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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.

History of art at York ranks 6th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024

Posted on Tuesday 19 September 2023

The Department of History of Art has placed 6th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 for the subject of history of art, architecture and design. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities we provide to our students.

Events

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20
Mar

The Great War and its Aftermath in Iraq: Contemporary Visual and Textual Perspectives

This talk considers a range of primary sources created during the Mesopotamian Campaign (1914–18) and through to the early years of the Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration (1921–32).

Wed
10
Apr

British Pre-Raphaelites in Italy: Making an Exhibition in 2024

This research seminar will explore the challenges -- both intellectual and practical -- of making a large exhibition of British art for an Italian museum organisation in the period post-Brexit and post-Covid.

Wed
24
Apr

Fit for the Gods: Chinese Porcelain and Collecting Practices at the Court of Ferrara

This talk will consider instead how Bellini may have been referencing the large porcelain collection held by the Este, housed in spaces such as the previously unknown Stanza delle Porcellane.