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Read more at: The Department would like to congratulate Dr Krisztina Ilko on her new role as a Junior Research Fellow at Queens’ College

The Department would like to congratulate Dr Krisztina Ilko on her new role as a Junior Research Fellow at Queens’ College

28 March 2022

Krisztina's JRF project ‘The Pawns of History: A New Approach towards the Global Middle Ages’ will use chess to find a tangible approach to the global medieval past. For more information visit: https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/dr-krisztina-ilko


Read more at: 5 star reviews for 'Hockney's Eye' the new David Hockney exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum

5 star reviews for 'Hockney's Eye' the new David Hockney exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum

16 March 2022

★★★★★ "This exhibition leaves you in awe of Hockney" — The Guardian ★★★★ "A blooming good show" — The Telegraph ★★★★ "Art history and scientific discovery encounter one another on equal terms" — The Times One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer...


Read more at: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

2 March 2022

The Faculty of Architecture and History of Art condemns the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, affirms democratic Ukraine's sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, and joins with the Vice Chancellor in encouraging our community to assist through donations to support Ukrainians at this time of crisis...


Read more at: The next History of Art Masterclass is on Wednesday 13 April 2022

The next History of Art Masterclass is on Wednesday 13 April 2022

22 February 2022

The next History of Art Masterclass is on Wednesday 13 April 2022, 16:15 – 18:45 (UK time). Open to both UK & International students in Year 12 (S5 for Scotland, Year 13 for NI, or equivalent, including mature students). This Masterclass will be delivered virtually by academic staff and current students from the...


Read more at: Cambridge Visual Culture Roundtable: Cambridge collections: new global perspectives

Cambridge Visual Culture Roundtable: Cambridge collections: new global perspectives

7 February 2022

Monday 21 February, 1-3pm Gallery 3, Fitzwilliam Museum The University of Cambridge houses globally significant collections of art and material culture, yet the display and research of these collections has largely taken place within Western disciplinary and institutional frameworks. As the University’s museums seek to...


Read more at: Cambridge Visual Culture: Call for Visiting Research Fellowships in Visual Culture 2022

Cambridge Visual Culture: Call for Visiting Research Fellowships in Visual Culture 2022

31 January 2022

Cambridge Visual Culture (CVC) invites applications for a new programme of residential Visiting Research Fellowships in Visual Culture at the University of Cambridge. The programme aims to renew and catalyse the study of ‘the visual’ at Cambridge by bringing fresh voices and approaches to the University, and to extend...


Read more at: The Slade Lectures in Fine Art Lent Term 2022: The Department is delighted to welcome Maria Balshaw CBE as our new Slade Professor

The Slade Lectures in Fine Art Lent Term 2022: The Department is delighted to welcome Maria Balshaw CBE as our new Slade Professor

12 January 2022

The Future of Museums: A series of lectures by Maria Balshaw CBE, Director of Tate and Slade Professor of Fine Art, University of Cambridge, Spring 2022. As the world continues to endure the multiple economic and cultural consequences of living through and with a global pandemic that has disrupted social life as we have...