Art History

Art History offers a doctoral program that explores cultural, formal, and theoretical concerns central to the visual arts. Academic concentrations include the art and architecture of: the ancient Mediterranean (Egypt, Greece, and Rome); the Ancient Americas; Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Europe; modern and contemporary art and architecture in Europe, the United States, and Africa. We aim to train effective teachers and productive scholars who will contribute new and original insights into their fields.

Our strengths include our range of research interests and our interdisciplinarity. We have close relationships with a number of other programs in the broad fields of cultural studies, including Classics, Comparative Literature, History, Religion and Women’s Studies, as well as interdisciplinary programs such as Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Medieval Studies, African Studies, and Film Studies.