MA information event
Saturday
3
December
2011
An MA in History of Art information session at King’s Manor (K/133), followed by a drinks reception and private view of William Etty: Art and Controversy at York Art Gallery
Writing the Sixties
Friday
2
December
2011
Papers on 'Writing the Sixties' by Briony Fer, Anne Wagner and Mark Godfrey followed by a roundtable discussion with invited guests
William Etty Symposium at York Art Gallery
Friday
25
November
2011
Curators, academics and postgraduate students will gather at York Art Gallery to discuss York Art Gallery's current exhibition 'William Etty: Art & Controversy'.
Undergraduate Careers Event 2011
Saturday
22
October
2011
The Association of Art Historians is hosting its first Undergraduate Careers Day in the state-of-the art
Berrick Saul Building at the University of York. This historic and lively town will be the venue for
a day dedicated to the interests of art history undergraduates as they launch their careers in this
competitive marketplace.
Making Histories: The Sixth International Insular Art Conference
Monday
18
July
2011
The art of the insular world has been the focus of specific study through the International Insular Art Conference meetings for over 25 years. The result has been a body of scholarship that has advanced our understanding of the material on many fronts. The forthcoming Conference aims to continue this trend, by addressing the various ways in which the art, in all media, can be understood, as well as the ways in which that understanding itself has been constructed.
'Constructing Memory in Medieval Spain': an international conference
Friday
15
July
2011
This two-day international conference brings together scholars of medieval Spain to discuss how memories of the sacred and secular past could be articulated, constructed and revised in words, objects and performances. Spain is here understood in its broadest sense to include all confessional communities from the Iberian peninsula and dependent islands, and the theme of memory encompasses both attitudes to the past and also the arts of memory
Taking Shape: Italian Altarpieces before 1500
Friday
8
July
2011
To mark the opening of the exhibition Devotion by Design: Italian Altarpieces before 1500, the Renaissance Consortium and the Material Life of Things Project of The Courtauld Institute of Art Research Forum, in collaboration with the National Gallery, UCL and the University of York, are hosting an informal study day and symposium dedicated to the subject of late medieval and renaissance Italian altarpieces.
Rethinking Holy Space Research Symposium
Wednesday
22
June
2011
Professor Helen Hills will chair a symposium on 'Rethinking Holy Space' as part of a series of events to be held during Alexei Lidov's visit to the UK from May until June. With papers by Professor Alexei Lidov, Moscow State University and Dr Jas' Elsner, University of Oxford.
Research Seminar: Women's Time: Martin and Truitt in the Moment of Minimalism
Monday
20
June
2011
Professor Anne M. Wagner, Henry Moore Foundation Research Curator at Tate Britain, was for many years a professor in the Department of History of Art at the University of California, Berkeley, where she remains the Class of 1936 Chair Emerita. She will be a visiting professor in the History of Art Department for the next three years.
Cultures of the Global: an interdisciplinary conversation
Thursday
16
June
2011
This informal discussion event will bring together scholars from across the fields of History, History of Art, English and Related Literatures, Politics, Philosophy and Human Rights to explore the complex and fractured conception of the ‘global’ in the modern period.
What is to become of the Crystal Palace?
Wednesday
15
June
2011
'What is to become of the Crystal Palace?' is an interdisciplinary workshop which will explore the Crystal Palace at Sydenham Hill. It will bring together those working in as many diverse fields as those represented under the glass roof of the Sydenham Palace itself. Professor Isobel Armstrong (Birkbeck) will give a keynote lecture, 'Victorian Glassworlds: Reflections on a Project, its Genesis and Aftermath', as part of the event.
Problems surrounding the Virgins on the Rocks
Thursday
9
June
2011
Luke Syson's graduate seminar 'Problems surrounding the Virgins on the Rocks' follows his lecture 'Leonardo in Milan' held on Wednesday 8th May. This is to be the first in a series of exchanges with the National Gallery and is a prelude to the National gallery exhibition 'Leonardo in Milan' to be held from November 2011.
Leonardo in Milan
Wednesday
8
June
2011
Luke Syson's lecture 'Leonardo in Milan' is the first in an exciting series of lecture exchanges with the National Gallery and is a prelude to the National Gallery exhibition 'Leonardo in Milan' to be held from November 2011. He will present a seminar on 'Problems surrounding the Virgins on the Rocks' the next day.
Research Seminar: The Monster Picasso
Monday
23
May
2011
Professor T J Clark, Visiting Professor at the University of York, will present the department research seminar: 'The Monster Picasso', with a response from C.F.B. Miller (University of Manchester)
British Art 1600-1735: Close Readings
Friday
20
May
2011
Focusing on the detailed study of works of art, the conference is designed to open up new perspectives on their place within British culture. Speakers will concentrate on a particular object, or small set of objects, from the period, which will be discussed in relation to one or more of the broader strands that are being explored by the 'Court, Country, City: British Art 1660-1735' project.
MA Taster Session: CANCELLED
Wednesday
11
May
2011
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled. However, if you would like to learn more about the MA programmes offered by the department, please visit our web pages for further details. Also, please do not hesitate to contact us directly for further information.
Hierotopy, Spatial Icons and Image-Paradigms
Tuesday
10
May
2011
Hierotopy, Spatial Icons and Image-Paradigms. This Open Lecture is part of a series of events to be held during Prof Alexei Lidov's visit to the UK May-June 2011.
Victorian Women Artists Revisited
Wednesday
27
April
2011
The British Art Research School, History of Art Department, University of York will host an afternoon sympoisum entitled 'Victorian Women Artists Revisited', with speakers Dr Pamela Gerrish Nunn and Katie Tyreman. There will be a round-table chaired by Dr Sarah Turner.
Field visit to Seaton Delaval Hall
Thursday
7
April
2011
The Architectural History and Theory Research School, in conjunction with
the Research Unit at English Heritage (York), is making a field visit to
Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland.
Artistic Interplay: a Workshop on 'Jan Gossaert's Renaissance'
Monday
21
March
2011
This workshop on Jan Gossaert is the first fruit of our recently launched collaborative research partnership between the National Gallery in London and the History of Art Department at York. 'Jan Gossaert's Renaissance' at the National Gallery highlights the striking, often startling interplay of artistic ideas in Gossaert's work, which draws on a remarkable range of source material. This semi-informal workshop will explore a range of perspectives on the exhibition and there will be a lively interplay of conversation among all participants.
David Smith: Heavy Metal
Monday
14
March
2011
Anne M. Wagner, Henry Moore Foundation Research Curator at Tate Britain, was for many years a professor in the Department of History of Art at the University of California, Berkeley, where she remains the Class of 1936 Chair Emerita. She will be a visiting professor in the History of Art Department for the next three years.
