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School of Art History, University of St Andrews. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history Study in one of the largest and most dynamic Art History departments worldwide.

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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🎉 University of St Andrews top in the UK for Art History in 2027! School of Art History achieves first place in the History of Art subject area league table in The Times & The Sunday Times University Rankings 2027 and The Guardian University Guide 2027! 👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
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University of St Andrews @uniofstandrews.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Congratulations to all our students graduating and celebrating next week. 👏🎓🎉 Read our handy guide covering everything from what happens in the ceremony to what to wear when graduating. 👇 ow.ly/aTUy50Z9R33 #ForeverSaints #EverToExcel
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Call For Papers: Revisiting the Canon
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
To keep up with School of Art History news and events make sure you follow our Linktree account! 👉 linktr.ee/arthistoryst...
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Octavia Elfrida Saunders Memorial Lecture 2026 Professor Craig Clunas: 'Painting the Learned Woman in Ming China' For more information: events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/octav... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Coming soon: Fake or Real? Questioning the Authenticity of Mina’i Ware Bowls: Dr Richard Piran McClary All welcome. Check poster for more information! 📷 Modern forgery of a mina'i bowl, formerly owned by Harvey B. Plotnik
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Coming soon! Elizabeth J. Petcu (The University of Edinburgh) on "Dürer's Precision". All welcome! Check poster for more details!
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London Society for Medieval Studies @londonmedieval.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Today is the day! Looking forward to welcoming Lucy Beall Lott from @arthistorysta.bsky.social! Remember to sign up by following the link below!
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University of St Andrews @uniofstandrews.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Happy Lunar New Year - welcome to the Year of the Horse! 🧧🐎 Wishing all our students, staff, alumni and friends, in St Andrews and around the world, a very happy and prosperous Spring Festival. #EverToExcel
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Coming soon! Elizabeth J. Petcu (The University of Edinburgh) on "Dürer's Precision". All welcome! Check poster for more details!
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Litteraria Pragensia: Studies in Literature & Culture @litterariaprag.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
From our latest issue on 'Romantic Shock and Surprise': 'Romantic Shock and Industrial Catastrophe' by Stephanie O'Rourke (@arthistorysta.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social). 🔓 Read in open access: litterariapragensia.ff.cuni.cz/2025-69-5/
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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Students! Are you looking for inspiration for your Art & Design A Level? 🖼️ Our new learning resources have plenty of artworks on your exam themes to get you started 👉 artuk.org/learn/learning-resources/…
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Find artworks for your exam board themes:

Students! Find inspiration for your Art & Design A Level 🎨🖼️

Edexcel (Origins)
OCR (Shadows, Cubism, Skeletal, Messages and messengers, Scale, Migration, Protest)
CCEA (Narrative)
AQA (Interiors, Elaborate, Flocks and herds, Dramatic scenery, Reliefs, Groups of people, Technology)

With a colourful mural underneath
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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
New series 🎥✨ We visited 'From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ at University of St Andrews' Wardlaw Museum. Explore the work of Mhairi Killin and John Duncan Fergusson in the last episode 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d1mLUHO6h0 #RSA200 Royal Scottish Academy
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From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity at Wardlaw Museum | Mhairi Killin and John Duncan Fergusson
In this video, Art UK visits the Wardlaw Museum to view the ‘From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ exhibition. This exhibition celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Harry and Margery Boswell Collection at the University of St Andrews, and the 200th anniversary of the Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture, Edinburgh. Assistant Curator Struan Watson examines the work of Mhairi Killin and John Duncan Fergusson, tracing how Scottish identity extends beyond place and borders.
