This semester, Dr Anne Kirkham has been teaching a Level 3 course on Art in Medieval Books. The course introduced … More
Category: Undergraduate
Event report – The Artist of the Future Age: William Blake, Neo-Romanticism, Counter-Culture and Now
Student interns Ami Savage and Marnie Parker write: Earlier this month, guests from Art History and English Literature backgrounds came … More
Autumn 2019 Research Seminars & Events
We’re delighted to announce our research seminars & events for autumn 2019. All are welcome, and booking is not required … More
AAH Art History Careers Day 2016, by Rachel Hughes
Things seem bleak. The arts sector is facing uncertainty and funding cuts, while ‘soft subjects’ like A-level Art History are … More
Peggy Guggenheim Internship 2016, by Miriam Dafydd
Working at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection was a hugely rewarding, and exciting opportunity for me. I’d never visited Italy before, … More
‘Art, Medicine, and Knowledge’, by Dr Cordelia Warr
The ‘Art, Medicine, and Knowledge’ project aims to encourage participants to question the ways in which medical knowledge can be disseminated through visual means.
Volunteer Opportunity
Manchester Jewish Museum (MJM) is seeking enthusiastic and self-motivated volunteers to take on a variety of roles in the museum. … More
Chroma: Art meets Science
MANCHESTER SCIENCE FESTIVAL Sat 26 Oct 2013, 3.30pm – 5.30pm G51, Chemistry Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL … More
Jean-Luc Nancy has had to cancel his visit to Manchester
Art History and Visual Studies is very sorry to report that Jean-Luc Nancy has been ill and has had to … More
Next AHVS talk ….
Wednesday 15 May Anna Lovatt (The University of Manchester) ‘Wavelength: On Drawing, Sound and Frequency in Art since the 1960s’, … More
Thursday Lates: An Evening of Fashion, Music, Art and Marcel Proust
An Evening of Fashion, Music, Art and Marcel Proust Thursday 30 May 2013 6pm – 8.45pm Join us to celebrate … More
Edward Wouk, AHVS talk, 24 April
Edward Wouk poster To pop into your diaries for next week …… “An Unbroken Tradition? Creation, Destruction, and the History … More
Wendy Ligon Smith, AHVS talk, 17 April
Wendy Ligon Smith University of Manchester “Mariano Fortuny amongst his theatre models in the atelier of Palazzo Orfei” c1904 “Fortuny’s … More
Pilkington Lectures: Professor Victor Stoichita
Professor Victor Stoichita, Université de Fribourg: ‘The Don Quixote Effect’ Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 March 2013, 5.15pm, Mansfield Cooper … More
Charlie Miller, 6 March, G20 Mansfield Cooper
“Negative Aura: The Anti-Art of Magic” Wednesday 6 March 4.30pm in Mansfield Cooper G20 All Welcome Website: manchesterarthistory.wordpress.com Calendar: bit.ly/ahvscal … More
Wonder Women: Radical Manchester- the full 2013 programme
Full event listings now available for the excellent ‘Wonder Women’, running across the city 3 March-4 April. – See more … More
CANCELLED: Irit Rogoff
With apologies, Irit Rogoff is ill and has just cancelled her lecture: Irit Rogoff Goldsmiths, University of London “The Expanding … More
Vote for Richard Wentworth to come to Manchester!
Museums at Night: The festival of inspiring after hours cultural events in museums, galleries and heritage sites. Thursday May 16 … More
AHVS lecture: Irit Rogoff
Irit Rogoff Goldsmiths, University of London “The Expanding Field” Wednesday 27 February 4.30pm in Mansfield Cooper G20 All Welcome Website: manchesterarthistory.wordpress.com … More
Public artworks projected onto University Place tonight (8 Feb)
Images of publicly owned artworks will be projected onto the side of University Place at The University of Manchester this … More
Dispatches in Art History 