Special-Subject M.A. Programs in Art History and Archaeology

This is an experimental part of the Resources site. Many students are interested in attending an art history institute outside the US, whether for the foreign experience or to take advantage of a particular program offered there. This site will list here references to M.A. programs in art history with specialized subjects, such as Irish, medieval, nineteenth century--offered at universities outside the U.S. Note that many also have PhD programs in these subjects. The U.K. listings are taken in large part from Apollo Magazine's March and August special issues on art history and higher education; of the others, some are known to me, and some I've happened across. The listings are as brief as possible; please contact the school by mail or via the Web site for more information. I am not able to spend a great deal of time on these, so I will depend upon readers to keep me informed of the status of the listings below.

As far as I can tell, these are all accredited (in their own countries at least) programs, but of course I cannot vouch for course quality, applicability to US PhD degree programs, and so forth. 



Index to Locations




Canada


Great Britain and Ireland


Europe


Australia and New Zealand


 


Back to the Main Page






M.A. Programs in Canada


Soon to be a major site!



 


Carleton
University





 The M.A. in Canadian Studies.  "The School of Canadian Studies
offers a program of study and research leading to the degree of Master of
Arts in Canadian Studies.  The work of the School is conducted with the
assistance of faculty and availability of course work in a variety of
supporting departments including: Architecture, Art History, Economics,
English, Film Studies, French, Geography, History, Journalism and
Communication, Law, Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Music,
Political Economy, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration,
Religion, Social Work, Sociology and Anthropology, and Women's Studies. The 
Canadian Studies program is interdisciplinary in emphasis. It enables students 
in the School to develop individual areas of concentration to meet particular 
interests in a broad range of Canadian issues." For more information, contact: 
Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Room 1516,  Dunton Tower, Carleton 
University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada. 
E-mail: 

canadian_studies@carleton.ca





Concordia
University





Art History M.A Program in Canadian Studies.  "The
M.A. programme in Art History comprises several aspects of the study of
Canadian art and architecture: archival research, critical analysis,
contemporary issues in theory and method, historiography, and museum
studies. An important recent addition to the programme is the study of
Amerindian and Inuit art and architecture. The Department emphasises the
cross-fertilisation of theory and practice and, in keeping with this
approach, many of the M.A. seminars critically address the discipline of
art history by means of recent developments in such fields as feminism and
gender studies, postcolonial theory, communication theory, and
socio-political analysis."  The Web site has an online information request
form.  Contact: Dept. of Art History, Concordia University, Visual Arts
Building, Room VA 432, 1395 Rene Levesque Blvd. West, Montreal, Canada H3G
2M5. Art History Graduate Program Director, Brian Foss: 
E-mail bffoss@wax2.concordia.ca


  


University
of Quebec at Montreal




M.A. in the Study of Art. Also offers the M.A. in
Museology.  The program and the Web site are both in French.  The
art history M.A. offers both a specialized study in the history of art and
a multidisciplinary overview of the realm of the arts. From the titles of
the courses, appears to be focused on theory.  They also offer the PhD in
Semiology.  For more information, contact the Universite du Quebec a
Montreal, Departement d'histoire de l'art,    Case Postale 8888,
Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal (Quebec) H3C 3 P8, or:  

Colette Paquin paquin.colette@uqam.ca

[Sorry no accent marks!]