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London Society for Medieval Studies @londonmedieval.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Mark your calendars ✨ On 17 Feb, Lucy Beall Lott of @arthistorysta.bsky.social will present: ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes': Reassessing the Lost Miracle Statue of Saint Rumwald at Boxley Abbey 🗓️ 17 Feb ⏰ 17:30 GMT 🏛️ IN PERSON @ihr.bsky.social & 💻 ONLINE Sign up now: bit.ly/londonmedieval
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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
New series 🎥✨ We visited the 'These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ exhibition at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Wardlaw Museum Assistant Curator Struan Watson guides us through the work of William McTaggart and Callum Innes in the first episode 👉 youtu.be/MoTTAHBNtJQ?...
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From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity at Wardlaw Museum | William McTaggart and Callum Innes
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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It's quiz time ⏲️ How much do you know about still life? Take our quiz to find out! 👉 artukdotorg.quillforms.app/forms/ar… Made in collaboration with School of Art History 'Still Life of Fruit and Flowers' by Clara Peeters (c.1585–c.1655) 📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
A still life painting featuring a basket of assorted fruits, a silver pitcher, a glass of white wine, and a vase of blooming flowers on a dark background.
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Out now! "A Companion to French Art, 1789 to the Present", edited/introduced by the School's Professor Natalie Adamson and Professor Richard Taws (UCL). For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Coming soon! School of Art History Spring Lecture Series. All welcome! Check post for more details! @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
New publication: In 'Digital Museum Objects and Digital Ecologies', published in the International Journal of Heritage Studies, Dr Nicôle Meehan draws attention to barriers to access that many audiences experience when attempting to access digital heritage. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Interested in online study? Join us for a fascinating series of short courses covering subjects such as the History of Scottish Design with @vadundee.bsky.social, Women and Modern Art, and AI in the GLAM sector! Starting 12 January 2026. Book now! 👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/online...
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Interested in online study? Join us for a fascinating series of short courses covering subjects such as the History of Scottish Design with @vadundee.bsky.social, Women and Modern Art, and AI in the GLAM sector! Starting 12 January 2026. Book now! 👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/online...
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🎉🎓The School would like to congratulate all our wonderful students who graduated at this week’s Winter Graduation ceremony. The weather was mixed but spirits were not dampened! www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... Well done all! #EverToExcel @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
ICOM, launches its new publication, 'The Museum Definition Handbook: Words Inspiring Action', co-authored by the School of Art History's Bruno Brulon Soares. 'The Museum Definition Handbook' addresses and analyses each term that appears within the definition. 👉 icom.museum/.../publicat...
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
'Invisible Loot: Maritime Warfare and Circulating Objects in Hugo Grotius’s De Jure Praedae' in 'Early Modern Low Countries' (9: 2, 2025). @elsjevankessel.bsky.social rethinks early modern looting – its theory, its practice, and its place in the violence of war. 👉 emlc-journal.org/article/view...
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Invisible Loot: Maritime Warfare and Circulating Objects in Hugo Grotius’s De Jure Praedae | Early Modern Low Countries
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Call for Papers: In Her Words. 21 November 2025 Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025 For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Award News!!! The School of Art History–led Shared Island Stories research project has been announced as the winner of the inaugural International Council of Museums (ICOM) Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums. 👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Call for Papers: In Her Words. 21 November 2025 Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025 For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Thinking about studying Art History or History of Photography at the University of St Andrews? Join us for an Online Postgraduate Visiting Day on 24th November. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/meet-u... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Art History Research Lecture given by Professor Victoria Horne on Wednesday 12 November 2025, 4pm, School 3. All welcome! See poster for more details. @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Publication news: The School's Dr Ruth Ezra extends the book metaphor in this text exploring the use of mica in contemporary art, outlining the social, economic, and cultural histories of mica, from its extraction to its transformation: espaceartactuel.com/en/produit/1...
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
An exhibition by our colleague Dr Shona Kallestrup, on Queen Marie of Romania, was the subject of a documentary on Romanian national television last week: Ora regelui: Maria a Romaniei, Regina-artista. You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCuU...
