PhD History of Art
We have a vibrant student community in the History of Art with many research projects and external collaborations.
OVERVIEW
Areas available for research supervision include:
- European art historical periods, particularly medieval, Renaissance, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries
- Modernist studies, particularly Dada and Surrealism
- Chinese art and culture
- the development and application of art theory, particularly gender and post-1945
- collecting practices, collections and museums technical art history: interdisciplinary research into artists’ materials, methods, and studio practices in the past and present, artists’ intent, authenticity and authentication
- material culture studies, particularly decorative art and design history
- dress textile history
- textile conservation and textile conservation science.
Our research degrees offer unique opportunities for:
- object-based learning using outstanding local collections and archives
- training in research methods and skills
- participation in many extra-curricular activities in the School of Culture and Creative Arts, detailed on our Student Life pages. Study is complemented by a lively programme of research seminars, to which postgraduates contributes, which includes lectures delivered by leading art and design historians, conservators and other visiting academics.
Thesis length: 70,000-100,000 words, including references, bibliography and appendices (other than documentary appendices).
A Doctor of Philosophy may be awarded to a student whose thesis is an original work making a significant contribution to knowledge in, or understanding of, a field of study and normally containing material worthy of publication.
We have a vibrant student community in the History of Art with many research projects and external collaborations.
OVERVIEW
Areas available for research supervision include:
- European art historical periods, particularly medieval, Renaissance, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries
- Modernist studies, particularly Dada and Surrealism
- Chinese art and culture
- the development and application of art theory, particularly gender and post-1945
- collecting practices, collections and museums technical art history: interdisciplinary research into artists’ materials, methods, and studio practices in the past and present, artists’ intent, authenticity and authentication
- material culture studies, particularly decorative art and design history
- dress textile history
- textile conservation and textile conservation science.
Our research degrees offer unique opportunities for:
- object-based learning using outstanding local collections and archives
- training in research methods and skills
- participation in many extra-curricular activities in the School of Culture and Creative Arts, detailed on our Student Life pages. Study is complemented by a lively programme of research seminars, to which postgraduates contributes, which includes lectures delivered by leading art and design historians, conservators and other visiting academics.
Thesis length: 70,000-100,000 words, including references, bibliography and appendices (other than documentary appendices).
A Doctor of Philosophy may be awarded to a student whose thesis is an original work making a significant contribution to knowledge in, or understanding of, a field of study and normally containing material worthy of publication.