University of Toronto




Offers two graduate programs of interest to art historians:  The
Ancient Studies Collaborative Program is  offered jointly by the
Departments of Classical Studies, History of Art, and Near and Middle
Eastern Civilizations.  Contact: Program Director, Ancient Studies
Program, c/o The School of Graduate Studies, 63/65 St. George St.,
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3.  For Art Department information,
contact: 
Joanne Wainman at finejxw@artsci.utoronto.ca



Note also The Centre for
Medieval Studies, which  offers the M.A.  in  Medieval
Studies.  For more information, contact: The Centre, 39 Queen's Park
Crescent East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2C3.  E-mail:  
The
Administrative Assistantmedieval@chass.utoronto.ca





University of Western Ontario




M.A. program from the Centre for the Study of Theory and
Criticism.  They have a very large Website for your exploration, but
here are some quotes from the first page: "The Centre's MA program is a
unique cross-disciplinary forum for research in theory and its
philosophical and cultural underpinnings and ramifications[.]... Research
at the Centre focuses on the work of such  movements as poststructuralism,
semiotics, hermeneutics,  phenomenology, the Frankfurt School,
psychoanalysis, Marxism and feminism, as well as on areas such as
continental philosophy that are part of the history of contemporary
theory[.]...The Centre draws it participants from 17 Departments,
Faculties and Colleges at the University.  Its core faculty is from the
departments of Philosophy, Visual Arts, English,  Modern Languages and
Comparative Literature, French,  Anthropology, Political Science and
Sociology."  For more information, contact the University of Western
Ontario, London, Canada N6A 5B8. Tel.: (519) 679-2111. 

Please note that there is also an  MA program in Visual
Arts/Art History.  Check the Web site for details. 

     


York University





"The Graduate Programme in Art History is designed to meet contemporary
Canadian needs in the areas of art and architectural history, art
criticism, and the gallery and museum field. To this end, it focuses on
the Canadian heritage in the visual arts, which is defined as works
of art made by Canadians and works which have been brought to Canada to
find a permanent home here. The comprehensive study of art history is used
to support the understanding of art in Canada. Students may include a
field apprenticeship in a museum or arts-related area. The programme is
bilingual in principle.


"Places in the Graduate Programme in Art History are limited so that
each student can be individually advised. Student will have an academic
advisor who will approve their programme and monitor their progress, and a
research supervisor to oversee apprenticeship projects and the final
research paper/thesis.  The M.A. in Art History normally requires a
minimum of four continuous terms of full-time study; the norm is five
terms. Research and Teaching Assistantships are available to full-time
graduate students.  [N. B. Be sure to ask if these are available to
non-Canadians. AD]  Part-time students, especially those with experience
in the discipline, are encouraged to apply.  Where possible, students
should be prepared to devote themselves to full-time study at least during
their first year in the graduate programme."

For more information, contact: Liaison and Advising Office,  Faculty of
Fine Arts,  213 Centre for Fine Arts,  York University, 4700 Keele Street,
North York, Ontario CANADA M3J 1P3.   Tel.: (416) 736-5135; Fax
(416) 736-5447.  

E-mail: finearts@yorku.ca
 










Back to the Index to Locations
 



M.A. Programs in Great Britain and
Ireland









Aberdeen
University




Their M.A. in art history programs specialize in Medieval Art,
Scottish Architecture, Italian Art (c. 1300-1650), and
British Art from the 18th to 20th Centuries.  For more information,
contact: The Secretary, Dept. of the History of Art, King's College,
University of Aberdeen, Scotland, AB9 2UG.  Tel.: (01224) 272-458.  Check 
the Web site for more details.




University
of Brighton




M.A. program in European Design Studies.  "Since the collapse of 
the Cold War barriers it has become increasingly possible to
explore exciting, new, research fields and design environments. Based on a
firm network of well established academic links, this one year, intensive,
M.A. programme of study offers both graduate and practising designers as
well as design historians, the opportunity to undertake either practical 
or historical design research across the old political, economic and
cultural boundaries and into the New Europe." For more information, please
see the Web site.  




