Research Skills in History of Art - HOA00036M

Department: History of Art
Credit value: 10 credits
Credit level: M
Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Autumn Term 2022-23 to Spring Term 2022-23

To provide guidance regarding expectations for MA work and advanced scholarly research
To help students make the transition from undergraduate to MA and (potentially) PhD work
To familiarize students with principal archival, bibliographic and art-historical resources
To introduce a range of significant methodologies and insights from the forefront of the discipline
To encourage students to adopt and adapt methodologies to suit their own developing intellectual interests
To demonstrate how art-historical knowledge and methodology develop within a community of scholars

To be able to deploy appropriate scholarly conventions in their own work
To be familiar with archival, bibliographic and art-historical resources relevant to their own research
To be familiar with a range of methodologies significant for the discipline
To know how to apply and adapt methodologies appropriate to their own research
To be able to develop independent research within the context of previous scholarship

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100

None

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100

Feedback on summative assessment within 20 working days.

Donald Preziosi, ed., The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology, 2nd ed. 2009
Michael Hatt and Charlotte Klonk, Art History: A Critical Introduction to its Methods, 2006
Jae Emerling, Theory for Art History, 2005
Robert Nelson and Richard Shiff, eds, Critical Terms for Art History, 2nd ed. 2003
Eric Fernie, ed., Art History and Its Methods, 1995