Anyone study literature w/ an emphasis on visual/material culture? Art history bend?

[dramakat]

Hey All,

 

I'm looking into programs that have a visual culture emphasis, think: art history, material/print culture. I saw that UCI has an English PhD with an emphasis on visual culture, anyone familiar with that?

 

I also saw that USC has an English department that has an art history/english professor in their full time faculty roster. I'm just wondering if anyone has similar interests or are familiar with these programs or one similar to it elsewhere.

 

[pinkrobot]

I'm not familiar with the UCI program, but materiality's picking up a lot of steam now in a lot of different ways. Many people in my program (myself included!) are doing something along those lines. The relationship between that work and art history is more variable (some go that route, others don't--someone I know in my program is, whereas I'm not), but either way, especially with the print culture angle, I think you would not have trouble finding support. If you would like to know more about where I am, feel free to PM.