Slade Lectures 2026 ‘Permanently Temporary Cities: Refugee Camps' Esther da Costa Meyer 5pm Wed 25 Feb Auditorium, St John's College @stjohnsox.bsky.social (Free Admission) Abstract: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-... Slade Lectures 2026: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures

Slade Lectures 2026 'Brasilia: Planned Exclusion' Esther da Costa Meyer 5pm Wed 18 Feb Auditorium, St John's College @stjohnsox.bsky.social (Free Admission) Abstract: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-... Slade Lectures 2026: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures

Slade Lectures 2026 ‘Accra and Kumasi: Architecture and Decolonization’ Esther da Costa Meyer 5pm Wed 11 Feb Auditorium, St John's College @stjohnsox.bsky.social (Free Admission) Abstract: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-... Slade Lectures 2026: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures

Slade Lectures 2026 'Colonial Algiers: Architecture and Segregation' Esther da Costa Meyer 5pm Wed 4 Feb Auditorium, St John's College @stjohnsox.bsky.social (Free Admission) Abstract: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-... More information on the Slade Lectures 2026: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures

Slade Lectures 2026 'Shanghai' Esther da Costa Meyer 5pm Auditorium, St John's College @stjohnsox.bsky.social (Free Admission) Today's lecture (abstract) www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-lectures-2026-urban-change-and-representation-2 More info on the Slade Lectures: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures

We are delighted to announce Esther da Costa Meyer as the Slade Professor of Fine Art for Hilary Term 2026! We look forward to sharing her series 'Urban Change and Representation' with you all! www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @stjohnsox.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

Join us this week for the start of the Slade Lecture Series. "Nineteenth-Century Paris: Memories and Counter-Memories", presented by Esther da Costa Meyer, 5pm, Wed 21 Jan, St John's College Auditorium, University of Oxford (free admission, open to all). Further info: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures

Join us this week for the start of the Slade Lecture Series. "Nineteenth-Century Paris: Memories and Counter-Memories", presented by Esther da Costa Meyer, 5pm, Wed 21 Jan, St John's College Auditorium, University of Oxford (free admission, open to all). Further info: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures

We are finishing our 2025 History of Art Research Seminar Series with the brilliant talk, 'Everywhen: Photography and Indigeneity' by Professor Geoffrey Batchen 🗓️5pm Wed 26 November 2025 🏢Oakeshott Room @lincoln.ox.ac.uk @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/histor...

A glimpse inside last week's private view of 'Theatres of Time: Glory, Decay, and Imagination in Piranesi’s Rome.' 🎨 The exhibition runs until 29 November 2025, and a guided tour is available on Wednesday 26 November at 4.30pm. www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...

Careers Development: Working in the Art Market 🧑‍🎨 Join us for a free webinar offering an overview of art market careers and providing insights into the sector, from art galleries to auction houses and art fairs 📆 Sat 6 Dec, 10.30 am (online) 🎟️ Free, booking essential: https://loom.ly/woBdCtE

Medieval Visual Culture Seminar 'New directions in the study of ivories from the Islamic world: A talk and handling session' Mariam Rosser-Owen (V&A) & Ashley Coutu (Pitt Rivers) 5pm Nov 20 🗓️ Khalili Research Center 🏢 (Co-sponsored by the Khalili Research Center) www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/mediev...

HOA Research Seminar Series 2025 'The Natural History of Style: Specimens, Albums, and the History of Art in Early Modern Japan' Kris Kersy 5pm Nov 19 🗓️ Oakeshott Room @lincoln.ox.ac.uk (Sponsored by the June and Simon Li Foundation) www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/histor... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society. Read more from @torchoxford.bsky.social's Dr Rachel Delman ⬇️

Medieval Visual Culture Seminar 'Abstract Figures and Bodily Change: Giving Form to Unseen Things in Late Medieval England' Carly Boxer (Bucknell University) Thu 5pm Nov 13 Riverside Lecture Theatre, St Catherine’s College www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/mediev... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

HOA Research Seminar Series 2025 (Sponsored by the June and Simon Li Foundation) 'Art History and Projective Tests' Whitney Davis Wed 5pm Nov 12 Oakeshott Room, Lincoln College @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @lincoln.ox.ac.uk www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/histor...

