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Professor Frances Spalding, Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of History of Art and Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall, has been awarded an Emeritus Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust

Professor Frances Spalding, Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of History of Art and Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall, has been awarded an Emeritus Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust - Read More…

The Department is delighted to announce that Professor Caroline van Eck has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy

The Department is delighted to announce that Professor Caroline van Eck has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy - Read More…

We are proud to announce that our BA in History of Art has again been ranked first in the Complete University Guide 2021

We are proud to announce that our BA in History of Art has again been ranked first in the Complete University Guide 2021 - Read More…

New book by Dr Alyce Mahon 'The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde' has been published by Princeton University Press

New book by Dr Alyce Mahon 'The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde' has been published by Princeton University Press - Read More…

Sir Nicholas Penny (Slade Professor in Fine Art for 2019-20) will be delivering three online lectures at the Warburg Institute

Sir Nicholas Penny (Slade Professor in Fine Art for 2019-20) will be delivering three online lectures at the Warburg Institute - Read More…

The Department congratulates Professor Caroline van Eck on her election to the Academia Europaea

The Department congratulates Professor Caroline van Eck on her election to the Academia Europaea - Read More…

Alumnus David Zagoury (PhD, 2019) has been was awarded the Otto Hahn Medal 2019 for his research on the notion of fantasia in Italian art and art theory of the sixteenth century. The Department congratulates him on this achievement

Alumnus David Zagoury (PhD, 2019) has been was awarded the Otto Hahn Medal 2019 for his research on the notion of fantasia in Italian art and art theory of the sixteenth century. The Department congratulates him on this achievement - Read More…

The Department would like congratulate Dr Christina Faraday who has been awarded a Research Fellowship with Gonville and Caius College

The Department would like congratulate Dr Christina Faraday who has been awarded a Research Fellowship with Gonville and Caius College - Read More…

The Department would like to congratulate student Giorgia Brigatti on winning the Association for Art History’s 2019 Undergraduate Dissertation Prize for her essay ‘Revolutions through the eyes of Shirin Neshat’

The Department would like to congratulate student Giorgia Brigatti on winning the Association for Art History’s 2019 Undergraduate Dissertation Prize for her essay ‘Revolutions through the eyes of Shirin Neshat’ - Read More…

Gelebte Träume – Künstlerinnen des Surrealismus, a documentary on women surrealists for ARTE by Maria Anna Tappeiner, featuring Dr Alyce Mahon

Gelebte Träume – Künstlerinnen des Surrealismus, a documentary on women surrealists for ARTE by Maria Anna Tappeiner, featuring Dr Alyce Mahon - Read More…

Due to the ongoing coronavirus situation, the Binski Symposium scheduled for Tuesday 17th March has been postponed, and will be rescheduled for a later date

Due to the ongoing coronavirus situation, the Binski Symposium scheduled for Tuesday 17th March has been postponed, and will be rescheduled for a later date - Read More…

The Department is delighted to announce that Professor Rosalind Polly Blakesley has been awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship for her new project 'Russia, Empire and the Baltic Imagination'

The Department is delighted to announce that Professor Rosalind Polly Blakesley has been awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship for her new project 'Russia, Empire and the Baltic Imagination' - Read More…

The Department regrets to announce the death of Professor Paul Crossley, a graduate of the Department and Slade Professor in Cambridge University, 2011-12

The Department regrets to announce the death of Professor Paul Crossley, a graduate of the Department and Slade Professor in Cambridge University, 2011-12 - Read More…

The Lent Term 2020 Professor of Fine Art is Dr Nicholas Penny. His lecture series is entitled Avatars of Antiquity: Premise and Practice in European Painting and Sculpture 1500 – 2000

The Lent Term 2020 Professor of Fine Art is Dr Nicholas Penny. His lecture series is entitled Avatars of Antiquity: Premise and Practice in European Painting and Sculpture 1500 – 2000 - Read More…

The Cambridge Faculty of Architecture & History of Art invites applications to the 2020 round of the Leverhulme Trust early Career Fellowship competition

The Cambridge Faculty of Architecture & History of Art invites applications to the 2020 round of the Leverhulme Trust early Career Fellowship competition - Read More…

The Faculty of Architecture and History of Art is pleased to announce that it has been awarded Athena Swan Bronze status by the Equality Challenge Unit

The Faculty of Architecture and History of Art is pleased to announce that it has been awarded Athena Swan Bronze status by the Equality Challenge Unit - Read More…

We are happy to announce the appointment of Dr Mary-Ann Middelkoop to the position of Unestablished Teaching Associate in twentieth-century and contemporary art history. Dr Middelkoop will be joining us on 7 October, and will be with us for two years.

We are happy to announce the appointment of Dr Mary-Ann Middelkoop to the position of Unestablished Teaching Associate in twentieth-century and contemporary art history. Dr Middelkoop will be joining us on 7 October, and will be with us for two years. - Read More…

The Department congratulates Prof. Deborah Howard on winning the Bainton History / Theology Prize for her book 'The Sacred Home in Renaissance Italy'

The Department congratulates Prof. Deborah Howard on winning the Bainton History / Theology Prize for her book 'The Sacred Home in Renaissance Italy'

The Department congratulates Prof. Deborah Howard on winning the Bainton History / Theology Prize for her book 'The Sacred Home in Renaissance Italy' - Read More…

Kettle’s Yard and the History of Art Faculty have sponsored third year Art Historian Iman Khakoo to spend a month in Venice with the British Council’s Research-Stewarding Fellowship

Kettle’s Yard’s Learning and Engagement Assistant Imogen Phillips caught up with Iman half way through her time in Venice.

Kettle’s Yard and the History of Art Faculty have sponsored third year Art Historian Iman Khakoo to spend a month in Venice with the British Council’s Research-Stewarding Fellowship - Read More…

The Faculty welcomes applications for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships.

The Faculty welcomes applications for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships. - Read More…

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