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Our research

Curatorial Studies

Centre for Curatorial Studies

Our Centre for Curatorial Studies is a research and teaching unit based in our School that focuses on contemporary curatorial theory and practice and contemporary museology.

Art History at Essex is internationally recognised for our research across a wide range of areas in the history and theory of art. Our research ranked ninth overall in the UK in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise in 2008.

Our research strengths include:

  • European art 1250 to 1700, particularly Italy, France and the Netherlands;
  • British and European art in the eighteenth and nineteenth century;
  • twentieth-century art and theory in Britain, Europe and North America;
  • Dada and Surrealism;
  • contemporary art and theory;
  • Latin American art in the colonial, modern and contemporary periods;
  • psychoanalysis and art;
  • photography since the nineteen sixties;
  • architecture, urbanism and the built environment;
  • museology and gallery studies; and
  • curatorial practice and theory.

Staff research

Our academic staff have produced a number of major publications and research projects; their staff profiles contain details of individual research interests and publications.

Postgraduate research

Our postgraduates actively contribute to our research profile. Our list of current PhD theses shows the broad range of art history research currently being carried out in our School. You can view completed art history PhD theses in our Albert Sloman Library.

ESCALA

ESCALA

The Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA) is a unique research and teaching resource giving our students the chance to engage with over 750 artworks from 1900 to the present.

Undergraduate study

Undergraduate study

Undergraduate study in art history at Essex offers a unique combination of the historical and theoretical study of art, visual culture and curating from the renaissance to the present.

Postgraduate study

Postgraduate study

We are internationally recognised as a leading centre of postgraduate study in art history and curatorial studies, both at Masters and PhD level.

News and events

Our news and events section contains the latest information about our research, publications and conferences, as well as the activities of our staff and students.