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6th in the UK: Complete University Guide 2024

Posted on Thursday 8 June 2023

History of Art at York ranked 6th in the UK according to the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2024).

PhD student Yiran Chen publishes the article - Coca-Cola in process of materialisation: a new materialist perspective on He Xiangyu’s Cola Project.

Posted on Friday 26 May 2023

History of Art PhD student Yiran Chen, who is close to completing her thesis, has just had an published.

York Summer Theory Institute in Art History

Posted on Tuesday 23 May 2023

Now in its eighth year, and back after several postponements due to COVID, the York Summer Theory Institute in Art History (YSTI) will take place from 5 - 9 June 2023. Welcoming students from both the UK and across the world, YSTI is hosted by the History of Art Department and led by Professor Whitney Davis of University of California at Berkeley and Honorary Visiting Professor of Art History at the University of York; the theme for this year’s summer school is Art History and Picture Theory. 

New AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship, John Flaxman: Art, Design and the Intermedial body

Posted on Tuesday 9 May 2023

We are delighted to announce a new AHRC Colloborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship in collaboration with York Museums Trust.

Sculpture and Faith at St Paul's Cathedral

Posted on Wednesday 3 May 2023

Pantheons project special issue of the Journal of Victorian Culture is out, on Sculpture and Faith at St Paul's Cathedral.

BA graduate Fergus Bovill publishes article in the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library

Posted on Friday 28 April 2023

BA graduate Fergus Bovill has published the article "Littifredi Corbizzi, Johann Anton Ramboux and an Album of Manuscript Cuttings at the John Rylands Library" in the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library

Congratulations to Alumnus Alfie Robinson

Posted on Tuesday 18 April 2023

Well done to Alfie Robinson who has just had his MA dissertation published!

Pre-Raphaelites: A Modern Renaissance

Posted on Monday 17 April 2023

On Friday 21 April from 3 - 4pm, join us online in conversation to discuss the themes and artworks in the forthcoming exhibition 'Pre-Raphaelites: A Modern Renaissance'

Andrew Wilkinson Retires

Posted on Monday 6 February 2023

We are very sorry to say good-bye to Department Manager Andrew Wilkinson.

The Thrill of It

Posted on Monday 6 February 2023

A bold new photography exhibition reframes the female nude to celebrate moments from sporting history

Alumni Come Together for New Publication

Posted on Tuesday 24 January 2023

A former and current student who met at a conference have now produced a book, which emerged from the conference!

Former Head of Department Mark Hallett Appointed Director of The Courtauld

Posted on Tuesday 22 November 2022

Congratulations to Mark Hallett, our former colleague (1994-2012) and Head of Department (2007-12), who has been appointed Märit Rausing Director of The Courtauld Institute of Art.

Spring Term 2023 Research Seminars Announced

Posted on Tuesday 22 November 2022

Spring Term 2023 Research Seminars Theme: LAND

Michael White on 'In Our Time'

Posted on Thursday 10 November 2022

Michael White appeared on 'In Our Time' on BBC Radio 4 this week!

History of Art at York placed 10th by Guardian University Guide 2023

Posted on Monday 26 September 2022

York's department of History of Art placed 10th by Guardian University Guide 2023

Events

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12
Jun

York Festival of Ideas - One Object, Many Voices: An Evening with Giambologna

Two sixteenth-century bronzes depicting an owl and a hawk by the famous Florentine sculptor Giambologna have been in the collection at Castle Howard since the 1750s. The two sculptures are thought to have been commissioned in the 1560s by the Medici family for the grotto at the Villa di Castello, Florence.

Tue
13
Jun

Beauty Will Save the World: Reimagining the everyday

Join us for a wonderful panel discussion with a variety of speakers who, together, will engage with this idea of finding beauty in the everyday, in seemingly ordinary items, actions and relations.

Thu
15
Jun

Rossettis: In Relation conference

Rossettis: In Relation conference is a collaboration between Tate Britain, the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and the History of Art Department at the University of York.

Thu
15
Jun

York Festival of Ideas - Photography in Yorkshire in the 1990s: In conversation with Sunil Gupta

Join University of York art historian Theo Gordon in conversation with photographer Sunil Gupta, whose work helps to historicise recent interest in decolonisation and queer representation.

Fri
16
Jun

Rossettis: In Relation conference

Rossettis: In Relation conference is a collaboration between Tate Britain, the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and the History of Art Department at the University of York.