Emory University

[serendipity17]

What are the strengths of Emory's PhD program in art history? Specifically how the specialization of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Europe art fares as well as the Department of French and Italian in complementing the art history PhD. 

[serendipity17]

Or any other suggestions? Very new here, so just trying to get a feel of what's out there

[Joan Callamezzo]

I have no personal experience, but I have a friend who was accepted and chose to attend a different school. Her main issue (which is confirmed by their website) is that they seem to place very regionally, and at fairly low-tier schools and institutions. For whatever reason the program does not much national recognition. So if you really want to stay in the south it might be a good fit - if not, I'd look elsewhere. 

Looking at their website, they only offer 3-4 grad seminars a semester, which honestly is not ideal. They do seem to be heavily geared towards medieval/early modern though, so that's good for you. However - I have to give *major* side-eye to their ZERO non-western offerings. It looks like they have specialists in andean archeology and african art, but they haven't taught classes the last two years.. Medieval and early modern are rapidly becoming cross-cultural disciplines, and you will have difficulty on the job market if you can't show that you're taking part in those conversations. Ideally you'd want to be able to take classes in Islamic and transatlantic topics. 

 

[serendipity17]

Wow, this is all incredibly helpful! Thank you, I will definitely have this in mind