About the Department of Art History

The Department of Art History is located in the University’s impressive new Humanities building, providing an excellent environment to support both undergraduate and postgraduate study in art history and visual culture. The Department of Art History is an energetic and distinguished group of eight full-time academic staff and three support staff, and scored 23/24 in the latest audit on teaching quality by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.

The Department has an ongoing relationship with the prestigious Djanogly Art Gallery on campus and close links with other museums and galleries throughout Nottingham. The city of Nottingham is an exciting place to study art history and visual culture, with a wealth of resources including:

• The Djanogly Art Gallery
• The New Art Exchange
• Nottingham Contemporary
• Nottingham Castle Museum and Gallery
• Surface Gallery
• Wollaton Hall 

 

Research in the Department

The Nottingham Institute for Research in Visual Culture (NIRVC) is a dedicated institute which co-ordinates all research activities of the Department of Art History and organises an annual programme of seminars, symposia, and conferences.

Members of staff in the Art History department are active researchers, producing nationally and internationally recognised publications including catalogue raisonnés, catalogue essays, monographs and scholarly articles. Recent publications by members of staff.

In addition, members of staff are involved in organising exhibitions locally, nationally and internationally.

In the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), 75 per cent of the Department’s research was judged as being ‘world-leading or of international excellence’. More about the Department’s RAE performance.