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Fund for Art History

The Association for Art History recently held an event to celebrate its 50th anniversary during which we launched a new Fund for Art History that supports research and professional development in our field through our grants and bursaries programme. We... Read More...

AAH FELLOWS 2025: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORY FELLOWSHIPS We are pleased to announce the fifth year of our programme to recognise significant achievement in art history, and we ask for nominations of those who deserve to be honoured as a Fellow of the... Read More...

The AAH Launches ART HISTORY NOW

The Association for Art History celebrates its 50th anniversary with the launch today of Art History Now – an online campaign featuring over 90 eminent art history advocates. Artists, art historians, writers and broadcasters have shared inspiring new reflections on... Read More...

2025 Annual Conference Bursaries

FOR DOCTORAL AND EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS We are delighted to announce that we will again be offering bursaries for doctoral and early career researchers to attend the Association for Art History’s 2025 Annual Conference taking place in person at the... Read More...

ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORY | DISSERTATION PRIZE 2024

UNDERGRADUATE & POSTGRADUATE PRIZES  Call for Dissertation Prize nominations (2023-24 academic year) Have you written or marked a brilliant dissertation this year? If so, why not consider nominating it for our Dissertation Prize. This prize is for undergraduate and postgraduate... Read More...

2023 DISSERTATION PRIZE WINNERS

Each year we select and award dissertation prizes for outstanding essays written by undergraduate and postgraduate students. Winning and shortlisted essays are assessed on the quality of their originality, research and method, and form and content. Prize winning essays We... Read More...

WINNERS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORY’S CURATORIAL PRIZES 2024 ANNOUNCED!

The AAH Curatorial Prizes 2024 for Exhibitions and for Curatorial Writing and Publications were conferred during a special presentation at Cromwell Place in London on Monday evening. The winners of the prize for Exhibitions are the curatorial team Jake Subryan... Read More...

2024 Association for Art History Fellows

We are delighted to announce our 2024 Association for Art History Fellows. This initiative, now in its fifth year, seeks to recognise and honour individuals who have made a significant contribution to the broad field of art history. The Association... Read More...

2024 Annual Conference Keynote Speakers

We are thrilled to announce our 2024 keynotes: Paul Goodwin, University of the Arts, London Ben Highmore, University of Sussex Our current and former chairs, Christopher Breward, Director of National Museums Scotland, Christine Riding, The National Gallery, London, Evelyn Welch, University of Bristol and Nigel... Read More...

2024 Art History Resident

The Association for Art History and the Ampersand Foundation are delighted to announce that Bob Mills, Professor of Medieval Studies at UCL, has been awarded our fourth Art History Residency. The residency offers a researcher the opportunity for concentrated time to further their work... Read More...

2024 Annual Conference Bursaries

FOR DOCTORAL AND EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS We are delighted to announce that we will be offering bursaries for doctoral and early career researchers to attend the Association for Art History’s 2024 Annual Conference taking place in person at the University... Read More...

AAH FELLOWS 2024: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORY FELLOWSHIPS We are pleased to announce the fourth year of our programme to recognise significant achievement in art history, and we ask for nominations of those who deserve to be honoured as a Fellow of the... Read More...

WELCOME OUR THREE NEW TRUSTEES

We are very happy to announce that at our recent AGM, we welcomed three new trustees to the Association for Art History board: Flavia Frigeri is an art historian and ‘Chanel Curator for the Collection’ at the National Portrait Gallery,... Read More...

NEW CHAIR OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORY

We are delighted to announce that Chris Breward is the new Chair of the Association for Art History. Chris is Director of National Museums Scotland and is based in Edinburgh. Trained at the Courtauld Institute of Art and the Royal... Read More...

ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORY | DISSERTATION PRIZE 2023

UNDERGRADUATE & POSTGRADUATE PRIZES  Call for Dissertation Prize nominations (2022-23 academic year) Have you written or marked a brilliant dissertation this year? If so why not consider nominating it for our Dissertation Prize. This prize is for undergraduate and postgraduate... Read More...

EKOW ESHUN ANNOUNCED AS WINNER OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORY’S CURATORIAL PRIZE FOR EXHIBITIONS 2023

The AAH Curatorial Prize for Exhibitions 2023 was conferred during a recent special presentation in London to curator Ekow Eshun for his exhibition IN THE BLACK FANTASTIC (29 June –⁠ 18 September 2022) at the Hayward Gallery. The winner was... Read More...

2022 POSTGRADUATE DISSERTATION PRIZE WINNER AND SHORTLIST

Each year we select and award dissertation prizes for outstanding essays written by undergraduate and postgraduate students. Winning and shortlisted essays are assessed on the quality of their originality, research and method, and form and content. Prize winning essay We... Read More...

MENTORING SCHEME | DOCTORAL & EARLY CAREER

The Doctoral and Early Careers Research (DECR) committee are delighted to announce the launch of a special mentoring scheme as part of Professional Development Days 2023 on 11 & 12 May. Short but intimate one on one sessions will be... Read More...

2023 Association for Art History Fellows

We are thrilled to announce our 2023 Association for Art History Fellows. This initiative, now in its fourth year, seeks to recognise and honour individuals who have made a significant contribution to the broad field of art history. The Association... Read More...

2023 Art History Resident

The Association for Art History and the Ampersand Foundation are delighted to announce that Susannah Thompson has been awarded our third Art History Residency. The residency offers a researcher the opportunity for concentrated time to further their work at Wigwell... Read More...
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