neongolden
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Actually, there are a few people who deal with both Modern and Medieveal/Early Modern art.
Like Alexander Nagel at the IFA. Have you checked him out?
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I went to one of the programs on your list. I contacted potential advisers and they sent back polite messages that they had more important issues (PhD students) to deal with. So it's absolutely not a requirement... still, I think it cannot hurt, especially when you have a specific professor in mind and can tell them concretely why you'd love to study with them.
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Also think about Columbia and NYU IFA if you want to come to New York!
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I absolutely agree with condivi.
I got a terminal MA and am now in a PhD at a different school... because I only applied to the MA at first out of modesty.
I enjoyed both experiences in the end, but I wish everyday that I had at least tried the PhD right away. There are a few funded MAs... like Williams, which is a very prestigious program. -
Would those in the know be willing to share their thoughts regarding the top programs for a student with a Ren/Bar focus?
Also, on an unrelated side note, does anyone know anything about Bard's PhD program in decorative arts, design history, & material culture? I am kind of intrigued-- does it have a good reputation?
Thank you in advance!
I think it does have a pretty great reputation in the somewhat narrow field of design history. It's known to offer lots of opportunities for hands-on study of objects. Perhaps not unlike the NYU-IFA, which is not far away.
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If any of the Harvard "Accepted"s would care to elaborate either publicly or in a pm, I'd be very, very grateful!
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Agreed (not surprisingly) with condivi. Chicago and Hopkins are just below HYP, then there's a decently large second tier with Ivys like Brown and publics like Michigan, with some great options (if you can afford them) like CUNY.
Part of your remark speaks, by the way, to an old perception of CUNY. Studying their used to be a huge financial problem, but they now offer full teaching fellowships to at least 7 of their ten PhD candidates.
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It will be an interesting next 10 years as program reputations change drastically depending upon retirements. Berkeley saw a huge hit with retirements as well as UPenn in the last decade. Will Berkeley really ever be the same place without T.J Clark? IFA, Columbia, among others may see a change in environment as well. I would not be surprised to see some programs like USC, Duke, Wisconsin, or Northwestern begin to give a place like IFA or Chapel Hill some rivalry in the next decade.
Dear artlover26,
I'd love to hear specifics about the changes you foresee... also and perhaps in areas other than Modern and Contemporary. Who knows, maybe there's a thing or two I can learn by hearing about some up-and-coming academics.
I know that Columbia is very strong in the Modern/Contemporary Department even without people like Krauss. They have Branden Joseph, Alexander Alberro and also Kellie Jones and Noam Elcott. They also recently gained Avinoam Shalem from Munich in the Islamic Art Department, which I hear is a huge boost.
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There is a reasonably acceptable list: http://arthistorynewsletter.com/blog/?p=5204
However that's from 2011, and there have been shake-ups since. Nemerov and soon Joselit aren't/won't be at Yale, so depending on who comes in, there will be some movement. Darby English left Chicago for Williams, but Chicago in general has made some big hires. The rest of your list seems acceptable, but I'm not sure I'd agree with Stanford's inclusion.
I'd kind of like to update this thread... especially since decision time will be upon us pretty soon.
I am also a Modern/Contemporary person and would argue that this field has been reshuffled in recent years and months.
Just for example:
David Joselit has moved from Yale to CUNY.
Stanford has hired Richard Meyer and Alexander Nemerov.
Even without the obvious transitions, some younger scholars who would not have been huge names in 2011 seem to be making a mark. Think of Huey Copeland and Hannah Feldman at Northwestern, for example.
Also, it seems that there might be some shaking up on the top end in the coming years, with much of the older OCTOBER guard approaching an age that some would consider to be retirement-appropraite... like Rosalind Krauss at Columbia, Benjamin Buchloh at Harvard and Douglas Crimp at Rochester.
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does anyone have any guesses which unis will sent out acceptances this week? based on last year Columbia seems like it might be imminent.
I did not apply there, but I know more than one person who has already heard back from Columbia... at least unofficially.
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Good question, artman.
I was e-mailed by the department email/the faculty host for the event. Is it possible that the faculty host is also your POI and that's why you were e-mailed directly?
Gregor, did you apply to the graduate center or just MA programs? I believe the invites were for the doctorate program only.
I just called CUNY for a related matter, but because I was so nervous about not having gotten an invite, I also asked about what the invitation means. As it turns out, the reception is for "all prospective students" indeed and applications will only be reviewed in the next few weeks
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Dear Ghosts...,
i applied to CUNY and did not get an invite to the CAA breakfast. When did you get it, might I ask?
Gregor
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I know quite a bit about the MODA program at Columbia... and I know that GRE scores were really not all that important a part of the application there. Your scores really sound fine! I had 165V155Q5.5W (as an expat) and I think I was on the btter side of my admitted class.
Focus on your statements and give them two extra edits rather than taking another GRE
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Hi!
I have sent out my application to Stanford and Princeton (where I have also applied in the German department). In the next few days, I also hope to finalize applications to Harvard and the CUNY GradCenter. All to focus on post-war art and media studies.
-neon
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Yep, same here. Waiting for the letter. They did say it was going to take 2 weeks, so I'm not all that worried. Especially since I'm in Europe.
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Congratulations, flower!
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Just received my unofficial acceptance email to Columbia's Critical and Curatorial Studies program. Not entirely sure how I'll finance it (especially since school's free where I live right now), but since it's the only American program I applied to, i'm pretty excited to say the least.
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Just got an acceptance email. I'm the result with the typo
PM me, fellow acceptees!
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Congratulations to the Columbia admits!!!
I applied to their Master's, so now the committees will have time todeal with lowly folk like me.
May I ask what your fields and who your POIs are?
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The only time you should get a Princeton Review is when you have very little time and need to cram. Otherwise, the Quant questions are 1) way too easy, and 2) sometimes explained and solve in plainly wrong ways.
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Dear you two,
thanks for the reassuring news. Now that the results board shows that the PhD-acceptance letters are out, I'm eagerly awaiting the MA news
--neon
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My TOEFL scores, which ETS assured me were sent out by January 31st, still don't show up on my application website. I called the admissions office and they told me not to worry and that they just had not figured out how to enter TOEFL scores into the system. Should I just leave it at that? Has anybody else experienced this?
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Columbia just converted the numbers incorrectly before posting to the website. Probably just a clerical error. Don't let it get to you and just apply.
Dear Stu,
thanks for the encouraging words... I did apply, so we'll se what comes of it.
It's actually somewhat interesting for me to read Americans rage about the uselessness of the GRE. Coming from an academic background that avoids standardization whereever possible (who knew Germans would ever be like that), it was actually somewhat refreshing for me to have to think in very narrow, goal oriented boxes... Weird right?I write about art for a living right now, so I'm somewhat comfortable with my skills in that department, but the extremely narrow specifications fo the task required me to think very differently about writing.
Cinema studies to art history?
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Stanford University has a joint department between art history & film and media studies. It might be the best place for what you're looking to study. They don't have a terminal MA, though.
Also, GRE grades are
1. less important in the humanities. What matters more is research fit and writing samples
2. VERY easily improved with some practice. Standardized testing is a skill, not a measure of intelligence. Get yourself a book, practice a bunch, re-take the test and you're fine.