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Congratulations to Maddie whose dissertation was judged as one of the top three 2025 BA dissertations submitted to the Association for Art History (AAH) from across the country.

Congratulations to Parshati who has been awarded a Getty postdoctoral fellowship! Parshati was awarded her PhD in February this year, supervised by Richard McClary.

Richard McClary presented his paper "Medieval Kashan Ceramics: Mina'i and Lajvardina" at Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi in Istanbul this week!

Professor Sarah Brown and Professor Christopher Norton's new book on the St William Window of York Minster has just been published, on the occasion of the 800th Anniversary of the Canonisation of St William of York.

The Department of History of Art has placed 8th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 for the subject of history of art, architecture and design. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.

York is ranked 7th in the UK for history of art, architecture and design in the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2026).

New display of JMW Turner's watercolours and drawings, now open to visitors at Tate Britain

A wide-ranging, illustrated exploration of the uses of stucco in Islamic architecture in the pre-modern period