School of Art History
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School of Art History, University of St Andrews.
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/
Study in one of the largest and most dynamic Art History departments worldwide.
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/
Study in one of the largest and most dynamic Art History departments worldwide.
Pinned
No. 1 in UK for Art History. Guardian University Guide 2026 and The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... & www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
'Invisible Loot: Maritime Warfare and Circulating Objects in Hugo Grotius’s De Jure Praedae' in 'Early Modern Low Countries' (9: 2, 2025). @elsjevankessel.bsky.social rethinks early modern looting – its theory, its practice, and its place in the violence of war.
👉 emlc-journal.org/article/view...
👉 emlc-journal.org/article/view...
Invisible Loot: Maritime Warfare and Circulating Objects in Hugo Grotius’s De Jure Praedae
| Early Modern Low Countries
Early Modern Low Countries
emlc-journal.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
'Invisible Loot: Maritime Warfare and Circulating Objects in Hugo Grotius’s De Jure Praedae' in 'Early Modern Low Countries' (9: 2, 2025). @elsjevankessel.bsky.social rethinks early modern looting – its theory, its practice, and its place in the violence of war.
👉 emlc-journal.org/article/view...
👉 emlc-journal.org/article/view...
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Call for Papers: In Her Words.
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
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21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Call for Papers: In Her Words.
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Award News!!!
The School of Art History–led Shared Island Stories research project has been announced as the winner of the inaugural International Council of Museums (ICOM) Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums.
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
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The School of Art History–led Shared Island Stories research project has been announced as the winner of the inaugural International Council of Museums (ICOM) Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums.
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Award News!!!
The School of Art History–led Shared Island Stories research project has been announced as the winner of the inaugural International Council of Museums (ICOM) Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums.
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
The School of Art History–led Shared Island Stories research project has been announced as the winner of the inaugural International Council of Museums (ICOM) Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums.
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Call for Papers: In Her Words.
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Call for Papers: In Her Words.
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Thinking about studying Art History or History of Photography at the University of St Andrews?
Join us for an Online Postgraduate Visiting Day on 24th November.
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/meet-u...
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Join us for an Online Postgraduate Visiting Day on 24th November.
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/meet-u...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Thinking about studying Art History or History of Photography at the University of St Andrews?
Join us for an Online Postgraduate Visiting Day on 24th November.
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/meet-u...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Join us for an Online Postgraduate Visiting Day on 24th November.
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/meet-u...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Art History Research Lecture given by Professor Victoria Horne on Wednesday 12 November 2025, 4pm, School 3. All welcome!
See poster for more details.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social
See poster for more details.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Art History Research Lecture given by Professor Victoria Horne on Wednesday 12 November 2025, 4pm, School 3. All welcome!
See poster for more details.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social
See poster for more details.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social
Publication news: The School's Dr Ruth Ezra extends the book metaphor in this text exploring the use of mica in contemporary art, outlining the social, economic, and cultural histories of mica, from its extraction to its transformation: espaceartactuel.com/en/produit/1...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Publication news: The School's Dr Ruth Ezra extends the book metaphor in this text exploring the use of mica in contemporary art, outlining the social, economic, and cultural histories of mica, from its extraction to its transformation: espaceartactuel.com/en/produit/1...
An exhibition by our colleague Dr Shona Kallestrup, on Queen Marie of Romania, was the subject of a documentary on Romanian national television last week: Ora regelui: Maria a Romaniei, Regina-artista.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCuU...
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCuU...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
An exhibition by our colleague Dr Shona Kallestrup, on Queen Marie of Romania, was the subject of a documentary on Romanian national television last week: Ora regelui: Maria a Romaniei, Regina-artista.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCuU...
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCuU...
Thursday 25th November: Curators in Conversation
Niamh Finlay: Curating the Climate Crisis: Waters Rising at Perth Museum
4.00pm. School 2, St Salvator's Quad, St Andrews
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Niamh Finlay: Curating the Climate Crisis: Waters Rising at Perth Museum
4.00pm. School 2, St Salvator's Quad, St Andrews
@perthmuseum.bsky.social l
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thursday 25th November: Curators in Conversation
Niamh Finlay: Curating the Climate Crisis: Waters Rising at Perth Museum
4.00pm. School 2, St Salvator's Quad, St Andrews
@perthmuseum.bsky.social l
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Niamh Finlay: Curating the Climate Crisis: Waters Rising at Perth Museum
4.00pm. School 2, St Salvator's Quad, St Andrews
@perthmuseum.bsky.social l
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Major new journal devoted to Islamic art history announced: 'Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture'.
Conceived and founded by Prof. Robert Hillenbrand, with Richard McClary, Francesca Leoni and Yusen Yu as editors.
