Art History PhD/MPhil PhD

Take the time to create your own original research in art history and visual culture. At Nottingham you'll receive:


- expert supervision from experienced academics


- comprehensive training in research skills


- opportunities to be involved in the department's research programme and on-campus public arts programme


Our specialisations
Nineteenth-century art and cultural exchange
• National identity



• Intercultural contact



• Migration



• Innovation



Collecting, reception and revival
• Display



• Imperialism



• Power



• Travel



• Memory



Photography, film and spectatorship
• Representation



• Status



• Politics



• Relationship to other media



Politics and identity
• Gender, class, and race



• Identity



• Propaganda, power and protest



• Memory



Find out more about our current PhD researchers and what the department's like - nottingham.ac.uk/cmvs