Art History MPhil

Develop your own original research in the fields of art history and visual culture.

Research overview

Develop your own original research in the fields of art history and visual culture.

Across all research areas students are encouraged to:

• examine the social and material histories of objects and images
• explore the processes of cultural production, circulation and consumption
• develop original theoretical approaches to understanding works of art and associated cultural phenomena

Research areas

• Our research specialisms cover four main strands.
• Nineteenth-century art and cultural exchange
• Collecting, reception and revival
• Photography, film and spectatorship
• Politics and identity

MPhil

• Research your chosen topic and write a dissertation of at least 60,000 words
• One year of full-time study (minimum of two?years part-time)
• An internationally recognised research degree