University of Bristol 
: MA in Classical Heritage




"A highly innovative interdisciplinary degree exploring classical
influences n Western art, literature and culture.  Students benefit from
the combined strengths of several Departments, all with a high
international profile in the aea of classical reception and the Arts
Faculty's Centre for the Classical Tradition." For more information,
contact the Department of Classics and Ancinet History, 11 Woodland Road,
Bristol BS8 ITB UK 

Lin.Pountney@bris.ac.uk





University of
Bristol : Interdisciplinary M.A. in Medieval Studies





  The Centre for Medieval Studies at Bristol supports an
interdisciplinary M.A. in Medieval Studies  as well as higher
research degrees, and it draws its members from the departments of
Archeology, English, French, German, Historical Studies, History of Art,
Italian, Music, Philosophy, Politics, Spanish, and Theology.  For more
information, contact: Dr. Carol Meale or Dr. Myra Stokes, Dept. of
English, 3/5 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB; or Mr. I. P. Wei, Dept. of
Historical Studies, 13 Woodland Road, Senate House, Tyndall Avenue,
Bristol BS8 1TH.  Also check the Website for more names and e-mail.




University of
Bristol : MA in Garden History




"The development of gardens and designed landscapes from the medieval
to modern periods.  core courses on: The Formal Garden, Classical Arcadia
and Gardenesque; Landscape Art, Aesthetics and Ideologies; Archaeology of
Gardens; Resource Management of Gardens." for more information,
contact: Mrs. Anthea Paice, History of Art Department,  43 Woodland Road,   
 Bristol BS8 1UU UK  

art-history@bris.ac.uk
 





City University, London




They offer M.A. degrees in Arts Administration, Arts
Criticism, Arts Management, and Museum and Gallery
Management.  The arts management concentrations are intended for
students with 2-5 years of experience in the chosen field, while the Arts
Criticism degree requires the equivalent of an "honours" B.A., a good
knowledge of the arts and "some relevant journalistic or other writing
experience."  For more information, contact: Admissions, Department of
Arts Policy and Management, City University, Frobisher Crescent, Barbican,
London EC2Y 8HB, England.




  Courtauld Institute of Art




 On their Web site, look under "Prospectuses" for "Postgraduate
Studies."  They offer the M.A. in several areas of specialization.  "The
courses are taught within a period
context: Classical/Byzantine/Medieval, Renaissance, Early
Modern or Modern, and further information on the options... is
available on separate pages of [the] website."  Requires two terms of
coursework, a "dissertation" of 10,000 words and a final exam.  There is
also an M.A. in the History of Dress, and one on the History and
Theory of the Art Museum.  For more information, contact: Courtauld
Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN.  No e-mail
address given.




UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN




Taught M.A. :Cities: Art, Architecture, and Aspiration."The role of art in expressing civic 
power and identity is a recurrent theme in the history of art.  It provides a stimulating platform for 
the study of architecture, sculpture and painting.  This taught M.A. deals with the importance of civic 
identity, the politics of urban display, and the development of metropolitan styles within the history 
of Western art. A wide range of topics will be addressed, among them domestic architecture, public 
sculpture, pageantry and civic portraiture. The course offers a broad range of lectures, seminars and 
field trips and provides a basis for further postgraduate study. This is a one-year MA programme. 
2005-2006 specialist subjects address the cities of Rome, Venice, and Dublin, and include a field trip 
to Rome and Venice." For more information, see the Web site.




UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN IRISH ART 
HISTORY M.PHIL




"Irish Art Research Centre, University of Dublin, Trinity College: M.Phil. in Irish Art History
The M.Phil. in Irish Art History aims to enable well-qualified graduates of art history and related 
disciplines to undertake an intensive course of study specializing in aspects of Irish art. The focus 
is on Irish art and architecture explored within its international context, and students are 
familiarized with methodologies of analysis that can be applied to works of art from any culture. A core 
dimension of the programme involves interrogating the concept of 'Irishness'.  Further information email 
triarc@tcd.ie." 




UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM: MA IN THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE




"offers training in the development of knowledge, skills and understanding in 
the study of photography theory, history and analysis, and does so from an intercultural perspective. 
It focuses on the intersections of photography, discourses around photography and constructions of 
cultural identity across a range of contexts and chronologies: from the coded and highly 
conventional snapshots of the family, through the images that document and commemorate the events i
n collective history, to specific instances of photography and war. The MA also provides training in 
generic research skills...[See the Web site for more information] For further information, including 
advice on funding opportunities, contact:






UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH




"The department
offers supervision and teaching over a wide area of the history of art and 
architecture. These areas include the following: Islamic art to c.1500; 
Western medieval art; manuscript illumination; medieval epigraphy; art and 
architecture in 14th to 17th century Italy; painting and sculpture in Northern 
Europe c.1250-c.1500; the Northern baroque; Scottish art of 18th and 19th 
centuries; 19th and 20th century art in Europe, notably Britain and France; 
20th century art in Europe and America notably Picasso and Surrealism; Chinese 
art.

In addition to supervising research degrees the department also offers 
taught MSc programmes, which can be taken either full-time (one year) or 
part-time (two years). These are currently under review as part of a 
development programme which it is hoped will lead to taught courses taken in 
conjunction with internships of one term duration at museum and galleries in 
Scotland."  For more information, please see the Web site.

 


UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX




 Offers several specialized programs, including: Art and Film
Studies, Modern Art and Theory, Pre-Columbian and Native
American Art, Latin American Art and Architecture, and

Gallery Studies.  Contact: Dept. of Art History and Theory,
University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ,
UK.  
E-mail
libby@essex.ac.uk







GLASGOW UNIVERSITY




 They offer a Diploma/M.Phil in Decorative Arts.  "Consisting of
two ten-week and one six-week terms, the programme runs from October to
June. The emphasis of the course is on the decorative arts in the 18th,
19th and 20th centuries, looked at in European, British and Scottish
contexts. The work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his 'Glasgow Style'
contemporaries, for example, is studied both in its local context and in
relation to the British and European avant garde. The course provides the
student with a sound academic background in the history of interiors and
in various media studies such as ceramics, oriental, glass, metalwork and
textiles. Considerable emphasis is placed on the first-hand study of
objects with the aim of developing appropriate identification and
evaluation skills."  (From their Web site)   For more information, please
see the Web site. 




UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS




M.A. in Country House Studies.  "The country house played an
important role in the social and economic history of Britain from the
Elizabethan era until the mid-twentieth century and, in many areas, remains an 
important focus of rural society. Country houses and their collections have 
been visited by tourists for more than 200 years, yet their unique contribution
 to our cultural heritage has been recognised only recently. Too often, the 
country house has been studied in isolation, divorced from its landscape, and 
its complex relationship with towns and cities ignored. Through 
interdisciplinary study, the MA programme in Country House Studies redresses 
the balance by investigating key issues in the history and historiography of 
the country house throughout Great Britain and Ireland. To facilitate teaching 
and offer students first hand knowledge of the country house, a series of 
"behind-the-scenes" visits to some of the most important houses in Britain 
form an integral part of the MA programme. This unique syndicate of houses 
includes Harewood House, Castle Howard, Chatsworth, Temple Newsam House and 
Burton Constable Hall." They also have M.A. programs in Art History, 
Gallery and Museum Studies, and many more, including an M.A. in
Sculpture Studies...! For more information, see the Web site.  




UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER




Museum Studies Program The program is quite famous in museum
circles; you can attend full-time, part-time, or online via their distance
learning option. Check the Web site for more information.





UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, Birkbeck College: 
M.A. in Computer Applications for the History of Art




"This course provides an unique opportunity to study at postgraduate level recent developments in 
the use of computers that have particular importance for the History of Art."  Contact: Jane Gough, 
Departmental Administrator, Dept. of History of Art, Birkbeck College, University of
London, 43, Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD. [N.B.: This seems to have vanished. If you know
different, please let me know.]




UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, Royal Holloway 
College




"Since 1990, the Centre has offered one-year MA and Diploma Courses in
Victorian Art and Architecture".  Contact: Professor J. Mordaunt
Crook, FBA, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham,
Surrey, TW20 0EX.  Tel.: 01-784-443-315.  No e-mail listed.




UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, 
School of Oriental and African Studies: SOAS




They offer the M.A. in Anthropology of Media, which "deals with the
growth of mass media, their relationship to traditional forms and the
increasingly post-national nature of contemporary media, with particular
reference to Asia and Africa. Most media studies remain centred on the
English-speaking world...The programme, by contrast, sets out to develop a
distinctively anthropological approach to media, one which considers media
as social and cultural practices. The programme aims to study media in
Asia and Africa both ethnographically and theoretically."  (From their Web
site)  For more information, visit the Web site and use their enquiry
form, or write: The Registrar, School of Oriental and African Studies,
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG.  
E-mail: registrar@soas.ac.uk





UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, University College: 
Archaeology




They have several programs at the Institute of Archaeology which might
be of interest, including: Public Archaeology, Cultural Heritage 
Studies, Egyptian Archaeology, and Comparative Art and 
Archaeology. These all appear to be open to non-UK or Commonwealth 
applicants.  Check the Web site for specific information on each
degree.  The  address for the Institute of Archaeology is : University
College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H OPY,
UK.  Tel.: +44-171-387-7050.  (No
general information e-mail address listed)




 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, University College: 
Art History




 They offer the M.A. in Western Art History, with subjects from
the Late Middle Ages to Contemporary Art.  A highly-praised program.




UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, University College:
 MA in Contemporary Italian Culture and History 




This is offered by the Department of Italian, University College, Gower
Street, London, WC1E 6BT. "This is a new  programme which will run for the
first time in 2001/2002.  The MA (one calendar year full-time, two
calendar years part-time) aims to equip students with a good knowledge and
understanding of major themes in Italian culture and history since
unification. It also aims to provide them with a set of theoretical and
methodological tools which will enable them to examine these themes for
themselves, applying some of the most important recent developments in
contemporary historiography, cultural theory and analysis. The course
utilises a series of materials as teaching aids, from cinema to artworks
to media extracts.

"This new course draws on a rare concentration of researchers in
Italian culture and history within one language department. Contributors to the
course include David Forgacs (author of Italian Culture in the Industrial
Era and editor of Italian Cultural Studies ), John Dickie (Darkest Italy,
1999; joint-editor of the journal Modern Italy), Robert Lumley (States of
Emergency, 1989; editor of Italian Cultural Studies; expert on Italian
journalism and contemporary art), John Foot (Milan since the Miracle,
2001) and Stefano Magistretti (the Italian Media). It may be taken as a
free-standing programme,  but it also provides an excellent basis for
students intending to go on to research in this area at MPhil and PhD
level." [N.B.: Web site appears to be down: 12/2006]


For more information, contact: 
Emmanuela Tandello, Graduate
Tutor, Department of Italian, UCL 
E.Tandello@ucl.ac.uk
 or 
John Foot, MA course
convenor:  J.Foot@ucl.ac.uk






UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, 
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE: M.A. IN RENAISSANCE 
STUDIES




A one-year program (excuse me, programme) and a two-year version. Please see the Web site.




UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, Warburg
Institute




They offer the "One-year M.A. course in combined historical
studies: The Renaissance."  "This 12-month full-time course is
intended as an introduction to the principal elements of the classical
tradition and to interdisciplinary research in the cultural and
intellectual history of the Renaissance."  Coursework emphasizes art history, language 
studies, and history.  Assessment by essays and a dissertation.  Contact:  
The Warburg Institute, University of London, Woburn Square, London WC1H
OAB.  Tel.: 0171-580-9663.  No e-mail address given.




UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM




They have the M.A. in Visual Culture, and one in
Nineteenth Century Culture and Society.  "Applications from
candidates overseas are encouraged."  For more information, please see the
Web site.






OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY





"The MA History of Art is designed to provide a coherent yet flexible programme of advanced study 
in history of art." Special Subjects from the 16th century to the present day. To apply, or for 
further information, please contact the Senior Tutor - (tel. 01865 484127) Harriet Irvine
hjirvine@brookes.ac.uk

 



UNIVERSITY OF READING




They have M.A. programs in Archaeology, Burial
Archaeology, The City of Rome, Cognitive Evolution and

Mediterranean Archaeology.  For more information, contact: Dept. of
Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 218, Reading
RG6 6AA.  For e-mail, contact 
Prof.D.C. Lambert, e-mail: D.C.Lambert@reading.ac.uk


Note new program: M.A. in Ancient Art History.  Run
jointly by the Classics and Archaeology Departments and the British School
in Rome.




RICHMOND,
The American International University in London
  



Offers the M.A. in art history, now called The Intercultural M.A., 
There is the "opportunity to study either at our London or Florence
campus."  For more information, see the Web site or ontact: Dr. Jos
Hackforth-Jones, Director, MA in Art History, Richmond, The American
International University in London, 1 St. Albans Grove, London,
W85BN.  
E-mail:maarhis@richmond.ac.uk






UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS, MUSEUM AND GALLERY STUDIES PROGRAM




Their Museum and Gallery Studies program has been mentioned favorably on Museum-L. They also offer other
postgraduate art history degrees.




Victoria
and Albert Museum/Royal College of Art




"The V&A/RCA MA in the History of Design is a degree programme by the Research department of the 
Victoria and Albert Museum and the School of Humanities at the Royal College of Art. The MA degree 
has two specialisms: Renaissance Decorative Arts and Culture 1400-1650, and Design and Material 
Culture 1650 to the Present."  For more information, please see the Web site. 

 


University of
Warwick




 M.A. in the History of Art--Venice and Europe.  A 12-month
program.  "The course aims to give particpants a detailed knowledge of
Venetian art and architecture c1450-1550, and then to allow them to
investigate ways in which later European cultures perceived and responded
to that the art of Venice. The first term is spent in Venice, where
Warwick has been teaching during the autumn term for well over 20
years...After Christmas, the 'European' courses last for the Spring term,
with both Venice and Europe modules examined through a long essay and a
photograph paper. The summer term is spent preparing for the writing of a
12,000-word dissertation."  (From their Web site)   


They also have stay-at-home art history M.A. programs; they seem to
specialize in architecture, British painting, and gender studies.  For
further information on all of these programs, see the Web site.




UNIVERSITY OF YORK




"The taught MA programme is a flexible course that enables you either
to focus on a broad historical period or to follow a thematic strand such
as British Art or Architectural History or the Decorative Arts or Modes of
Display. Another distinctive feature of the York MA is that it encourages
an inter-disciplinary approach through involvement in any of the Research
Centres in the Humanities at York, especially the Centre for Medieval
Studies, the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies, and the Centre for
Twentieth-Century Studies. Apart from the History of Art Options listed
below you may also choose an MA option offered in the literature, history,
or cultural studies of a chosen period."  For more information, please see
the Web site. 
 






Back to the Index to
Locations




M.A. Programs in Europe




AUSTRIA: MEDIA.ART.HISTORIES AT DANUBE 
UNIVERSITY, KREMS




"The Center for Image Science at the Danube University Krems is pleased to announce three 
scholarships covering half-tuition for the new Master of Arts course MediaArtHistories. Applications 
for the following scholarships are being accepted until October 23rd, 2006.

    

  1.  UNESCO World Heritage Preservation Scholarship

  2.  Rudolf-Arnheim-Media-Art-History Scholarship

  3.  Interface Design and Future Applications Scholarship


Potential applicants should have, in addition to commitment in enrolment for
the 2 year Master of Arts course, enthusiasm for the scholarship's theme and
an interest in the further development of research in the theme for which
they apply. Selected applicants will be required to complete research on
their scholarship theme, possibly, but not limited to: focus of master's
thesis on theme, realization of internship or project related to theme, or a
similar research method agreed upon between the student and course leader." Please see the Web 
site for more information.





