Courses

Provides a forum for the examination of the historiography of art history and the various methodologies and ideologies that inform current academic practice in the field of art history, visual culture and studies in representation.

Provides a forum for the examination of the historiography of art history and the various methodologies and ideologies that inform current academic practice in the field of art history, visual culture and studies in representation.

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Seminar survey of the history of museums will precede the study of cataloguing methods (accession catalogue, exhibition catalogue, catalogue raisonné) and of the basic procedures of art works preservation. The ethical and legal implications of the art trade will be discussed. A demonstration of mounting an exhibition will be performed. Scientific methods of research in dating and attribution of works of art will be studied. (Students pursuing this course of study may choose to spend up to two semesters in a detailed apprenticeship program approved by their supervisors.)

The course looks at contemporary debates in the theory, practice and pedagogies of visual culture with a focus on visual representations of sexualized/gendered bodies, and the ways in which these representations may work to constitute, disrupt, complicate, etc., cultural practices.

This course examines the interconnectedness of representation and visual culture in contemporary wired society. Students critically explore and assess the influence and shaping of technological mediations in visual culture investigating theory, culture, globalization and education.

This course examines the interconnectedness of representation and visual culture in contemporary wired society. Students critically explore and assess the influence and shaping of technological mediations in visual culture investigating theory, culture, globalization and education.

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A supervised reading course on a topic for which there is no current course offering. Permission of the Graduate Program Director is required.

A supervised reading course on a topic for which there is no current course offering. Permission of the Graduate Program Director is required.

A supervised reading course on a topic for which there is no current course offering. Permission of the Graduate Program Director is required.

A supervised reading course on a topic for which there is no current course offering. Permission of the Graduate Program Director is required.

A supervised reading course on a topic for which there is no current course offering. Permission of the Graduate Program Director is required.

This course addresses the archive – institutional and informal – as a source of historical authority, and as a site of resistance. Students engage in various archival encounters to develop an understanding of archives in relation to research, learning and teaching.

Integrated with an undergraduate course.

Integrated with an undergraduate course.

Integrated with an undergraduate course.

Integrated with an undergraduate course.

Integrated with an undergraduate course.

The Art and Culture Studies Summer Institute is structured around a specific thematic focus each year and features international and nationally renowned art historians and cultural theorists whose work is the subject of a faculty directed seminar.