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Thursday 25th November: Curators in Conversation Niamh Finlay: Curating the Climate Crisis: Waters Rising at Perth Museum 4.00pm. School 2, St Salvator's Quad, St Andrews @perthmuseum.bsky.social l @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Major new journal devoted to Islamic art history announced: 'Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture'. Conceived and founded by Prof. Robert Hillenbrand, with Richard McClary, Francesca Leoni and Yusen Yu as editors. For more info: www.euppublishing.com/toc/jiaa/1/1-2 @edinburghup.bsky.social
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Wednesday 5 November, 4pm, School 3. Professor Markus Ritter: Portraiture in Medieval Islamic Art: Type, Individuality, and Visual Commentary in Thirteenth-Century Book Painting
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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
It's quiz time! This time we're getting a little spooky 👻🎃 Take our Halloween quiz, if you dare 👉 3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/a… 🧑‍🎨 William Blake (1757–1827) 📷 Tate
A muscular, mythical figure holds a mirror, standing between dark curtains with stars in the background.
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
13 November at 4 pm in School II. Dr Tom Schofield, Reader in Digital Arts & Cultures, @newcastleuni.bsky.social on 'Heritage Data Imaginaries: Fabulation against Machinic Hallucination'. Event organised & supported by the Institute for Museums, Heritage & Society. @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
30 October at 17-18:30 CET (16-17:30 UK time) Online forum/public workshop on Waste and Reuse - Ecologies of Premodern Art. Francesca Borgo & Ruth Ezra @uniofstandrews.bsky.social) will lead the Q&A. For link contact Maurice Saß (maurice.sass@alanus.edu) & Hui Luan Tran (hl.tran@uni-mainz.de)
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
No. 1 in UK for Art History. Guardian University Guide 2026 and The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... & www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Today is Trafalgar Day, marking the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar 🚢 Test your naval and maritime knowledge with our quiz 👉 3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/a… 'The Battle of Trafalgar' by J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851). 📷 Royal Museums Greenwich
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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
It's time for the Friday art quiz with School of Art History 💡🎨 This week is themed around Black British artists 👉 3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/a… #BlackHistoryMonth 'Standing Figure with African Masks' by Claudette Johnson (b.1959) © the artist. 📷 Tate
Woman wearing a red jacket and blue patterned pants, posed with hands on stomach against a vibrant blue and beige abstract background.
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The University of St Andrews has once again claimed the top spot in Scotland and secured its place among the UK’s leading higher education institutions, ranking in the top four nationally in The Complete University Guide 2026. For more info: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/courses/deta...
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The School is proud to be the first School in the Faculty of Arts and Divinity to be a recipient of an Athena Swan UK Gender Equality Silver Award. For more information: #AthenaSwan #GenderEquality @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Book now! Fully online, flexible, short course in collaboration with @vadundee.bsky.social ! www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whats...
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The History of Scottish Design in Six Objects - In partnership with the University of St Andrews
A brand new online course with the University of St Andrews and V&A Dundee
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
In January 2025, Dr Emily Hanson & Dr Billy Rough delivered a paper on 'Phenomenal Bodies: Exploring Disability in Scottish Academic Collections' at the St Andrews Medical Humanities Inaugural Symposium. Read more about the symposium here: thepolyphony.org/2025/04/16/s... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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St Andrews Medical Humanities Network Inaugural Symposium: Conference Review
Islay Shelbourne reports from the inaugural symposium of the newly established Medical Humanities Network at the University of St Andrews.
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Coming soon! All welcome!
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School of Art History @arthistorysta.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Friday April 11, 11am-1pm, Old Union Diner, St Andrews. African and African Diaspora Printmaking in Scotland: an art and research sharing workshop, convened by St Andrews Centre for Contemporary Art
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Dr Rough, FSAScot @billyrough.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Back to the studio for a little filming for our exciting @vadundee.bsky.social online short course @arthistorysta.bsky.social In the meantime, explore other online short courses offered by the University at: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/online... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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