Birkbeck, University of London, MA, History of Art

The programme consists of a combination of a core module, a choice of option modules, a research project, and a dissertation.

The core module is designed to explore methodologies and issues involved in the current study of the discipline (around such topics as exhibition, reception and interdisciplinarity), as well as research skills and methods.

Option modules allow you to pursue specific interests and areas of research in selected topics from the Italian Renaissance to the present. These may include:

• Architecture and Spectacle in Late Medieval Europe
• Fashioning the Body
• Gender, Modernity and the City
• Inventing the Victorians
• Italian Art c.1300: Evidence and Interpretation
• Museums and Memory
• Museums and the Art of Remembering in the Twentieth Century
• Rome and Memorialisation.

The research project offers you the chance to undertake independent research and to reflect on the process of research. You will complete the programme with a 15,000-word dissertation.

When to apply?

Early application recommended. Interviews from March.

How to apply?

You can apply online. In addition to the online application, you will need to complete and submit a written exercise or a sample recent undergraduate essay. Applicants may be interviewed (often by phone or Skype);