**This course is postponed until further notice** Enrolment is possible until 30 November 2019 Art history is witnessing a turn and return to object centered research and teaching. Material culture studies, art theory, artistic practice, conservation, technical art history, history of science, as well as ethnography, all shape a field, which is reinvented on its…

The Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA) is an annual conference that focuses on the discussion of dyes and organic pigments applied in the past. This includes their history, production, application and properties, as well as their analytical characterisation and identification, mainly in textile objects, but also on painted surfaces. Every year, the meeting attracts…

New Perspectives & More Dimensions – Object-Based Research in Technical Art History   This edition of the Technical Art History Colloquia is organised in collaboration with the Netherlands Institute for Conservation, Art and Science (NICAS). During this full-day programme, researchers with various backgrounds will discuss new perspectives on object-based research in technical art history. Download…

Utrecht University’s Faculty of Humanities is looking for a project manager. Are you interested? Then please read the full profile and apply. Job description As a project manager, you will work mainly within the research project ‘Technique in the Arts: Practices, Concepts, Expertise, 1500-1950’ (ARTECHNE). This project is funded by the European Research Council (ERC),…

Lectures by prof. dr. Marcos Martinon-Torres (Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge) and dr. Maikel Kuijpers (Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University). Registration not required. Science-Based Archaeological Connoisseurship Prof. dr. Marcos Martinón-Torres, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge ‘Connoisseurs’ are common in the circles of art historians, dealers and collectors, as reputed art critics with the…