HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE
The Higher Education Committee (HEC) serves a dual function of advising the Association for Art History on matters of concern within the Higher Education sector and supporting advocacy efforts within a broader network across HE.
The Association for Art History has always had an important role in advocating for art history within Higher Education. We are building on this legacy with the work of the Higher Education Committee and the development of a larger network of academics across the United Kingdom whose aims are to promote the subject across institutional and departmental boundaries, and to ensure its continued vitality within the university sector.
Like many other arts and humanities subjects, art history is increasingly charged with contributing to conversations around a range of policy and operational areas including:
• Government higher education policy
• Excellence and exchange frameworks such as REF, TEF and KEF
• Staff and student recruitment
• Open Access
• Faculty workloads, security, division of responsibilities and career development
• Diversity, inclusiveness, non-traditional students and staff
Committee Members and Regional Responsibility
- Melissa Percival (Chair) | Professor, University of Exeter
- Rina Arya | Professor and Head of the School of Arts, University of Hull
- Emma Barker | Senior Lecturer, The Open University
- James Boaden | Lecturer, University of York
- Catherine Grant | Reader and Dean for Education, Courtauld Institute for Art
- Lydia Hamlett | Associate Professor, University of Cambridge and Fellow in History of Art, Murray Edwards College
- Jack Hartnell | Associate Professor of Art History, University of East Anglia
- Joost Joustra | Research Fellow & Senior Lecturer, Department of Theology & Religious Studies, King’s College London
- Sophie Kazan | Associate Adjunct Professor, University of Notre Dame (USA) London
- Ceren Ozpinar | Senior Lecturer, University of Brighton
- Lara Pucci | Assistant Professor in Art History, University of Nottingham
- Samuel Raybone | Lecturer in Art History and Director of Undergraduate Learning and Teaching, Aberystwyth University
- Greg Salter | Lecturer in History of Art, University of Birmingham
- Amanda Sciampacone | Staff Tutor, Open University
- Amy Tobin | Associate Professor in the History of Art, University of Cambridge and Curator, Contemporary Programmes, Kettle’s Yard
- Sabine Wieber | Lecturer in History of Art, Architecture and Design, University of Glasgow
RESOURCES:
The Higher Education Committee and the AAH have created resources related to some of its aims, these can be found here: https://forarthistory.org.uk/about/who-we-are/committees/higher-education-resources/