For more info: www.euppublishing.com/toc/jiaa/1/1-2
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Conceived and founded by Prof. Robert Hillenbrand, with Richard McClary, Francesca Leoni and Yusen Yu as editors.
For more info: www.euppublishing.com/toc/jiaa/1/1-2
@edinburghup.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Major new journal devoted to Islamic art history announced: 'Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture'.
Conceived and founded by Prof. Robert Hillenbrand, with Richard McClary, Francesca Leoni and Yusen Yu as editors.
For more info: www.euppublishing.com/toc/jiaa/1/1-2
@edinburghup.bsky.social
Conceived and founded by Prof. Robert Hillenbrand, with Richard McClary, Francesca Leoni and Yusen Yu as editors.
For more info: www.euppublishing.com/toc/jiaa/1/1-2
@edinburghup.bsky.social
Wednesday 5 November, 4pm, School 3.
Professor Markus Ritter: Portraiture in Medieval Islamic Art: Type, Individuality, and Visual Commentary in Thirteenth-Century Book Painting
Professor Markus Ritter: Portraiture in Medieval Islamic Art: Type, Individuality, and Visual Commentary in Thirteenth-Century Book Painting
October 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Wednesday 5 November, 4pm, School 3.
Professor Markus Ritter: Portraiture in Medieval Islamic Art: Type, Individuality, and Visual Commentary in Thirteenth-Century Book Painting
Professor Markus Ritter: Portraiture in Medieval Islamic Art: Type, Individuality, and Visual Commentary in Thirteenth-Century Book Painting
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It's quiz time! This time we're getting a little spooky 👻🎃
Take our Halloween quiz, if you dare 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-halloween
🧑🎨 William Blake (1757–1827) 📷 Tate
Take our Halloween quiz, if you dare 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-halloween
🧑🎨 William Blake (1757–1827) 📷 Tate
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It's quiz time! This time we're getting a little spooky 👻🎃
Take our Halloween quiz, if you dare 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-halloween
🧑🎨 William Blake (1757–1827) 📷 Tate
Take our Halloween quiz, if you dare 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-halloween
🧑🎨 William Blake (1757–1827) 📷 Tate
13 November at 4 pm in School II.
Dr Tom Schofield, Reader in Digital Arts & Cultures, @newcastleuni.bsky.social on 'Heritage Data Imaginaries: Fabulation against Machinic Hallucination'.
Event organised & supported by the Institute for Museums, Heritage & Society.
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Dr Tom Schofield, Reader in Digital Arts & Cultures, @newcastleuni.bsky.social on 'Heritage Data Imaginaries: Fabulation against Machinic Hallucination'.
Event organised & supported by the Institute for Museums, Heritage & Society.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
13 November at 4 pm in School II.
Dr Tom Schofield, Reader in Digital Arts & Cultures, @newcastleuni.bsky.social on 'Heritage Data Imaginaries: Fabulation against Machinic Hallucination'.
Event organised & supported by the Institute for Museums, Heritage & Society.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Dr Tom Schofield, Reader in Digital Arts & Cultures, @newcastleuni.bsky.social on 'Heritage Data Imaginaries: Fabulation against Machinic Hallucination'.
Event organised & supported by the Institute for Museums, Heritage & Society.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
30 October at 17-18:30 CET (16-17:30 UK time)
Online forum/public workshop on Waste and Reuse - Ecologies of Premodern Art.
Francesca Borgo & Ruth Ezra @uniofstandrews.bsky.social) will lead the Q&A.
For link contact Maurice Saß ([email protected]) & Hui Luan Tran ([email protected])
Online forum/public workshop on Waste and Reuse - Ecologies of Premodern Art.
Francesca Borgo & Ruth Ezra @uniofstandrews.bsky.social) will lead the Q&A.
For link contact Maurice Saß ([email protected]) & Hui Luan Tran ([email protected])
October 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
30 October at 17-18:30 CET (16-17:30 UK time)
Online forum/public workshop on Waste and Reuse - Ecologies of Premodern Art.
Francesca Borgo & Ruth Ezra @uniofstandrews.bsky.social) will lead the Q&A.
For link contact Maurice Saß ([email protected]) & Hui Luan Tran ([email protected])
Online forum/public workshop on Waste and Reuse - Ecologies of Premodern Art.
Francesca Borgo & Ruth Ezra @uniofstandrews.bsky.social) will lead the Q&A.