HOA Research Seminar Series 2025 'Critical (Ms.) Fortune: A Feminist History of the Italian Renaissance?' Maria H. Loh Tue 5pm Nov 11 Cinema, The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @cuny.edu @ox.ac.uk Find out more here: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/histor...

History of Art Research Seminar Series 2025 'Gold Rush, Congo Style: Gustav Klimt’s Marble Mosaic Frieze in the Palais Stoclet' Deborah Silverman 5pm October 29 Cinema, The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/histor...

Congratulations to our very own Professor Nancy Thebaut for her brilliant work in curating 'Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages' @metcloisters.bsky.social Read the @nytimes.com article on it below! Running from 17 Oct 2025 – 29 Mar 2026 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/a...

HOA Research Seminar Series 2025 Tudor Liveliness? Discovering Vividness in Post-Reformation England Christina Faraday 5pm October 22 🗓️ Cinema, The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/histor... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

Today we are delighted to launch the new Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, a one-of-a-kind space where academia and culture will intersect to create something extraordinary. Read more: humanities.web.ox.ac.uk/article/step...

We are delighted to announce Esther da Costa Meyer as the Slade Professor of Fine Art for Hilary Term 2026! We look forward to sharing her series 'Urban Change and Representation' with you all! www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @stjohnsox.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

Wadham College appoints Dr Marko Ilić as new Fellow and Tutor in History of Art!! @wadhamcollege.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/wadham-...

Congratulations to 1st year student Ophelia Lanfranchi, winner of this year's Reaktion Books Prize for her brilliant essay on a work by British artist Prunella Clough in Oxford's Ashmolean Museum. @oxfordhistoryofart.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social

Don't forget to BOOK YOUR PLACE for Image & Object! 2-5pm Thu 26 June Department of History of Art, Littlegate House Click through to the Department of History of Art website below to find out more and BOOK YOUR PLACE www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/image-... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

Tomorrow! BORDERZONES 2-6pm Rose Garden Room, Worcester College University of Oxford www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/terra-... Convened by Erin Pauwels Participants: Anna Arabindan-Kesson, Maggie M. Cao, Jessica L. Horton, Delia Solomons, Allison Stagg @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @raioxford.bsky.social

2025 Terra Foundation for American Art Study Day www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/terra-... Tue 24 June | 2-6pm in the Rose Garden Room, Worcester College, University of Oxford Convened by Erin Pauwels Participants: Anna Arabindan-Kesson, Maggie M. Cao, Jessica L. Horton, Delia Solomons, Allison Stagg

History of Art Study Day Image & Object: Reproduction 2 - 5pm | Thu 26 June Location: Department of History of Art, Littlegate House Visit below and Book your place! www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/image-... Speakers: Geoffrey Batchen, Geraldine Johnson, Brigid von Preussen, Vibe Nielsen, Paul Taylor

Watch the final Terra Lecture in American Art here! 'Indigenous Pictorialism: Richard Throssel’s Portrait of Apsáalooke Nation' Thank you Professor Erin Pauwels for such an inspiring and engaging series! www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/2025-t... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

June and Simon Li Lecture in the History of Art Vera Mensura Dimensional Realism in Medieval Manuscripts Professor Aden Kumler (University of Basel) 17:00 Wednesday 11th June 2025 Location: Oakeshott Room, Lincoln College More info: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/vera-m...

UNSETTLED GROUND Watch the penultimate Terra Lecture in American Art by Prof Erin Pauwels 'Performing the Wild West: Staging Indigeneity in Photography and Theatre' www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/2025-t...

