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For five years, the Ruskin School of Art co-organised an annual series of Visiting Professorships in Contemporary Art via the Humanitas Programme.
Created by Lord Weidenfeld, the Humanitas Programme is managed and funded by the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust with the support of a series of generous benefactors and administered by TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities.
The Visiting Professors are appointed for a given academic year and deliver a series of lectures and masterclasses and contribute to a cross-disciplinary symposium.
The Visiting Professors in Contemporary Art included:
2015: Maya Lin
2014 Vik Muniz
2013 : William Kentridge
2012 : Shirin Neshat
2011 : Thomas Struth