Taught programmes

• History and Philosophy of Art - MA
• Curating - MA
• History and Philosophy of Art (Paris option) - MA
• Arts Criticism - MA

Research programmes

• History & Philosophy of Art - MA, PhD

History & Philosophy of Art at Kent provides opportunities for graduate study with well-established researchers in the fields of art history, philosophy of art and aesthetics. Staff research covers contemporary art and aesthetics, modernism, theories of art, the historiography of art and the Cold War; biographical monographs, the photograph (in its historical, contemporary and critical contexts), and the historical interplay of image, theory and institutions from the Renaissance to the present (especially European and North American).

Developing areas of interest include the cultural and historical significance of the print, and the role of performance and new media in contemporary art practices which draw upon our links with other subjects within the School of Arts and the Faculty of Humanities. In particular, postgraduates have the opportunity of participating in the activities of the multidisciplinary Aesthetics Research Group, and there is also a full programme of visiting speakers from across the constituent subject areas within the School of Arts which includes Film and Drama.

History & Philosophy of Art has a broad-based library stock, covering the fields of painting, sculpture and architecture, as well as a large collection of works on photography and contemporary visual communications. There is a substantial stock of periodicals, and a slide library with well over 100,000 images covering areas such as contemporary art, visual cultures, garden history and the film still, as well as traditional media. Kent is ideally located for access to galleries in London and on the continent.

In 2010, we moved into the purpose-built, and RIBA award-winning, Jarman Building located at the centre of the Canterbury campus. The new building is home to the Studio 3 Gallery and a range of teaching and social spaces as well as a dedicated postgraduate centre.

T: +44 (0)1227 827272
E: information@kent.ac.uk

Angela Whiffen
Postgraduate Coordinator, School of Arts
Jarman Building, University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent CT2 7U
T:01227 827567
E: arts-pgadmin@kent.ac.uk