FRANCE FRENCH
CULTURAL STUDIES AT REID HALL, PARIS




Administered by Columbia University "in cooperation with the University
of Pennsylvania." Ordinarily I don't list U.S.-run programs overseas (ok,
take a look at the Middlebury
M.A. Language Programs Abroad), however, this is a cultural studies
program, which should mean a good deal of art history. They do say "The M.A. 
in French Cultural Studies explores issues pertaining to the codes by which 
French culture is institutionalized", which could indicate an interest in
computer studies or perhaps espionage. 




FRANCE UNIVERSITE DE PAU, FRANCE : ""Rhetoriques des Arts" M. A.




M.A. program in Pau, in the south of France. You can pursue the program completely in French, or, in 
part, in English. "the most important point is that a great part of the two-year program is devoted to the 
writing of several essays and two short theses. These could definitely be written in English. "Notice posted on 
CAAH list-serv on 19 January 2005 by Bertrand Rouge, who also states, "It is a truly interdisciplinary program 
involving art historians, philosophers, aestheticians, musicologists, literary and film critics and art 
theorists aimed at students of various backgrounds who wish to develop an interdisciplinary approach of the arts."




GERMANY BREMEN GRADUATE PROGRAM IN INTERCULTURAL
HUMANITIES




"...a unique and innovative combined graduate program (MA/PhD) in History, History and Theory of 
Art, and Literature with a special emphasis on intercultural encounters, cross-cultural transfers, 
cultural comparison, and transcultural universals. Stipends are available." See the Web site for more
information.




GERMANY HEIDLEBURG UNIVERSITY CENTER OF AMERICAN STUDIES M.A. PROGRAM




"The MAS is a one-year degree in English language that provides exemplary and interdisciplinary 
teaching of cultural knowledge about the United States of America in subjects such as American 
literature, economics, geography, history, history of art, law, musicology, political science, philosophy,
sociology, and theology/religious studies." Check the Web site for more information. 




HUNGARYCentral European University, 
Budapest, Hungary
 



Offers the M.A. in Medieval Studies "This program is unique in the
sense that it grants advanced degrees not in a specific discipline but in
medieval studies at large; this means that all students are expected to be
trained in more than one speciality." "Accredited by the Board of Regents
of the State of New York."  From their online site.  Note that this site
is still very much under construction.  For more information, contact: The
Department, H-1051 Budapest, Nador u.9 Hungary.  [Also: The Chronicle of
Higher Education published an article on CEU: October 16, 1998: A67-A69.]
 
E-mail:medstud@ceu.hu





ITALYSyracuse University M.A. Program
in Art History, Florence, Italy




As far as I know, this is the only M.A. in art history program in Italy
run by a U.S. institution. Italian Art History from Late Medieval to
Late Renaissance.  Begins with one term in Syracuse, NY, followed by
two terms in Italy.  Also offers scholarships, full and partial. Contact: DIPA,
 119 Euclid Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244.  Tel.: (315) 443-3471; (800) 235-3472.  
No e-mail address given; and note that they change the URL frequently and do 
not add links to the new address. In this edition of their site, you need to 
click on "Graduate Programs", etc.




