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Dr Renate Dohmen Has Won Prestigious Award for Project on Colonial Art in British India
5th May 2020
Lecturer in Art History, Dr Renate Dohmen has been awarded the prestigious Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship 2020 for her project: Colonial Art in British India: Power, Gender and Race under the Raj.
Dr Clare Taylor Receives a Mid-Career Fellowship from the Paul Mellon Centre
9th April 2020
Senior Lecturer in Art History, Dr Clare Taylor, receives a Mid-Career Fellowship from the Paul Mellon Centre for her project: Gilt Leather Rooms: Decorating with leather hangings in Britain, c.1600-c.1800.
New OU/BBC Series: Age of the Image
26th February 2020
On 2 March, a new four-part OU/BBC series ‘Age of the Image’ starts on BBC Four at 9pm.
Dr Angeliki Lymberopoulou to Work on Icons Held at the Serbian Orthodox Church Museum in Belgrade
18th February 2020
Dr Angeliki Lymberopoulou, Senior Lecturer in Art History, working together with Dr Miljana Matić, Curator of Icons at the Serbian Orthodox Church Museum in Belgrade, will officially start their research project examining the Greek and Italo-Cretan icons held at the Serbian Orthodox Church Museum in Belgrade.
Dr Amy Charlesworth Contributes to New Book on Art, Politics and Feminism(s), out March 2020
10th February 2020
Amy Charlesworth has co-written a chapter with activist and campaigner, Marissa Begonia (Voice of Domestic Workers) about their work together for Feminist Art Activisms and Artivisms (Valiz: Netherlands, 2020).
Dr Renate Dohmen to Carry Out Research in India Feb-March 2020
5th February 2020
Dr Renate Dohmen is invited to participate in a project on the photographs of Sawai Ram Singh, Maharaja of Jaipur (1835-1880) in the context of princely photography and amateur arts during the British Raj.
Dr. Clare Taylor's and Dr. Kim Woods's Monographs Shortlisted for Prestigious Award
5th February 2020
Clare Taylor's The Design, Production and Reception of Eighteenth-Century Wallpaper in Britain (London: Routledge) and Kim Woods's Cut in Alabaster: a Material of Sculpture and its European Traditions (Turnhout: Brepols) were both recognised for excellent scholarship by the 2020 Historians of British Art awards in their respective categories: Single-authored book with a subject 1600–1800 and Single-authored book with a subject before 1600.
New OU/BBC Series: Secrets of the Museum
3rd February 2020
Starting on Thursday 6 February, a new six-part OU/BBC series “Secrets of the Museum” airs on BBC Two at 8pm.
Warren Carter Invited to Give Keynote Lecture at Humboldt University of Berlin
9th December 2019
Dr Carter will give his keynote as part of the Marxism(s) in Art Historiography conference held at the Humboldt University, Berlin 31st Jan -2nd Feb 2020.
Leah Clark Received Runner-up Award for 'Outstanding Impact of Research on Society and Prosperity'
25th October 2019
Art History Senior Lecturer, Dr Leah Clark, received the runner-up award for 'Outstanding Impact of Research on Society and Prosperity' for her leadership of the project Open Arts Objects as part of the 2019 OU Research Excellence Awards.