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The Department of History of Art, University of Oxford. https://www.hoa.ox.ac.uk
We are finishing our 2025 History of Art Research Seminar Series with the brilliant talk, 'Everywhen: Photography and Indigeneity' by Professor Geoffrey Batchen
ποΈ5pm Wed 26 November 2025
π’Oakeshott Room @lincoln.ox.ac.uk
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www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/histor...
π‘Opportunity for an advanced doctoral student or early career researcher to gain experience as a Research Assistant for an exhibition at @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social
on the visual and material culture of the Global Renaissance
Application Deadline: 9 Dec 2025
history.web.ox.ac.uk/event/resear...
A glimpse inside last week's private view of 'Theatres of Time: Glory, Decay, and Imagination in Piranesiβs Rome.' π¨
The exhibition runs until 29 November 2025, and a guided tour is available on Wednesday 26 November at 4.30pm.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
The Cloisters Collection, 1991
Two-Colored Tile https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/469965
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Careers Development: Working in the Art Market π§βπ¨
Join us for a free webinar offering an overview of art market careers and providing insights into the sector, from art galleries to auction houses and art fairs
π Sat 6 Dec, 10.30 am (online)
ποΈ Free, booking essential: https://loom.ly/woBdCtE
Medieval Visual Culture Seminar
'New directions in the study of ivories from the Islamic world: A talk and handling session'
Mariam Rosser-Owen (V&A) & Ashley Coutu (Pitt Rivers)
5pm Nov 20 ποΈ
Khalili Research Center π’
(Co-sponsored by the Khalili Research Center)
www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/mediev...
HOA Research Seminar Series 2025
'The Natural History of Style: Specimens, Albums, and the History of Art in Early Modern Japan'
Kris Kersy
5pm Nov 19 ποΈ
Oakeshott Room @lincoln.ox.ac.uk
(Sponsored by the June and Simon Li Foundation)
www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/histor...
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As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.
Read more from @torchoxford.bsky.social's Dr Rachel Delman β¬οΈ
Medieval Visual Culture Seminar
'Abstract Figures and Bodily Change: Giving Form to Unseen Things in Late Medieval England'
Carly Boxer (Bucknell University)
Thu 5pm Nov 13
Riverside Lecture Theatre, St Catherineβs College
www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/mediev...
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HOA Research Seminar Series 2025
(Sponsored by the June and Simon Li Foundation)
'Art History and Projective Tests'
Whitney Davis
Wed 5pm Nov 12
Oakeshott Room, Lincoln College
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www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/histor...
HOA Research Seminar Series 2025
'Critical (Ms.) Fortune: A Feminist History of the Italian Renaissance?'
Maria H. Loh
Tue 5pm Nov 11
Cinema, The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @cuny.edu @ox.ac.uk
Find out more here:
www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/histor...
Join us this week for our free half term weaving activity! Test out your weaving skills on the looms which will be on the First Floor Balcony & add your strands to our collaborative weave project. Wednesday 29 & Thursday 30 October, 1-4pm. All welcome, just drop in & have a go!
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The Challenge of Historical Distance
6-7 Nov 2025 ποΈ
International Conference held in Florence to honour the scholarship of Professor Gervase Rosser
Register online or in-person: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...
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History of Art Research Seminar Series 2025
'Gold Rush, Congo Style: Gustav Klimtβs Marble Mosaic Frieze in the Palais Stoclet'
Deborah Silverman
5pm October 29
Cinema, The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
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www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/histor...
Congratulations to our very own Professor Nancy Thebaut for her brilliant work in curating 'Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages' @metcloisters.bsky.social
Read the @nytimes.com article on it below!
Running from 17 Oct 2025 β 29 Mar 2026
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/a...
I wrote a review of Rosanna McLaughlinβs Against Morality for @burlingtoncontemp.bsky.social
contemporary.burlington.org.uk/reviews/revi...
HOA Research Seminar Series 2025
Tudor Liveliness? Discovering Vividness in Post-Reformation England
Christina Faraday
5pm October 22 ποΈ
Cinema, The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/histor...
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Today we are delighted to launch the new Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, a one-of-a-kind space where academia and culture will intersect to create something extraordinary. Read more: humanities.web.ox.ac.uk/article/step...
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Photo credit: Nelson Kon
We are delighted to announce Esther da Costa Meyer as the Slade Professor of Fine Art for Hilary Term 2026! We look forward to sharing her series 'Urban Change and Representation' with you all!
www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures
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Wadham College appoints Dr Marko IliΔ as new Fellow and Tutor in History of Art!!
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www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/wadham-...
Β© Estate of Prunella Clough. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2025
Congratulations to 1st year student Ophelia Lanfranchi, winner of this year's Reaktion Books Prize for her brilliant essay on a work by British artist Prunella Clough in Oxford's Ashmolean Museum. @oxfordhistoryofart.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
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Don't forget to BOOK YOUR PLACE for Image & Object!
2-5pm Thu 26 June
Department of History of Art, Littlegate House
Click through to the Department of History of Art website below to find out more and BOOK YOUR PLACE
www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/image-...
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Tomorrow!
BORDERZONES
2-6pm
Rose Garden Room, Worcester College
University of Oxford
www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/terra-...
Convened by Erin Pauwels
Participants: Anna Arabindan-Kesson, Maggie M. Cao, Jessica L. Horton, Delia Solomons, Allison Stagg
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Congratulations to Vibe Nielsen, Academic Visitor at the Department of History of Art, for being elected Member of the Young Academy at the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters!
youngacademy.dk/en/velkommen...
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2025 Terra Foundation for American Art Study Day
www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/terra-...
Tue 24 June | 2-6pm in the Rose Garden Room, Worcester College, University of Oxford
Convened by Erin Pauwels
Participants: Anna Arabindan-Kesson, Maggie M. Cao, Jessica L. Horton, Delia Solomons, Allison Stagg
History of Art Study Day
Image & Object: Reproduction
2 - 5pm | Thu 26 June
Location: Department of History of Art, Littlegate House
Visit below and Book your place!
www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/image-...
Speakers:
Geoffrey Batchen, Geraldine Johnson, Brigid von Preussen, Vibe Nielsen, Paul Taylor
Watch the final Terra Lecture in American Art here!
'Indigenous Pictorialism: Richard Throsselβs Portrait of ApsΓ‘alooke Nation'
Thank you Professor Erin Pauwels for such an inspiring and engaging series!
www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/2025-t...
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Image: Matthew Paris, Liber Additamentorum: London, British Library, Cotton MS Nero D I, f. 146v
June and Simon Li Lecture in the History of Art
Vera Mensura
Dimensional Realism in Medieval Manuscripts
Professor Aden Kumler (University of Basel)
17:00 Wednesday 11th June 2025
Location: Oakeshott Room, Lincoln College
More info: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/vera-m...
UNSETTLED GROUND
Watch the penultimate Terra Lecture in American Art by Prof Erin Pauwels
'Performing the Wild West: Staging Indigeneity in Photography and Theatre'
www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/2025-t...
Read about the 2024 Laurence Binyon Prize winner's trip to Tokyo in our blog!
HOA | BLG
The Laurence Binyon Prize: Tokyo Through the Lens
hoa.web.ox.ac.uk/the-laurence...
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