For link contact Maurice Saß ([email protected]) & Hui Luan Tran ([email protected])
No. 1 in UK for Art History. Guardian University Guide 2026 and The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... & www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
October 23, 2025 at 6:43 AM
No. 1 in UK for Art History. Guardian University Guide 2026 and The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... & www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Today is Trafalgar Day, marking the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar 🚢
Test your naval and maritime knowledge with our quiz 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-naval-and-maritime-history/
'The Battle of Trafalgar' by J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851). 📷 Royal Museums Greenwich
Test your naval and maritime knowledge with our quiz 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-naval-and-maritime-history/
'The Battle of Trafalgar' by J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851). 📷 Royal Museums Greenwich
October 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Today is Trafalgar Day, marking the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar 🚢
Test your naval and maritime knowledge with our quiz 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-naval-and-maritime-history/
'The Battle of Trafalgar' by J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851). 📷 Royal Museums Greenwich
Test your naval and maritime knowledge with our quiz 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-naval-and-maritime-history/
'The Battle of Trafalgar' by J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851). 📷 Royal Museums Greenwich
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It's time for the Friday art quiz with School of Art History 💡🎨
This week is themed around Black British artists 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-black-history-month/ #BlackHistoryMonth
'Standing Figure with African Masks' by Claudette Johnson (b.1959) © the artist. 📷 Tate
This week is themed around Black British artists 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-black-history-month/ #BlackHistoryMonth
'Standing Figure with African Masks' by Claudette Johnson (b.1959) © the artist. 📷 Tate
October 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It's time for the Friday art quiz with School of Art History 💡🎨
This week is themed around Black British artists 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-black-history-month/ #BlackHistoryMonth
'Standing Figure with African Masks' by Claudette Johnson (b.1959) © the artist. 📷 Tate
This week is themed around Black British artists 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-black-history-month/ #BlackHistoryMonth
'Standing Figure with African Masks' by Claudette Johnson (b.1959) © the artist. 📷 Tate
The University of St Andrews has once again claimed the top spot in Scotland and secured its place among the UK’s leading higher education institutions, ranking in the top four nationally in The Complete University Guide 2026.
For more info: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/courses/deta...
For more info: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/courses/deta...
July 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The University of St Andrews has once again claimed the top spot in Scotland and secured its place among the UK’s leading higher education institutions, ranking in the top four nationally in The Complete University Guide 2026.
For more info: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/courses/deta...
For more info: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/courses/deta...
The School is proud to be the first School in the Faculty of Arts and Divinity to be a recipient of an Athena Swan UK Gender Equality Silver Award. For more information:
#AthenaSwan #GenderEquality
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#AthenaSwan #GenderEquality
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June 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The School is proud to be the first School in the Faculty of Arts and Divinity to be a recipient of an Athena Swan UK Gender Equality Silver Award. For more information:
#AthenaSwan #GenderEquality
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
#AthenaSwan #GenderEquality
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Book now! Fully online, flexible, short course in collaboration with @vadundee.bsky.social !
www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whats...
www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whats...
The History of Scottish Design in Six Objects - In partnership with the University of St Andrews
A brand new online course with the University of St Andrews and V&A Dundee
www.vam.ac.uk
May 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Book now! Fully online, flexible, short course in collaboration with @vadundee.bsky.social !
www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whats...
www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whats...
In January 2025, Dr Emily Hanson & Dr Billy Rough delivered a paper on 'Phenomenal Bodies: Exploring Disability in Scottish Academic Collections' at the St Andrews Medical Humanities Inaugural Symposium. Read more about the symposium here: thepolyphony.org/2025/04/16/s...
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St Andrews Medical Humanities Network Inaugural Symposium: Conference Review
Islay Shelbourne reports from the inaugural symposium of the newly established Medical Humanities Network at the University of St Andrews.
thepolyphony.org
April 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
In January 2025, Dr Emily Hanson & Dr Billy Rough delivered a paper on 'Phenomenal Bodies: Exploring Disability in Scottish Academic Collections' at the St Andrews Medical Humanities Inaugural Symposium. Read more about the symposium here: thepolyphony.org/2025/04/16/s...
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Coming soon! All welcome!
April 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Coming soon! All welcome!
Friday April 11, 11am-1pm, Old Union Diner, St Andrews.
African and African Diaspora Printmaking in Scotland: an art and research sharing workshop, convened by St Andrews Centre for Contemporary Art
African and African Diaspora Printmaking in Scotland: an art and research sharing workshop, convened by St Andrews Centre for Contemporary Art
April 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Friday April 11, 11am-1pm, Old Union Diner, St Andrews.
African and African Diaspora Printmaking in Scotland: an art and research sharing workshop, convened by St Andrews Centre for Contemporary Art
African and African Diaspora Printmaking in Scotland: an art and research sharing workshop, convened by St Andrews Centre for Contemporary Art