Department of History of Art

We have been ranked 54th in the world and 11th in the UK for the study of Arts and Humanities in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by subject. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.

We are now inviting applications for History of Art Graduate Teaching Positions for the 2025/6 academic year.

How can attention to artistic practices and visual interventions from across the global mosaic of local contexts contribute meaningfully to the decentring of hegemonic narratives and research on art and HIV/AIDS? What new configurations of work from across both global south and north are necessary to re-assess the histories of this epidemic, and intervene in its ongoing present? This conference invites papers that examine the state of the field in the study of art, visual culture and HIV/AIDS, presenting recent or ongoing research projects that seek to complicate understandings of this vast area of contemporary life.

The publication of 'St Stephen's Chapel and the Palace of Westminster', edited by Tim Ayers, J P D Cooper, Elizabeth Hallam Smith and Caroline Shenton, marks the culmination of a major AHRC-funded research project (2013-17), led by scholars in the History and History of Art Departments at the University of York.

Please join us for the History of Art Research Seminar “Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez: A Tailor at the Court of Philip IV” with Professor Amanda Wunder (Lehman College & CUNY Graduate Center) on Tuesday, 18 March, 5-7pm in BS/104.

How can attention to artistic practices and visual interventions from across the globalmosaic of local contexts contribute meaningfully to the decentring of hegemonic narrativesand research on art and HIV/AIDS?

This conference will broaden perspectives on the Baroque, embracing its transcontinental and multi-media character.