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This spring, the UK’s largest art history conference is coming to Cambridge’s Department of History of Art for the first time. The University is hosting the Association for Art History's annual forum, a prestigious event that’s also one of the largest of its kind in the world. The three-day gathering is set to be even more extensive than usual this…

In a new book, George van Kooten, the Lady Margaret’s Professor of Divinity and a specialist on the New Testament in its Graeco-Roman context, advances the theory that the Gospel of John is in fact the earliest Gospel. First proposed in an article in the top journal of the New Testament discipline last year, van Kooten has now developed a full theo…

When you step into John Davison’s London home, you get an immediate sense of who he is. It’s a modern, welcoming space, with tea and biscuits on the table and a Mozart wind quintet playing in the background. Chamber music, often called the music of friends, creates an intimate mood. The music choice reflects Davison himself: collaborative, social, …

In the UK there is no nationally observed Islamic lunar calendar, the guidance system for activities such as fasting the month of Ramadan, holiday dates such as Eid, and other special days of celebration and worship. Due to limited local resources and expertise, most mosques in the UK outsource calendrical decisions to overseas authorities. The Isl…

There are times when a young student asks Yomna Helmy a question that causes her to stop in her tracks. There’s one memory that stands out from a visit to a primary school: a 10-year-old asked her a question about fasting. “I was completely astonished by the detail in a question about how pregnant women manage being exempt from fasting,” said Helmy…

A new project that guides the way research is conducted and communicated recently launched in the School of Arts and Humanities (SAH). The Research Culture in the Arts and Humanities initiative kicked off with an event at Newnham College that included an overview of the project in the School and within the University. The Arts and Humanities team o…

Applications are now open for the Aspiring Researchers Arts and Humanities Summer Research Experienceat the University of Cambridge.This six-week, paid, summer research programme is for those completing or recently completed an UG degree in A&H and would like to explore what it takes to do a research project. You will undertake research on your sel…

Graduate students in the Arts and Humanities are invited to apply for a 2-week summer school on the theme of Global Plant Lives. 

The University of Cambridge’s Department of History of Art is celebrating one of its most exciting moments in decades. The launch of a new MPhil in the Global History of Art and Architecture marks not only an expansion of programmes but also signifies a commitment to diversification alongside a culture that values global perspectives and knowledge.…

A new network is offering early career researchers the chance to develop their skills, secure support for their work, and build strong professional connections. The British Academy recently launched a new Early Career Researcher Network in the East of England, and the University of Cambridge is leading lead the network, in partnership with Anglia R…

The latest Times Higher Education (THE) Global Employability University Rankings put the University of Cambridge at fourth in the world and first in the UK. “The University of Cambridge is one of the world’s best universities [and] its graduates are globally sought after, valued particularly for their specialist knowledge,” reads the website.Cambri…

A new MPhil is bringing manga, boy bands and martial arts movies together with pre-modern world gaming, performing arts, and graphic narratives dating back to the 17th century. These and other media are part of East Asian Popular Culture Across Time, a first-of-its-kind MPhil pathway that pioneers a new academic approach to popular culture. The one…

The University of Cambridge has been selected as the lead delivery partner for the British Academy’s new East of England Early Career Researcher Network (ECRN) cluster. Cambridge will work closely with the other delivery partners, Anglia Ruskin University and the University of East Anglia, to support early career researchers in the Arts, Humanities…

Twelve academics from the University of Cambridge have been made Fellows of the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences, including 4 from the School of Arts and Humanities (SAH). The new Fellows from SAH are: Professor Anthony Bale (Faculty of English; Girton College)Professor Barak Kushner (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studie…

Join Eva Menasse and her translator Charlotte Collins for a reading and discussion of her latest novel, Darkenbloom, about memory and amnesia in postwar Austrian society.Reading, conversation and drinks receptionFriday 21 March, 7 - 8.30 pmLong Room, Gonville and Caius CollegeEva Menasse is an award-winning Austrian writer and public intellectual w…