Decolonising Art History – Continuing the Conversation

The AAH’s dedicated resource portal on antiracism and decolonial approaches, established in 2020 during the global pandemic in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, represents a key milestone in our collective efforts. Formed by Higher Education Committee (HEC) members and supported by Art History Journal’s landmark 43rd issue ‘Decolonizing Art History’, these initiatives, alongside continuing discussions at the 2025 Annual Conference, demonstrate both how far we have come and how much further we need to go in decolonising our field. As susan pui san lok observes, a decolonised art history would be: ‘De-centred, de-territorialised, de-disciplined; heterogeneous, contested, contradictory, confused, confusing; multiple, multitudinous, multilingual, translingual, untranslatable; diasporic, migratory, translocal, transhemispheric, oceanic, archipelagic; uncertain, indefinite, unstable, transforming, transformative.’ (2020)

This panel, convened by AAH HEC members, will bring together the latest practices, provocations, research, and pedagogical strategies on decolonising art history and visual culture. We invite contributions that explore what decolonising means, currently and in the future. We want to hear about what you are reading, writing and thinking about, and welcome your suggestions for moving forward.

The panel welcomes both shorter (8-minute) and longer (20-minute) presentations. Please indicate your preference with your submission.

Submit your Paper via this form. Please download, complete and send it directly to the Session Convenor(s) below by Sunday 2 November 2025:

Rina Arya, University of Hull, R.Arya@hull.ac.uk

Claire Moran, Queen’s University Belfast, c.moran@qub.ac.uk

Ceren Özpınar, University of Brighton, c.ozpinar@brighton.ac.uk

Amanda Sciampacone, Open University, amanda.sciampacone@open.ac.uk