Volume 12 (Inferno) is dedicated to two student conferences held at the University of St Andrews in 2007. It consists of a series of articles which illustrate the broad range of subjects discussed in the Association of Art Historians' Student Summer Symposium themed "Art and Power", and the post-graduate conference "Painting the Stage: Examining the interrelationship of painting and the performing arts. Theatricality and European Art c.1700 - c.2000".