Read about the 2024 Laurence Binyon Prize winner's trip to Tokyo in our blog! HOA | BLG The Laurence Binyon Prize: Tokyo Through the Lens hoa.web.ox.ac.uk/the-laurence... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

Congratulations to Cora Gilroy-Ware for her brilliant work in co-curating 'Entangled Pasts, 1768–now. Art, Colonialism and Change' at @royalacademyarts.bsky.social !🎉

We are looking forward to seeing you at Prof Erin Pauwels' penultimate Terra Lecture in American Art tomorrow, 5pm at Worcester College, Oxford! More info: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/2025-t... 🎞️ Catch-up on last week's lecture here: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/2025-t... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

Prof Erin Pauwels' second Terra Lecture in American Art later today! 'Settler Realism and the Diorama Aesthetic: John K. Hillers’ Puebloan Survey Photographs' 17:00 Wednesday 14th May Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/2025-t... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

Catch-up with Prof Erin Pauwels' fascinating first Terra Lecture before her second one at 5pm on Wed 14th May at Worcester College! We look forward to seeing you there! www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/terra-...

Tomorrow - 5pm Thu 8th May Lincoln College, Oxford June and Simon Li Lecture in the History of Art On Painting Everything: Japanese Art in the Early Modern Information Age Prof Chelsea Foxwell, University of Chicago Find out more: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/june-a... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

We look forward to welcoming you to the first of this year's Terra Lectures in American Art today! Prof Erin Pauwels presents 'Backdrops as Middle Ground: Photographic Portraiture as a Site of Indigenous Resistance' 5pm Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre Worcester College @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

Have a look at this new book on Photo Archives co-edited by our very own Geraldine Johnson and History of Art alum Deborah Schultz. It also includes a contribution by Geoff Batchen! www.routledge.com/Photo-Archiv... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

1 MAY: Special Lecture & Reception Join us @lincoln.ox.ac.uk for Prof JP Park's lecture on his recent publication 'The Forger’s Creed: Reinventing Art History in Early Modern China' 📖 5pm at Oakeshott Room, Lincoln College, Oxford www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/the-fo... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

UNSETTLED GROUND 30 APR 5pm Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College Free admission Join us as Prof Erin Pauwels starts her fascinating Terra Lectures with 'Backdrops as Middle Ground: Photographic Portraiture as a Site of Indigenous Resistance' Find out more www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/terra-...

EVENT: Sheldonian Series - Truth 📆 13 May 🕠 5:30- 6:30pm 🎟️ Oxford staff and students only Join the Vice-Chancellor to hear from panellists debating the limits and challenges to truth today. The series aims to promote freedom of speech and inclusive inquiry within the collegiate University.

🐉 Happy St George's Day! The Warburg Library is a treasure trove for exploring the legend of St George and the dragon - from ancient myths beside Aby Warburg’s Schlangenritual, to Renaissance masterpieces by Dürer, Uccello, and Raphael. #StGeorgesDay #Dragons #ArtHistory

Another public talk as part of our Summer programme! 🌻☀️ On Painting Everything: Japanese Art in the Early Modern Information Age Prof Chelsea Foxwell, University of Chicago 5pm, 8 May Lincoln College, Oxford Free and open to all www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/june-a... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

Join us at Lincoln College for a special lecture & reception celebrating 'The Forger’s Creed' by Prof. J.P. Park - a groundbreaking new book that looks at how forgery shaped the canon of early modern Chinese art. @oxfordhistoryofart.bsky.social 🗓 Thurs 1 May, 5pm 🔗 More info: bit.ly/43NJWJi

The Italian artist, engineer and scientist Leonardo da Vinci was born on this day in 1452. In this charming composition a young woman looks out at the viewer, proudly indicating a unicorn kneeling beside her. She holds a coiled rope attached to his collar.

🗓️Make a note for the 2025 Terra Lectures in American Art! Unsettled Ground: Western Landscapes, Indigenous Sovereignty and the Spaces of US Photography Prof Erin Pauwels (Terra Foundation Visiting Professor of American Art) Free & open to all Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College 5-6pm

We had a *very* exciting day yesterday thanks to a project that's been in the works for a while: UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and celebrated sculptor Antony Gormley were in college to officially unveil a piece of public art installed on our grounds!

Victoria Kinne takes us behind the scenes of 'Ink and Illumination' which she curated as part of her recent placement at @stjohnsox.bsky.social Library. 📖🦑🎨 @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social #oxfordlibrary #exhibition #curator @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social #arthistory

Learn more about the brilliant exhibition which Victoria Kinne, (BA History of Art, Third Year) curated at @stjohnsox.bsky.social Library as part of a recent placement! @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social #exhibition #curator #oxforduniversity #library