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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.
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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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November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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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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November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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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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November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Art History Research Lecture given by Professor Victoria Horne on Wednesday 12 November 2025, 4pm, School 3. All welcome!

See poster for more details.

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November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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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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October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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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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October 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Wednesday 5 November, 4pm, School 3.

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
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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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October 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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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])
October 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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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
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October 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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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...
July 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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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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June 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Coming soon! All welcome!
April 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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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
April 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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The School of Art History is delighted to welcome Prof. Eyitayo Ijisakin from the Department of Fine & Applied Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, who will be University of St Andrews Global Fellow with us for April.

For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...

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April 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Thinking about studying Art History or History of Photography at St Andrews? Postgraduate Visiting Day - April 5th! Scan QR code to secure your place now!
March 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Earlier this week, lecturers from the School of Art History and curators from @vadundee.bsky.social were filmed by @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Digital Media team for an exciting new project: 'The Story of Scottish Design in Six Objects'!

For more information: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
March 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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📢 Coming Soon, the Art History and Museum & Heritage Studies Postgraduate Symposium.

More information to follow!
March 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Coming soon....

Fully online, flexible, short course. Starting 7 April 2025.

Join us on a captivating journey through the rich and diverse history of Modernist art in Europe and Latin America.

For more information: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/online...
March 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Dr Billy Rough (@billyrough.bsky.social) has been awarded one of the University’s prestigious '1413 Teaching Excellence Awards' for 2024-25, recognising outstanding teaching at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social!🎉

More info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...

Congratulations, Billy! 👏

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March 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Join curator and museum volunteer Delaney Brown, an art history student at the University of St Andrews. for a guided tour of 'Reframing the Muse', at the Tower Foyer Gallery, University of Dundee'

For more information: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...

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March 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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The Leverhulme Trust's February newsletter is out! Read about Dr Marika Knowles research on printmaker Jacques Callot and much more:
leverhulme.ac.uk/newsletter

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February 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Interested in online and/or part-time study in the School of Art History?

For more information on our MA Combined Studies Programme and Online Short Courses then follow this link!
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/.../online-a...
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February 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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O.E. Saunders Lecture 2025

This year's Octavia Elfrida Saunders Memorial Lecture will be given by accomplished photographer of international standing, Ingrid Pollard MBE.

All welcome. For more information: events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/2025-...
February 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM