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'
12th June
Research Seminar
Chris Stephens (Tate Britain)
'Keeping modern art British: the patronage of Sir Kenneth Clark'
The Centre (which is a member of the Association of Research Institutes in Art History ARIAH) has two complementary purposes: to contribute to the understanding of British art and architecture and to act as a research centre for scholars working in this field.
Books, periodicals, pamphlets, theses, exhibition and auction catalogues and an online searchable catalogue
Art historians' working papers including the Sir Brinsley Ford archive
Reference photographs and negatives
Seminars, lectures and national and international conferences
With updates about the Centre's activities, issued in January, May and September
Awarded to institutions and individuals to support scholarship in British art and architectural history
Published in collaboration with Yale University Press
A study-abroad programme, offering courses in British art, history, literature and drama for American undergraduates at Yale University