artist Pamela Enyonu as the current artist-in-residence for the Art Rights Truth Project, on which our colleague Dr. Ana Bilbao is co-investigator.