Art history and theory

This class comprises research and experimental development in art history and theory.

Parent Category

Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music), architecture and design

Sub-Categories

History of art and architecture

Art theory and analysis

Visual theory, visual culture and visual literacy

Art theory and criticism, n.e.c.

Graduate Degree Programs

Doctor of Philosophy in Art History (PhD)

Students in the PhD in Art History program are encouraged to situate art in its historical context, to analyze its impact on the world around us, and to develop theoretical frameworks that contribute to critical thinking and engage with debates in the field. The program involves coursework, two…

Master of Arts in Art History (MA)

The MA in Art History is designed to instruct students in methods to research and present scholarly materials, while providing grounding in a broadly based and methodologically diverse art history. The program offers advanced study of art history in areas of Asian art, European and North American…

UBC Researchers

G

Georgopulos, Nicole

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Art history and theory; French art; nineteenth-century art and visual culture; art and science; gender and early feminism

H

Hatef Naiemi, Atri

Faculty of Arts

Postdoctoral Fellow

History of art and architecture; Islamic Art, Architecture, and Archaeology; Early and Medieval Islamic Urbanism; Chinese-Persian Cultural Contacts in the Medieval Period; Byzantine Art and Architecture; History and Archaeology of Central Asia in the Medieval Period; Traditional Crafts in the Islamic World

M

Mansoor, Jaleh

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Art history and theory; Curatorial and related studies; Visual arts and media arts; Cultural Industries; Formalism; Marxism and Critical Theory; Marxist Feminism; Modernism; Twentieth Century European Art

McCormick, Kelly

Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Asian history; Visual theory, visual culture and visual literacy; Modern Japan; History of Visual and Material Culture/Photography; History of Technology; History of Gender and Sexuality

Metcalfe, Amy

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Higher education; Educational policy; History and philosophy of education; Visual theory, visual culture and visual literacy; Higher Education Studies; Higher Education Policy; Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Higher Education; Science and Knowledge; Internationalization; Migration Studies; Academic Labour and Mobility; Visual Research Methods; Campus Environments

Monteyne, Joseph

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

History of art and architecture; Visual theory, visual culture and visual literacy; Media studies (except social media and digital media); British history; Renaissance/early modern art and print culture; early modern landscape and eco-criticism

N

Nakamura, Fuyubi

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social and cultural anthropology; Museum studies (Museology); Visual theory, visual culture and visual literacy; Globalization and culture; Environment, space and place; Anthropology of art; museum studies (working as curator at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC); material and visual culture; Contemporary Japanese calligraphy; Indigenous cultures, especially Ainu; disaster and memory, especially in the context of the Great East Japan Earthquake (3.11).; contemporary Asian art and culture

P

Peck, Alexandra

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social and cultural anthropology; Other studies related to history and archaeology; Art history and theory; Native tribes and First Nations in the Pacific Northwest; historical Northwest Coast art; Salish (Coastal and Interior) art; Anthropology/anthroplogical methods; Material culture, archaeology, museums

S

Salgirli, Saygin

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

History of art and architecture; Architectural history and theory; Art theory and analysis; Ottoman Art, Islamic Art, Medieval Art, Early Modern Art, Mediterranean Art, Architectural History

Silver, Erin

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Art history and theory; Curatorial and related studies; Visual arts and media arts; Activism and visual culture; Artist or Author Social Identity; Artistic and Literary Marginality; Artistic and Literary Movements, Schools and Styles; Canadian contemporary art; Feminist art histories; Movement culture; Performance studies; Queer art; social movements

Smith, Tai

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

History of art and architecture; Art theory and analysis; Visual theory, visual culture and visual literacy; Arts and Technologies; Economical Contexts; Gender; media theory; Modern and Contemporary Art and Design; Politics of Media and Mediation; Textiles

T

Thauberger, Althea

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Art history and theory; Curatorial and related studies; Visual arts and media arts; Biopolitics and institutional critique/reform; Media philosophy; Photographic history/theory; Settler decolonization, and site-based art and activism

U

Usher, Camille

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Art theory and analysis; Contemporary art; Indigenous visual culture; curatorial practices; Museum studies; feminism and performance; public art and graffiti

Student & Alumni Stories

Titilope Onolaja

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Art History (PhD)

Power and policy in West African museums: a comparative analysis of Nigeria and Senegal

Titilope Salami

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Art History (PhD)

Power and Policy in West African Museums: A Comparative Analysis of Nigeria and Senegal

Michelle Chang

Student

Master of Arts in Art History (MA)

Shipwrecked Art Histories, Wet Globalization and Ecocriticism within the Early Modern Period

Alison Ariss

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Art History (PhD)

Salish Weaving in Relation with the Land: The Work of Wrapping Territory and Critiquing Institutions

Pamela Mackenzie

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Art History (PhD)

Microscope/Macrocosm: Early Modern Technology, Visualization and Representations of Nature

Dante Prado

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Germanic Studies (PhD)

Laughter amidst wars and crises in German modernism

Program Specializations

Art History

Academic Units

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory

French Name

Histoire et théorie des arts

French Description

Cette classe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en histoire et théorie des arts.

Art history and theory

Parent Category

Sub-Categories

Graduate Degree Programs

Doctor of Philosophy in Art History (PhD)

Master of Arts in Art History (MA)

UBC Researchers

G

Georgopulos, Nicole

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

H

Hatef Naiemi, Atri

Faculty of Arts

M

Mansoor, Jaleh

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

McCormick, Kelly

Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Metcalfe, Amy

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Monteyne, Joseph

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

N

Nakamura, Fuyubi

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

P

Peck, Alexandra

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

S

Salgirli, Saygin

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Silver, Erin

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Smith, Tai

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

T

Thauberger, Althea

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

U

Usher, Camille

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Student & Alumni Stories

Titilope Onolaja

Student

Titilope Salami

Student

Michelle Chang

Student

Alison Ariss

Student

Pamela Mackenzie

Student

Dante Prado

Student

Program Specializations

Art History

Academic Units

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory

French Name

French Description

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