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A man in a woolly hat and reflective jacket positions a blown-up image of a black and white photograph on an exterior concrete wall.

OAJ Issue 11 contributor, Bob Gaunt, has written a blog post for Design@Open, reflecting on how his research into Michael Danyliw’s photographs of Brinksway has sparked new conversations, public events and renewed local interest in a lost working-class neighbourhood. www.open.ac.uk/blogs/design...

Issue 12: Picturing bodies in medieval and early modern Europe Winter 2025-6 Edited by Andrew Murray and Margit THØFNER Download the list of contents for issue 12: OAJ ISSUE 12_list of contents Download issue 12 as a complete document: OAJ ISSUE 12_full issue …

We're delighted to announce the publication of Issue 12 of OAJ, 'Picturing bodies in medieval and early modern Europe,' edited by Andrew Murray and Margit Thøfner. openartsjournal.org/issue-12-pic...

Issue 12: Picturing bodies in medieval and early modern Europe Winter 2025-6 Edited by Andrew Murray and Margit THØFNER Download the list of contents for issue 12: OAJ ISSUE 12_list of contents Download issue 12 as a complete document: OAJ ISSUE 12_full issue …

We're delighted to announce the publication of Issue 12 of OAJ, 'Picturing bodies in medieval and early modern Europe,' edited by Andrew Murray and Margit Thøfner. openartsjournal.org/issue-12-pic...

Photograph of trees, foliage and flowers in walled garden

Photograph of a walled garden with black gateposts at entrance

Photograph showing memorial plaques on a brick wall

Last month, Jenny from the #Archive team led her first OU campus tour with some of our amazing alumni.

A highlight? Visiting the Legacy Garden, which honours OU donors.

Explore more in our Historical OU Campus Tour: www.open.ac.uk/library/digi...

#MiltonKeynes

Table and display board with maps.

With @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social and Veronica Davies, our Objects, Collections and Museums Research Group table is all set up for the @openarc.bsky.social festival. Looking forward to showcasing our work today!

For those in the Glasgow area this coming weekend @tannahillcentre.bsky.social @paisleymuseum.bsky.social

Applications are open for MA studentships in Classical Studies at the Open University! Open to:
- teachers in state schools/sixth-form colleges looking to develop provision of classical subjects
- students from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background
More info: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/classi...

Submissions We warmly welcome responses and proposals for future themed issues at: FASS-open-arts-journal@open.ac.uk Guidelines for contributors Please download the Open Arts Journal Style Guidelines for Contr…

We warmly invite responses and proposals for future themed issues. For more information, please visit our Submission page: openartsjournal.org/submissions/

Issues Issue 1: Cosmopolitanism as Critical and Creative Practice(Summer 2013) Issue 2: Pavilions (Winter 2013-14) Issue 3: Disturbing Pasts: Memories, Controversies and Creativity (Summer 2014) Issue 4: …

All of our back issues are online and accessible to all: openartsjournal.org/issues/

Open Arts Journal Open and diverse arts scholarship

Welcome to our brand new Bluesky account. We're delighted to be here! OAJ is a peer-reviewed platform for arts scholarship, publishing research by practitioners and historians of art, architecture and design, curators and arts policy-makers, and researchers in the arts and heritage sectors.