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Read more at: Professor Jean Michel Massing has co-edited a new book entitled 'The Slave in European Art: From Renaissance Trophy to Abolitionist Emblem'
Professor Jean Michel Massing has co-edited a new book entitled 'The Slave in European Art: From Renaissance Trophy to Abolitionist Emblem'

Professor Jean Michel Massing has co-edited a new book entitled 'The Slave in European Art: From Renaissance Trophy to Abolitionist Emblem'

5 September 2012

Edited by Elizabeth McGrath and Jean Michel Massing this volume explores the imagery of slaves and enslavement – white as well as black – in early modern Europe. Long before the abolitionist movement took up the theme, European art abounded in images of slaves – chained, subjected, subdued figures. Often these enslaved...

Read more at: The Department welcomes Dr Alexander Marr, new University Lecturer in the History of Art 1400-1700

The Department welcomes Dr Alexander Marr, new University Lecturer in the History of Art 1400-1700

14 June 2012

Dr Alexander Marr studied history of art and modern history in London and Oxford. Before coming to Cambridge he was, for six years, Lecturer in Art History at the University of St Andrews and, for two years, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Southern California. At Cambridge he is University Lecturer...

Read more at: Lincoln Cathedral trip with Professor Paul Crossley
Lincoln Cathedral trip with Professor Paul Crossley

Lincoln Cathedral trip with Professor Paul Crossley

13 June 2012

On the 2nd of May, History of Art students visited Lincoln Cathedral with this year's Slade Professor Paul Crossley. To read student reports of the trip click here . To view more photos of the visit click here .

Read more at: Dr Lucy Donkin has co-edited a new book entitled "Imagining Jerusalem in the Medieval West"
Dr Lucy Donkin has co-edited a new book entitled "Imagining Jerusalem in the Medieval West"

Dr Lucy Donkin has co-edited a new book entitled "Imagining Jerusalem in the Medieval West"

6 June 2012

The book was edited with Hanna Vorholt and was published by Oxford University Press for the British Academy in April 2012.

Read more at: Professor Deborah Howard has co-edited a new book entitled "The Music Room in Early Modern France and Italy: Sound, Space and Object"
Professor Deborah Howard has co-edited a new book entitled "The Music Room in Early Modern France and Italy: Sound, Space and Object"

Professor Deborah Howard has co-edited a new book entitled "The Music Room in Early Modern France and Italy: Sound, Space and Object"

6 June 2012

The book was edited with Laura Moretti and was published by Oxford University Press for the British Academy in May 2012.

Read more at: PhD candidate Devika Singh was elected Smuts Research Fellow at the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

PhD candidate Devika Singh was elected Smuts Research Fellow at the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

29 March 2012

Read more at: The Department of History of Art is delighted to be part of a very successful exchange programme with Columbia University in New York

The Department of History of Art is delighted to be part of a very successful exchange programme with Columbia University in New York

26 March 2012

As part of that partnership, the Second Cambridge Columbia Graduate Symposium will take place in New York on 31st March 2012. For further details, please see the poster attached.

Read more at: Dr Tom Nickson has been appointed as Lecturer in Medieval Architecture at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London

Dr Tom Nickson has been appointed as Lecturer in Medieval Architecture at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London

22 March 2012

He graduated from our History of Art Tripos in 2003 and was a member of Gonville and Caius College. The Department would like to extend its utmost congratulations to him on his new appointment

Read more at: PhD student Susanna Berger 2012 Professional-Development Fellowship in Art History from the College Art Association. The fellowship is awarded to two art historians who will receive their doctorates in 2012

PhD student Susanna Berger 2012 Professional-Development Fellowship in Art History from the College Art Association. The fellowship is awarded to two art historians who will receive their doctorates in 2012

22 March 2012

Read more at: Dr Meredith Hale has been awarded an AHRC grant for her research project entitled 'The Power of Print: Dutch propaganda for a new Russia'

Dr Meredith Hale has been awarded an AHRC grant for her research project entitled 'The Power of Print: Dutch propaganda for a new Russia'

20 March 2012

Principal Investigator: Dr Meredith Hale, University of Cambridge Research Assistant: Ms Galina Mardilovich, University of Cambridge Collaborative partners: Dr Elmer Kolfin, University of Amsterdam, and Professor Roman Grigoryev, State Hermitage Museum and European University at St. Petersburg Project summary: 'The Power...

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