Historians of British Art

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Chaired by Douglas Fordham, the panel features papers by C. Oliver O'Donnell, Meredith J. Gamer, Susie Beckham, and Clarissa Pereira de Almeida. [2/2]

Attending theCollege Art Association #CAA113 conference this week? Consider adding our panel to your schedule: "Let's Get Metaphysical: Rethinking the Empiricism of British Art" (Thursday, February 19, 9-10:30am, 8th Floor - Lake Erie)
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Congratulations, Bryony!

Congratulations, Harriet!

We recently announced the winners of the 2026 HBA Book Awards! Read all about the selected books on our website: historiansofbritishart.org/hba-book-awa...

Our Summer Newsletter is out! In this edition: HBA's book awards long list📖; an inside view of The Clark's exhibition "A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945" from curator Alexis Goodin 👩‍🎨; as well as exhibition, events, CFPs, and grant listings. mailchi.mp/bc3b126e4fb3...

CAA 2026 – Call for Paper Proposals The CAA 114th Annual Conference will take place at the Hilton Chicago, Chicago, IL, February 18–21, 2026. HBA invites paper abstracts for our affiliate society session: Let’s Get Metaphysical…

Read the full panel description here: historiansofbritishart.org/caa-conferen...

Tomorrow (August 29) is the last day to submit your proposal for our 2026 CAA panel, "Let's Get Metaphysical: Rethinking the Empiricism of British Art," chaired by Douglas Fordham (University of Virginia). Submit through the CAA conference portal. We can't wait to read your proposals!

Reminder: The deadline to submit a panel proposal for our 2026 CAA HBA session is this Friday!

CAA 2026 – Call for Panel Submissions The Historians of British Art (HBA) invites proposals for a sponsored panel at the 114th Annual Conference of the College Art Association (CAA), to be held in Chicago from February 18–21, 2026. We …

We're now accepting panel submissions for the HBA-sponsored session at CAA 2026 in Chicago! 🗓️ Deadline: April 18 🗓️ Learn more via our website: historiansofbritishart.org/caa-conferen...

Thanks again to our speakers @miraelston.bsky.social , Roberto Ferrari, Sophie Lynford, and Sarah Kleinman; and to chairs Monica Anke Hahn and Laurel Peterson

We heard fascinating research on picturing early modern transatlantic maritime networks; Simeon Solomon’s later work, produced while the queer artist was enduring social outcast & poverty; and the Trinidadian-born curator Kynaston McShine’s landmark 1966 sculpture exhibition Primary Structures.

A group photo of the HBA panel chairs and speakers standing behind a table in the conference meeting room

Many thanks to the four fantastic presenters, the organizing chairs, and to all who attended our 2025 CAA panel “New Directions in British Art History”! If you missed it, it’s now available to registered attendees on the conference website.

BSECS Annual Conference BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference

The Programme for #BSECS2025 is out! So many fabulous papers including online & hybrid options. If it's your first time joining us, check out our mentorship scheme for conference support.

Pembroke College, Oxford, 8-10 January 2025 #18thC #skystorians 🗃️

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⚫ SSAH 40 ⚫

✨ Delighted to announce the launch of the 40th anniversary edition of the SSAH journal.

📅 16 December 8-9pm, online
Free to book:
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Image: Calm Water by Bet Low. The Pier Arts Centre © the artist's estate.

Bookings are open for my new online art theory course at ICE, University of Cambridge, which starts in January 2025. The course is suitable for those who are new to art history, as well as students who have studied it before. More info here: www.ice.cam.ac.uk/course/appro...

Beat Kümin and I are accepting applications for our 4yr M4C fully-funded PhD Studentship for 2025/26
at Uni of Warwick and Warwick County Record Office

"Warwickshire Identities: Early Modern Archival Perspectives"

Get in touch with me for more info. Full details here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...

This will be our final reminder about our bursary scheme - the deadline for applications is 15 December. So there's still plenty of time to write that bid! Please share with anyone working on women and gender in our period; this scheme is open to #ECR #PhD and #indie scholars. #Funding

The SAHGB Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 2024 has been awarded to Robyne Calvert for 'The Mack' & Steven Brindle for 'Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530-1830'.

Congratulations to all nominees and winners and thank you to SAHGB for celebrating architectural publishing.

A bronze statuette of a nude young man stretching as if just waking up

We're here! (And still hanging on over at The Bad Place: @HBA_CAA). Looking forward to sharing updates from our members and news about upcoming events, awards, etc.! (Image: Frederic, Lord Leighton, The Sluggard, bronze, modeled 1886. Met Museum Collection)