 ITALY [VENICE] Master in History of 
Architecture: Venezia-Roma 1500-1770




A program organized by the Dipartimento di Storia dell'Architettura 
dell'Universit` IUAV di Venezia with Accademia Britannica di Roma, and 
other institutions. "The course is devoted to the study of the architecture of 
Venice and Rome between 1500 and 1770. The course will begin in April 
2004. After an historical and critical introduction to the subject, there will 
be three lecture modules. The first will take place in Venice in May 2004 in 
the rooms of Palazzo Badoer, where the History of Architecture Department is 
located; the second in Rome, in September 2004 in the rooms of the Biblioteca 
Hertziana and of the Istituto Storico Austriaco; the third, in October 2004 
will involve visiting Rome, Florence, Venice and Vicenza. The first two 
modules allow the student to study Venetian and Roman architecture in situ, 
visiting buildings which are not often open to the public. The third focuses 
on architectural design and will take place in some of the most important 
Italian drawing collections. June and July 2004 will be devoted to seminars in 
Venice. August 2004 will be devoted to a field tour in Italy. The students 
must write their own thesis which will be examined at the end of the course in 
December 2004.

The Master's degree is part of the programme of internationalisation of 
the Italian university system. The course is aimed at postgraduates in
architecture, engineering, literature, history, archaeology, history of 
art, conservation. The presentation of the entire program of the Master Class 
is scheduled for February 1st, 2004.  Only 30 students will be accepted. 
The tuition fee is 2,500 euros. Eight scholarships of 2,500 euros will be 
granted.  The Secretary of the Master will be available for any needs of the 
students regarding their stay in Venice and Rome. Please see the Web site 
or contact: 






NETHERLANDSReinwardt Academy MA in Museology




"As from September 1994 the Reinwardt Academy is offering a Master's
Degree Programme in Museology which is in principle open to postgraduates
of all recognized universities throughout the world. The Master's Degree
Programme benefits from a liaison with the University of Newcastle upon
Tyne (UK). Both partners have developed their own programmes,
recognize each other's degrees and are working on the interchange of
modules. Student and staff exchanges are part of the cooperation and
enhance the European dimension of the programmes. The programme is based
on the theoretical and practical experience of students, lecturers and
museum staff. The academic development of museology is closely connected
with the actual developments in the museum field. At the Reinwardt Academy
it is constantly updated and upgraded because all lecturers have a museum
background, and direct contact with museums is considered essential."  For
more information, see the Web site.




EUROPEAN POSTGRADUATE MASTERS IN URBANISM:
Strategies and Design for Cities and Territories




"Four leading European universities (UPC Barcelona, TU Delft, KU Leuven and IUAV 
Venice)* have designed a joint European Postgraduate Masters Programme in Urbanism: 
Strategies and Design for Cities and Territories, to be offered as of September 2005. 
The 4-semester course will constitute an international platform for urban debate...The 
new joint programme is a collaborative effort. It intends to bring together the best 
components of existing curricula and to offer a top-ranking professional degree by 
combining the specificity and strengths of each of the participating Schools...Appropriate 
and qualified students are invited to apply by 1st April 2005." Please see the 
extensive Web site for more information.    

   




Back to the Index to Locations
 





M.A. Programs in Australia




The Australian National
University--Canberra




Among other graduate degrees, they offer the MLitt
in Art History and Curatorship.  For the others, see the Art History and Film Studies
Department  main page.







Monash
University--Clayton




They offer the M.A. in 
 Visual Culture There may be other programs lurking in the shadows of
this rather unorganized Web site.  Dive in!





Online Programs in Art History-like Subjects


Every now and then I get e-mails asking about online or distance-learning graduate programs
in Art History. I haven't come across one exactly in art history, but the following come sort of 
close.

 


 
Yes, that appears to be it.  You might perhaps be interested in learning about the 
 B.A. programs  offered
 through the University of London's External Degree Programme. No art history, but they do have
 majors in close friends languages, classical studies, and history. No graduate program, though. 



Looking for an undergraduate online program in art history in the U.S.? Check out 
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. 
Again, I know nothing about this program other than what is on their Web site.





 

John Collier.  At dinner with Cesare Borgia.  1914
(circa).

From King Albert's Book,  1914.







Back to the Main Page




This Web site was created, is owned, and maintained, by  

Adrienne DeAngelis acd@efn.org