Overview
In Art History at Aberystwyth University, staff offer research supervision in
- 19th- and 20th-century European art, especially British
- the visual culture of Wales, Welsh art and craft, collecting and curatorial practices
- British printmaking and the illustrated book
- the history of photography
- Australian art
- the visual culture of religions
- women’s art, craft and design
- museology
- 20th-century British and world ceramics
The collections of the School of Art Museum provide a focus for funded research projects and postgraduate study. Staff disseminate their research through the curation of touring exhibitions, the publication of books, catalogues and articles, the delivery of public lectures, and through project- or field-dedicated websites and online databases. Much of the research involves original investigation leading to new knowledge and improved insights into the collections.
Originally based on the early records of the Craft Potters’ Association of Great Britain, the Ceramic Archive now collects print, audio, video and electronic documentation relating to contemporary and studio ceramics.
The Centre for Studies in the Visual Culture of Religion encompasses traditional high- and applied-art mediums, as well as low-art forms, ephemera, and manifestations of the religious imagination, produced by orthodox, mainstream and marginal religious groups, past and present.
The Centre for the Material Culture of the Photograph is concerned with the development of unique enquiries into historic, alternative and hybrid photographic processes; the photograph's ontological presence; and the photograph as object (collected, read, stored, displayed, iconicised).
In addition, the University offers a growing number of interdisciplinary research seminars (e.g. gender studies, African studies, performance and politics, history) in which postgraduates participate in areas relevant to their work. The School encourages doctoral students to exhibit or publish their work and participate in conferences and field trips. To this end, the University stages workshops on academic publishing during which students receive advice on exhibiting and publishing from experienced staff.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Research Skills And Personal Development
- Principles Of Research Design
- Ways Of Reading
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
- Applicants for research programmes should make their applications as early as possible; most will apply between November and January.
Language
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Credits
- Students are expected to complete a minimum of 45 credits of institutionally-provided research training within the first two years.
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Disciplines
Art History View 44 other PhDs in Art History in United KingdomAcademic requirements
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English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- If you wish to apply for a PhD in Art History then you should submit a previous dissertation and/or essays indicative of your academic attainment in this discipline.
- Non-native English speakers are required to take a University recognised test of academic English language proficiency with required minimum proficiency levels equating to an IELTS score of 6.5 or a TOEFL score of 580 (paper based test) or 237 (computer based) with an essay rating of 5.0. Applicants who have successfully undertaken a Bachelors degree in a UK University are exempt from this requirement.
- To apply for a research course, please see our How to Apply page
Tuition Fee
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International
16185 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 16185 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
4712 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4712 GBP per year during 36 months.
Living costs for Aberystwyth
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