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Henry Moore Studios & Gardens in Hertfordshire is currently closed for winter, reopening in April 2025.

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Calls for papers

Both of our venues support new research through academic conferences and early career events.

We also work in collaboration with external organisations to further critical thinking around sculpture and its many associated subject areas.

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Currently accepting proposals

Forces of Nature: New Perspectives on Art and Changing Environments
Two planks of wood, joined together in a cross, with the silhouette of a hawk-like bird drawn on top in black marker pen.

Forces of Nature: New Perspectives on Art and Changing Environments

Call for participation

Conference, to take place:
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Wednesday 21 May 2025

Deadline to apply:
Friday 14 March 2025, 17:00

Embodied Ideals: The Representation of Women in European Public Sculpture (1836-1937)
Group sculpture in white plaster or stone of five life-sized, partially nude women. Three are seated on a bench, and below two are standing, one holding a wreath above her head, the other reading from a scroll.

Embodied Ideals: The Representation of Women in European Public Sculpture (1836-1937)

Call for participation

Workshop, to take place:
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Wednesday 8 October 2025

Deadline to apply:
Monday 2 June 2025, 17:00

Previous calls for papers

You can see examples of the types of conferences and open calls we hold below.

Blindness and Expanded Sculpture
A ring of metal, roughly 30cm in diameter, hanging on a loop of string. A hand is steadying the ring, while a second hand is poised to strike it with a small, square hammer.

Blindness and Expanded Sculpture

Call for participation

International Conference, to take place:
Leeds Art Gallery
Wednesday 19 March 2025

Deadline to apply:
Friday 6 December 2024, 17:00

Surrealism in Yorkshire

Surrealism in Yorkshire

Call for participation

International Conference, to take place:
The Hepworth Wakefield
Friday 28 February 2025

Deadline to apply:
Friday 29 November 2024, 17:00

Sensory Innovations and Creativity in the Arts
A woman is raising her hand to touch metal sculptures hanging from the ceiling. There are seven of them, each a vertical slice cut from a bell.

Sensory Innovations and Creativity in the Arts

Call for participation

Early Career Research Symposium, to take place:
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Wednesday 27 November 2024

Deadline to apply:
Friday 27 September 2024, 17:00

Monuments in Conversation: Westminster Abbey in the Eighteenth Century
Interior of a church showing numerous stone-carved figurative monuments, plaques, and relief sculpture.

Monuments in Conversation: Westminster Abbey in the Eighteenth Century

Call for participation

Conference, to take place:
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Wednesday 17 July 2024

Deadline to apply:
Monday 15 April 2024, 17:00

Brâncuşi, Britain and the Idea of Modern Sculpture
Black and white photo of five older men wearing suits. Henry Moore, Frank McEwan, Herbert Read and Paul Eluard stand to the right, with Constantin Brâncuşi to the left. He has a large beard and holds a hat in his hands.

Brâncuşi, Britain and the Idea of Modern Sculpture

Call for participation

Conference, to take place:
Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Thursday 27 June 2024

Deadline to apply:
Friday 1 March 2024, 17:00

 

Modern Sculpture, Essence, and Difference: Reflections on the Work of Constantin Brâncuşi
Abstract image composed of layered, stone-textured shapes on a green background.

Modern Sculpture, Essence, and Difference: Reflections on the Work of Constantin Brâncuşi

Call for participation

Early career research symposium, to take place:
The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Friday 26 April 2024

Deadline to apply:
Monday 15 January 2024, 17:00