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Graduate Program

The graduate program in art history emphasizes close working relationships among students and faculty in seminars and concentrated, in-person study of works of art in the outstanding local collections.

Professor Nino Zchomelidse looking over a scroll with class in the Macksey Reading Room in Brody Learning Commons.

Faculty

Our faculty are experts in ancient Mediterranean, ancient Near East, European medieval, European Renaissance and early modern, ancient and early modern Americas, Islamic, South Asian, and modern and contemporary art and architectural history.

Undergraduates at Walters Museum of Art to viewing exhibit “Ethiopia at the Crossroads” in fall of 2023.

Undergraduate Studies

In small classes and informal excursions, undergrads integrate their direct experience of works of art with knowledge acquired through historical research.

Upcoming Events

Caplan-Rosen Lecture Spring 2025: Karin Zitzewitz

Asking Historical Questions of Contemporary (Indian) Art This talk uses Shilpa Gupta’s Listening Air (2019–2023) to consider how best to take a squarely art historical perspective on contemporary art. By historical, I […]

Watershed: A Study Day

This study day, organized in conjunction with the BMA exhibition Watershed: Transforming the Landscape in Early Modern Dutch Art, invites conversation and reflection on the environmental, economic, social, and political consequences […]

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