Research Series, Groups & Projects

Lecture and Research Event Series

Art and Conservation of the Buddhist World

The Courtauld x Asymmetry Chinese and Sinophone Contemporary Art Research Programme

Five Artists Reflecting on their Waning Powers, W49, Paul Spooner, 1983. Photo: Todd-White Art Photography, courtesy of the Crafts Council.

Frank Davis Memorial Lecture Series

Genealogy of the Royal Houses of Spain and Portugal (the 'Portuguese Genealogy')

Art, Ecologies, Infrastructures

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Sacred Traditions and the Arts

Research Centres

Our Research Centres exist to support and develop research in all areas of art. They offer a vibrant programme of lectures and conferences that feature leading scholars from around the globe, and funding opportunities for early career researchers.

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The Courtauld Centre for the Art of the Americas

The Courtauld Centre for the Art of the Americas hosts, supports, and fosters advanced scholarship that thinks critically and creatively about American art in its broadest sense. From our unique perspective in Europe, we are exceptionally well-placed...

painted cloudscape, light blues and greys. John Constable, Cloud Study, 1822, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

The Manton Centre for British Art

The Manton Centre for British Art is the intellectual hub for art historians, curators, critics, artists and students nationally and internationally. Committed to the study of all periods and forms of British art and attending to artwork made in colo...

A group inspecting a wall painting using a torch for raking light

The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Art and Conservation

Established in 2012 with a generous endowment from The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, the Centre for Buddhist Art and Conservation is dedicated to interdisciplinary and trans-cultural research and the preservation of Buddhist cultural heritage. T...