Hi, I'm Dr Claire Jones. I'm a lecturer in
the Department of Art History, Curating and
Visual Studies. I'm also Director of Postgraduate
Studies and convenor of the MA in Art History
and Curating.
The MA History of Art offers students a chance
to research a broad range of subjects and
topics in art history and to specialise through
their 15000 word dissertation in a subject
of their choice.
One of the key facilities that we have here
at Birmingham is the Barber Institute of Fine
Arts. Our students are taught within this
internationally renowned art gallery and they're
taught within small seminar groups in our
lecture spaces and our seminar room and then
we go up into the galleries to further the
students' learning as well.
We offer a range of topics on the MA History
of Art all of which relate to our staff research
interests. This might range from Inside Out
which looks at Parisian interiors in the 19th
century to modules on eastern European art,
British 19th century art or masculinities
in post-war Britain.
The MA History of Art is delivered in our
wonderful facilities on campus - the Barber
Institute of Fine Arts which offers an incredible
art collection and expertise for the students
to come in contact with throughout the course
of their studies.
We also have a range of staff interests which
is reflected in the modules that we offer
our students and the students have an individual
dissertation supervisor for their dissertations
as well.
One of my favourite aspects of teaching on
the MA History of Art is the dissertation
module and to guide a student over a period
of months to hone a specialist area of research
and to see them develop through that.
I would encourage them to come to an open
day to meet staff from the department and
I'd also encourage them to look at our online
departmental webpages to see our staff research
interests and to get a sense of the modules
that we offer.
