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CFP – Right to Housing: Projects, Policies, and Knowledge Exchange after the Second World War

  • Date: 22/10/2026
In recent years, housing has re-emerged as one of the most pressing social and political issues, driven by rising real estate prices, declining affordability, shrinking dwelling sizes, and the deterioration of residential environments. As new models of affordable and public...

Study Day ‘Constellations and Connections: Gwen John (1876-1939) and her transnational networks in Paris’/ Journée d’étude « Constellations et relations : Gwen John (1876-1939) et ses réseaux transnationaux à Paris (1903-1939) »

  • Date: 23/10/2026
Book your free tickets (online and in person) here: https://my.weezevent.com/journee-detudes-gwen-john-1879-1939 (English below) Le Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Meudon vous propose une journée d’étude, en ligne et en presentiel, dédiée à l’artiste Gwen John, co-organisée avec Helena Anderson (Musée national...

Global New Voices

  • Date: 25/10/2026
Call for Papers: Art History and The Contemporary Global New Voices is the Association for Art History’s annual one-day conference for new postgraduate research about art, art history and visual culture. Free online symposium: Wednesday 9 December 2026. Our contemporary...

Sacred Sensoria: Jewish and Christian Embodied Experience in Early Modern Europe

  • Date: 25/10/2026
A Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation. 25-28 October 2026, Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Monday and Wednesday), and Prima Park Hotel, Jerusalem (Tuesday).   Early modern Europeans...

University Archaeology Day 2026

  • Date: 26/10/2026
University Archaeology Day 2026 - the future of our past is in YOUR hands! Fascinated by the histories of people, cultures, places and things?  Up for knowledge, travel and adventure?  Looking for a degree that spans the humanities as well...

International Conference: Vassals & Lords. Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Western Mediterranean (13th-15th Centuries).

  • Date: 26/10/2026
CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE VASSALS AND LORDS. CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, AND JEWS IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN (13TH-15TH CENTURIES) Madrid, October 26-28, 2026 Faculty of Geography and History, UNED. Medieval history has been traditionally dominated by a monarchical and State-centric perspective....

Call for Papers: Pre-Raphaelite! workshop

  • Date: 30/10/2026
Call for Papers: Pre-Raphaelite! workshop Tate Britain, 30 October 2026 Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2026 We welcome students, early career and established scholars of Pre-Raphaelitism, from any discipline, to contribute to a workshop, in anticipation of an exhibition programmed...

Impressionist Futures Events 2026-2027

  • Date: 30/10/2026
Impressionist Futures will launch its 2026-2027 programming with the online event 'Writing A Historical Dictionary of Impressionism'. This conversation will feature Professor Frances Fowle and Dr. Hannah Halliwell discussing their new book, The Historical Dictionary of Impressionism. The Historical Dictionary...

3rd International Congress of Anthropologies of the South

  • Date: 04/11/2026
3rd International Congress of Anthropologies of the South Foz do Iguaçu – Brazil VIRTUAL WORKING GROUP 2 – DECOLONIAL TURN: ART, ANTHROPOLOGY OF ART, HISTORY, AND ARTISTIC INSTITUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA Coordination Dr. Tatiane de Oliveira Elias (UEMG, Brazil) Lic....

RCP Museum Late: exploring patient voices

  • Date: 05/11/2026
Explore new exhibition ‘Patient voices: power, truth, understanding’ after hours and join a free tour with senior curator Liz Douglas. Royal College of Physicians Museum, London, England Thursday, November 5  •  5:30 PM - 8 PM The exhibition, explores the...

Visions of sex. Women’s sexual health in the visual arts.

  • Date: 09/11/2026
Summary : This conference is dedicated to examining the intersection of visual culture, artistic creation, and sexual health from the 1970s to the present day through an intersectional feminist lens. Details : University of Geneva, June 17-18, 2027. Deadline for...

International Conference Historicizing Global Contemporary Art Markets: Trajectories, Infrastructures, and Regimes of Value

  • Date: 10/11/2026
Type of posting: Call for Papers Title: Historicizing Global Contemporary Art Markets: Trajectories, Infrastructures, and Regimes of Value Summary of event/opportunity/news: International conference examining the historical transformation of global contemporary art markets, with a Call for Papers open until 31...

Montparnasse and its Legacies

  • Date: 13/11/2026
Call for Papers Symposium: Montparnasse and its Legacies  13-14 November, Columbia University, Reid Hall, Paris  https://www.montparnasse.international/call-for-proposals Hosted by Columbia University’s Reid Hall & the Columbia Global Paris Center, and organized in collaboration with the Associations L’AiR Arts and Cité Falguière,...

Call for Papers- Art/Work: The History & Future of Art & Labor

  • Date: 15/11/2026
UIC’s 3rd annual art history symposium invites papers on the theme of labor. Artistic creation both thematizes and reproduces questions of labor, presenting conflicts between the individual and the collective, the innovative and the necessity, and what it means to...

A Focus on Pedagogy 2026: ACROSS TEACHING, THEORY, TECHNOLOGIES & TIMES

  • Date: 18/11/2026
Event Summary: A virtual conference on the past, present and future of teaching and learning in the arts and humanities. A collaboration across six universities in six countries.   Event Details: VIRTUAL Conference: 18-20 November, 2026   Glasgow School of Art ...

Beyond the Frame: Incorporating Art History into the Primary Curriculum (Teaching Geography)

  • Date: 19/11/2026
Thursday 19 November 2026, 4-5pm. Free online. A free online CPD session for Primary School teachers, led by Magic Lantern workshop facilitators Helen Anderson and Caroline Rae. This geography and art cross-curricular session will: Help raise your confidence in introducing art...

WAYS OF SEEING

  • Date: 21/11/2026
Date: Saturday 21 November Location: The National Gallery, Sainsbury Wing Theatre Registration from 10.15am Start time: 11am Close: 3.30pm Free, in person event Ways of Seeing, the Association for Art History’s annual one-day conference for A-Level students and teachers takes place...

Teaching Art History: New Resources for Educators

  • Date: 26/11/2026
Free online event, Thursday 26 November, 4pm-5.30pm. Join the Association for Art History for an online event celebrating two exciting new publications that demonstrate the value of art and visual culture across teaching, learning and research. The event will showcase...

Professional Development Day

  • Date: 30/11/2026
Monday 30 November (3pm-5.30pm GMT) and Tuesday 1 December (10.30-1pm GMT). Online Webinar. Booking essential.  Members £4. Non-members £6. From building a brand for your research to learning what academic hiring committees are really looking for, and from gaining insights...

Impressionism Now: New Directions in the Field

  • Date: 22/01/2027
Impressionism Now: New Directions in the Field   Pigott Theatre, The National Gallery, London, Friday 22 January 2027 Held in conjunction with the exhibition Renoir & Love (3 October 2026 - 31 January 2027) and organised in collaboration with Impressionist...
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