Department of History of Art
News in 2018
One day Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick event this spring
Posted on Wednesday 19 December 2018
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's groundbreaking queer memoir A Dialogue on Love, the History of art Department at the University of York, in collaboration with the Manchester Sexuality Summer School, Leverhulme Trust, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Foundation, will host a one-day public event.
Intellectually exciting invitation for Professor Helen Hills
Posted on Thursday 6 December 2018
Professor Helen Hills has been invited to join the scientific editorial and advisory committee of 'L'Officina di Efesto'.
Alumna appointed as curator at Watts Gallery - Artists Village
Posted on Monday 3 December 2018
Huge congratulations to Dr Cicely Robinson who was appointed as the Brice Curator of Watts Gallery - Artists' Village this year!
York scholars at Dulwich Picture Gallery Study Day
Posted on Monday 3 December 2018
Professor Helen Hills and Dr Bogdan Cornea, one of Helen's former PhD students, have been invited to contribute to an International Study Day 'Ribera’s Art of Violence: New Intersections and Interventions'.
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership: ‘A palace within a Palace’: the Speaker’s House at Westminster, 1794-1834
Posted on Tuesday 13 November 2018
Applications are invited for a potential AHRC-funded collaborative doctoral award based at the University of York’s Department of History of Art in collaboration with The Houses of Parliament. The three-year award covers fees and an annual maintenance grant.
Student Publication News
Posted on Tuesday 13 November 2018
Congratulations to Jiyi Ryu, Adam Sammut and Valeria Viola on their recent publication success!
New Book by Former Student
Posted on Thursday 1 November 2018
Congratulations to alumna Laura Slater on the publication of her new book 'Art and Political Thought in Medieval England c.1150-1350'.
Times Good University Guide 2019
Posted on Thursday 1 November 2018
The Department of History of Art has placed 5th in the latest Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide.
Professor Helen Hills to take part in US collaboration
Posted on Thursday 1 November 2018
Professor Helen Hills has been invited to take part in a prestigious collaboration exploring horror and enchantment.
York Professor has delivered a Keynote Lecture
Posted on Monday 29 October 2018
The Bartlett School of Architecture welcomed Professor Helen Hills to talk about her paper on Architectural History, Temporality and Affect.
Publication Success for PhD Student
Posted on Monday 8 October 2018
Congratulations to Jessica Schouela who has had two pieces recently accepted for publication.
Unistats NSS results 2018
Posted on Friday 14 September 2018
The Department of History of Art has come out with high scores in the latest Unistats rankings of the National Student Survey.
Congratulations Melissa!
Posted on Friday 7 September 2018
Dept alumna Melissa Gustin has been awarded a postdoctoral research fellowship with the Henry Moore Institute.
Internship Success
Posted on Thursday 23 August 2018
Well done to Savannah Holmes on securing a highly competitive internship with Christie's!
Congratulations to department alumna Hannah Smith!
Posted on Friday 6 July 2018
Hannah has accepted the position of Visitor Team Assistant at The Whitworth Gallery in Manchester.
Congratulations Simon Marginson!
Posted on Friday 29 June 2018
Simon's essay '"Francis Picabia est un Espagnole!'" is included in the catalogue Picasso-Picabia: la peinture au défi.
Madeline Boden Wins 2018 HRC Doctoral Fellowship Competition
Posted on Thursday 28 June 2018
Huge congratulations to PhD student Madeline Boden who came top in this year's HRC Doctoral Fellowship Competition!
More success for stained glass students!
Posted on Friday 15 June 2018
Congratulations to Sarah and her students, Matt and Olivia!
'For Sale' exhibition to open at Norman Rea Gallery
Posted on Tuesday 12 June 2018
Opening night: 15th June 2018, 7-9pm, then running until 21st June 2018
Inspirational Student Gives TED Talk
Posted on Tuesday 5 June 2018
Fighting Back, One Blink At a Time
Academic staff and student to speak at baroque conference
Posted on Monday 4 June 2018
Professor Helen Hills, Dr Cordula van Wyhe and Helen Hills' PhD student, Valeria Viola, will all be speaking at an international conference in Palermo this month.
