Art History academics Professor Clare Taylor and Dr Andrew Murray consult for OU/BBC series Hidden Treasures of the National Trust, which returns on BBC Two & BBC iPlayer Friday 15 May at 21:00.
New CD release by the Free Range Orchestra featuring a new commission from Stevie Wishart and other improvisations.
Academics from The Open University’s Art History department shared their work at a special study morning held at Tate Britain.
Renate Dohmen’s chapter ‘What’s in a photo? Frederick Douglass and Ram Singh II, Maharaj of Jaipur. Or: Lateral art history and the post-indian trickster, an experiment in method’ published in The Routledge Companion to Art and Challenges to Empire (2025)
Half a million learners have now accessed our free HeadStart Classical Studies courses on OpenLearn.
Picturing bodies in medieval and early modern Europe is the latest issue of the Open Arts Journal, showcasing interdisciplinary research.
Prof Martin Clarke completes a new edition and recordings of The Foundery Collection (1742), providing insights into the sound-world of early Methodism.
Lecturer in History of Art, Samuel Shaw writes for The Conversation on collaborating with the National Trust on the role of art history in floodplain meadow restoration.
Creative Writing Department launches new handbook and sponsorship of Working-Class Writers’ Prize with online event featuring bestselling authors.
OU Music academic Marie Thompson gives a keynote talk on tinnitus’ silences at the 4th International Conference on Sonorities Research (CIPS) at the Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil.
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