Art History and Design Research
Art History and Design research at the Department for Continuing Education
Research in the Department is centred around the following areas:
- Text and image in later medieval and early modern English culture;
- The history of decoration in Europe between 1870 and 1958.
Research highlights, past and present:
Symbolist Objects: Materiality and Subjectivity at the Fin-de-Siècle
Symbolist Objects: Materiality and Subjectivity at the Fin-de-Siècle
This interdisciplinary volume explores the intersections between Symbolist aesthetics and material objects and interiors
Upcoming courses
Qualifications
This two-year part-time master's degree explores how ordinary things and places created since 1851 reveal fascinating traces of historical experienc
Qualifications
An interdisciplinary programme which encompasses literature, history, art, architectural history, political thought and the history of ideas. Designed around 3 sequential periods of British history, from Early Modern to the early 20th century.
DPhil in Literature and Arts
The interdisciplinary DPhil in Literature and Arts supports independent doctoral research on a subject linked to the British past, c.1450 – c.1914, encompassing at least two disciplines from a range including art, history and theology.MSt in Literature and Arts
An interdisciplinary programme which encompasses literature, history, art, architectural history, political thought and the history of ideas. Designed around 3 sequential periods of British history, from Early Modern to the early 20th century.