Postgraduate Prospectus

This course has a start date in September  

This highly flexible programme offers you the opportunity to follow one of three pathways in Art History and Visual Culture.  These pathways are:

MA Art History

• Renaissance to the Present Day
• Modern Art, Criticism and Display

MA Visual Culture

• Art, Photography and Film

You will be able to choose a pathway according to your personal interests in art history and visual culture. In essence, you will be working towards your dissertation throughout your MA pathway – the modules you choose, the seminars you attend and the essays you write will all help you to form and articulate a viable and original dissertation project.

The MA Visual Culture is supported by the Nottingham Institute for Research in Visual Culture (NIRVC). The Institute is concerned with all aspects of contemporary visual culture, as well as its histories, including fine art, public art and architecture; film, video and photography; digital multi- and mass media. Its founding five-year plan centres on residencies for young artist-practitioners, a programme underpinned by contributions from distinguished visiting historians and theorists.

• This course has been designed to foster critical thinking and to develop your analytical skills – this is achieved by addressing a broad range of material.
• You will be offered sessions devoted to research and presentation skills; these sessions are designed to offer you practical support as a postgraduate student.
• When appropriate, seminars are held in the Djanogly Art Gallery and/or in the Castle Museum and Art Gallery in Nottingham.
• The MA Art History is supported by the Nottingham Institute for Research in Visual Culture.

The courses and research opportunities listed on this website are subject to change. While we will do all we can to ensure the information on these pages is accurate and up-to-date, The University of Nottingham reserves the right to change the content, modules and titles of any courses and research opportunities listed here without prior warning.