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Department of History of Art

 
Read more at: The Department is delighted to welcome Dr Henning von Mirbach as new Assistant Professor of Early Modern Chinese Art

The Department is delighted to welcome Dr Henning von Mirbach as new Assistant Professor of Early Modern Chinese Art

16 September 2025

Henning comes to Cambridge from the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei where he taught courses on Chinese art history. Prior to that, he held positions at The Courtauld in London, and at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a historian of early modern Chinese art, with a particular focus on landscape...


Read more at: The Department is delighted to welcome Dr Matthew Walker as new Assistant Professor of British Architecture in a Global Context

The Department is delighted to welcome Dr Matthew Walker as new Assistant Professor of British Architecture in a Global Context

11 September 2025

Matthew comes to Cambridge from Queen Mary University of London where he taught the architecture and history of the capital for 6 years. Prior to that, he held positions at The University of New Mexico, and at Oxford. He is a historian of British architecture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and his research is...


Read more at: Uncovering Art Mysteries: Lecturer Appears on BBC’s Fake or Fortune?

Uncovering Art Mysteries: Lecturer Appears on BBC’s Fake or Fortune?

6 August 2025

Barry Phipps, an affiliated lecturer in the Department, recently appeared on the BBC’s Fake or Fortune?, offering his expert opinion on a painting potentially attributed to Winston Churchill. Barry’s research explores the relationship between art and diplomacy, particularly in relation to political figures such as...


Read more at: The Department congratulates alumna Dr Chiara Capulli on winning the 2024 Hertziana Publication Prize for 'Displacement and Reconfiguration: The Effects of the Florentine Guasto of 1529 on Devotional Spaces and Networks of Artistic Patronage'

The Department congratulates alumna Dr Chiara Capulli on winning the 2024 Hertziana Publication Prize for 'Displacement and Reconfiguration: The Effects of the Florentine Guasto of 1529 on Devotional Spaces and Networks of Artistic Patronage'

24 June 2025

The prize is awarded by the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History in Rome for outstanding work in the field. More information about the award is available here . The project developed from doctoral research at Cambridge, under the supervision of Professor Donal Cooper, and the book will soon be...


Read more at: The Department toasted the end of another successful academic year on Monday at our annual Garden Party

The Department toasted the end of another successful academic year on Monday at our annual Garden Party

19 June 2025

garden-party-carousel.jpg We would like to congratulate our undergraduates, postgraduates and staff for all of their efforts and achievements during this academic year, and look forward to seeing the future accomplishments of our graduates and returning students!


Read more at: Department and University Celebrate Top Rankings in Complete University Guide 2026

Department and University Celebrate Top Rankings in Complete University Guide 2026

12 June 2025

The Department is delighted to announce that it has been ranked first in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2025 . This outstanding recognition reflects the department’s continued commitment to academic excellence, world-leading research, and exceptional student experience. We are equally proud to share that the...


Read more at: Call for Sessions: Association for Art History 2026 Annual Conference

Call for Sessions: Association for Art History 2026 Annual Conference

11 June 2025

We are delighted to announce that next year’s conference will be held in collaboration with this department. The Annual Conference attracts around 400 attendees each year and is popular with academics, curators, practitioners, PhD students, early career researchers and anyone engaged with art history research. Members of...


Read more at: The Department congratulates PhD student Ane Cornelia Pade on being awarded The Burlington Magazine scholarship for the study of French eighteenth-century fine and decorative art

The Department congratulates PhD student Ane Cornelia Pade on being awarded The Burlington Magazine scholarship for the study of French eighteenth-century fine and decorative art

9 June 2025

The scholarship provides funding over a 12-month period to those engaged in the study of French 18th-century fine and decorative art to enable them to develop new ideas and research that will contribute to this field of art historical study.


Read more at: The Faculty of Architecture and History of Art is proud to retain our Athena Swan Bronze Award for Gender Equality

The Faculty of Architecture and History of Art is proud to retain our Athena Swan Bronze Award for Gender Equality

13 May 2025

The Athena Swan award is a national framework used in higher education and research to promote gender equality and advance the careers of women in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) and other fields. It recognises institutions and departments that demonstrate a commitment to creating a more...


Read more at: The Department congratulates MPhil student Luca Ferraro on being selected for the Boat Race Cambridge Men’s Squad 2025

The Department congratulates MPhil student Luca Ferraro on being selected for the Boat Race Cambridge Men’s Squad 2025

4 April 2025

The 170th Men's Race will take place on Sunday 13 th of April March from 2:21pm between Putney and Mortlake. For more information and details on how to watch: https://www.theboatrace.org/spectator-information