Art and Visual Culture (Research)

Overview

Programme overview

The Master's specialisation in Art and Visual Culture focuses on the interpretation of visual culture and its role in society. The programme takes a multi-disciplinary approach, and allows you to see your topics of interest from different perspectives.

This programme helps you to prepare you for PhD research, including writing and publishing scholarly articles. You will be paired with a personal tutor to help you design and conduct your research. You also have plenty of opportunity to travel abroad for courses.

What will you learn?

• Examine the material, historical, and visual specificities of visual product or artifact in various theoretical contexts and from the perspectives of three different disciplines: Classical Archaeology, Cultural Studies and Art History
• Participate in multi-disciplinary seminars to discuss topics pertaining to your interests

• Gain valuable skills in designing, conducting and presenting your research projects and writing scholarly articles

• Gain knowledge of leading perspectives, theories, concepts, and paradigm shifts in the humanities and advanced knowledge specifically for own field.

Career prospects

This programme is initially intended to prepare its students for an academic career, in particular as PhD researchers. About half of our graduates find such a position in the Netherlands or abroad. The other half also do well and often find academic positions with research orientated duties. Examples include:

• Researcher at a cultural or scientific organisation or research centre
• Assistant of a senior researcher
• Teacher at an institution for higher education
• Policy-making official in the fields of culture and science
• Editor in the field of historical or cultural scholarship
• Staff member of a publishing company or and text agency, usually with regard to scientific, historical or cultural journals
• Curator of a cultural heritage institution or in the museological sector
• Consultant for a political party