Art, Art History & Visual StudiesThe Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies (AAHVS) recognizes that visual literacy plays an increasingly important role in negotiating contemporary society. Art, architecture, mass media (television, video, film, internet), and urbanism all work through reference to visual and spatial conventions. We strive to provide our graduate students not only with the necessary tools to understand objects and archives, but also the skills to interpret visual and material culture for the benefit of the broader community.
The Ph.D. Program in Art History and Visual Culture is committed to preparing students for advanced research in the global visual cultures of the past and present. Likewise, the MA Program in Digital Art History and Computational Media (DAH/CM) provides students the opportunity to explore the critical affordances and potential of digital media as well as analyze computational approaches to knowledge production.
Duke University is in the forefront of academic institutions supporting interdisciplinary and theoretical initiatives in the Humanities. Art History makes a unique contribution to these ventures. Faculty members with the Department of AAHVS are engaged in innovative teaching and research projects, many of which involve faculty and students from other departments and programs within the university.
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