Forthcoming Events

24th May
Research Lunch
Jocelyn Anderson 'Ornaments and Honours: Country Houses as Cultural Treasures in the Eighteenth Century

29th May
Research Seminar
Christiane Hille 'Highly endowed in both Body and Mind': George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham and the Triumph of Painting at the Stuart Court'

7th June
Research Lunch
Amy Shulman 
(University of Birmingham)
'Picture Post and the Photo Essay: Émigré Photographers and Cultural Narratives in Britain, 1938-1945'


Recent Publications

  • Citizen Portrait, Portrait Painting and the Urban Elite of Tudor and Jacobean England and Wales
  • Lucie Rie, Modernist Potter
  • Sterling and Gowan, Architecture from Austerity to Affluence
  • Under the Banyan Tree
  • William Burton Conyngham and His Irish Circle of Antiquarian Artists

January 2013 Fellowships & Grants: Application Deadline 15 January 2013

Senior Fellowships

For established scholars in the field of British art to complete a manuscript or book for immediate publication (up to twelve months) download full details and application form

The Paul Mellon Centre Rome Fellowship

The terms and details of the Paul Mellon Centre Rome Fellowship are currently being revised. Download full details and application form

Postdoctoral Fellowships

To transform doctoral research into publishable form (up to six months) download full details and application form

Junior Fellowships

For scholars in the advanced stages of doctoral research to pursue further study in the UK (based at The Paul Mellon Centre) or in the USA (based at the Yale Center for British Art) (up to three months)  download full details and application form

Educational Programme Grants

For lectures, symposia, seminars or conferences on British art and architecture
download full details and application form

Research Support Grants

To contribute towards travel and subsistence expenses for scholars engaged in research on the history of British art or architecture download full details and application form