Success for Fabrizio Ballabio
Posted on Friday 25 May 2018
Congratulations to Fabrizio!
Amanda Lillie to Chair British Academy Event at the National Gallery
Posted on Tuesday 22 May 2018
To mark the 200th anniversary of art historian Jacob Burckhardt’s birth, Professor Amanda Lillie (University of York) will chair a round table panel discussion ‘Interpreting the Renaissance in the 21st Century’ at the National Gallery, London, on Friday 25 May.
Congratulations Sarah Brown and the York Glaziers Trust!
Posted on Friday 18 May 2018
Great East Window restoration project complete.
New Book by York Alumna
Posted on Wednesday 16 May 2018
Former student in the department, Dr Jasmine Allen, has just published a new book on global stained glass studies
New publication co-authored by Jane Hawkes
Posted on Wednesday 16 May 2018
Hot off the Press: the thirteenth volume of the British Academy Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, co-authored by our own Jane Hawkes.
Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award for Dr Hanna Vorholt
Posted on Friday 11 May 2018
Congratulations to Dr Hanna Vorholt, who has been awarded a Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award.
4-volume 'Cambridge History of Ireland' launch
Posted on Friday 11 May 2018
Congratulations to Professor Jane Hawkes!
History of Art at York Festival of Ideas
Posted on Wednesday 9 May 2018
It's York Festival of Ideas time again, and in another exciting, packed and varied programme there are some History of Art gems!
'On Living Online' exhibition by Art History Undergraduate
Posted on Tuesday 1 May 2018
Our very own Silje Teigen will be exhibiting work at the Fossgate Social this month.
Honour for Sarah Brown
Posted on Monday 30 April 2018
Sarah Brown gave the inaugural lecture at the launch of the Centre for Stained Glass Studies in the History of Art department of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow last week.
Art History student success in HRC poster competition
Posted on Friday 20 April 2018
Congratulations to two of our PhD students, who have done very well in the HRC poster competition!
Funding Award Success
Posted on Thursday 12 April 2018
Huge congratulations to PhD student Madeline Boden who has won the Godfrey Goodwin Prize!
Call for Papers: Annual Stained Glass PhD Symposium
Posted on Tuesday 27 March 2018
We are pleased to announce that the 4th Annual PhD Symposium organised by the Stained Glass Research School will be held on 24th and 25th May 2018.
Postdoctoral Success for Former PhD Student
Posted on Friday 23 March 2018
Alumna Dr Charlotte Drew has secured a second Postdoctoral fellowship, this time at the Paul Mellon Centre.
PhD Student to Present Paper in Paris
Posted on Friday 23 March 2018
PhD Student Isabelle Gapp is to speak at the second edition of the Terra Foundation Research Workshops in Paris next month.
Liz Prettejohn at British Academy
Posted on Tuesday 27 February 2018
Liz Prettejohn will give the annual British School at Rome lecture on Tuesday 6 March.
Turner and the Whale now on the History of Art Portal
Posted on Wednesday 21 February 2018
Explore the 'Turner and the Whale' exhibition that recently closed at Hull Maritime Museum!
Alma-Tadema Exhibition - Global Fine Art Award Finalist
Posted on Wednesday 21 February 2018
Vote for Liz Prettejohn's exhibition before 28 January!
Essay Prize for Two PhD Students
Posted on Friday 16 February 2018
The 2017 John Pickard Essay Prize has been awarded to two York History of Art PhD students!
New exhibition by York alumna Katie Tyreman Herrington
Posted on Tuesday 13 February 2018
Annie Swynnerton: Painting Light and Hope at Manchester Art Gallery
New 3-Part Radio 4 Series presented by Cadence Kinsey
Posted on Tuesday 6 February 2018
Cadence Kinsey is to present a new three-part series on Street Art on BBC Radio 4
York Summer Theory Institute 21-25 May 2018
Posted on Tuesday 9 January 2018
We are pleased to announce that applications to the YSTI summer school are now open.
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