_Hodor_ Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Anyone willing to share their thoughts on this school and its Art History PhD program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosie_dearest Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 @_Hodor_ I don't know much about the program in general, but I've heard things about a few of the profs. Who's your POI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy303 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 What would be your area of study? Historically, people seem to go there for 19th century and Middle Ages/ early modern. The 19th century folks seem to on the corner of retirement. They are also super driven by social art history (not particularly theoretically driven). They hired some new folks as well as Zorach, which should be interesting. Huey Copland would be an interesting person to work with if you study contemporary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliscar Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) They have really young, stellar Modern/Contemporary scholars right now. Between Christina Kiaer, Hannah Feldman, and Huey Copeland I imagine it will be one of the top programs in the area very soon. Rebecca Zorach, though she is technically an Early Modernist, is also doing some super cool 20th century work right now. & I can't speak for all subfields, but I am not sure if I'd really see the department as leaning more towards "social art history" than "theoretical" work (not sure why the split, honestly). The scholars I've mentioned all do very theoretically engaged, social art history. Feldman's recent From a Nation Torn being a great example... Edited March 4, 2016 by poliscar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRead_JAm Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I have studied at Northwestern as an undergrad as well. I can talk about some professors that are not mentioned above, so let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy303 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Other words middle ages and 20th century is where Northwestern is headed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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