Each staff member has their own specific focus in terms of genres, mediums, theories or periods, but we share a number of underlying questions: for example, how art and visual culture are produced, presented, appropriated, and recontextualized in various media (from sketchbooks through exhibitions to digital platforms), and how new media have become subjects and materials of art practice. We also study canon formation and the functioning of the (global) art market, and we practice and reflect on art criticism.
Teaching
We teach in:
- the Bachelor programme Media, Art, Design and Architecture (MKDA).
- the one-year English-language specialization 'Contemporary Art History' of the Master Arts & Culture.
- The one-year Dutch-language specialization 'Art, Market, and Connaisseurship' of the Master Arts & Culture
- The two-year, dual Master's program 'Curating Art and Cultures'
- The two-year, English-language Research Master's specialization 'Critical Studies in Art and Cultures' of the Humanities Research Master.
Art History staff members
Dr. Angela Bartholomew, UD contemporary art
Dr. Jos ten Berge, UD modern art
Dr. Klazina Botke, lecturer early modern art
Prof. Dr. Hans Fidom, Professor of Organ Studies (Stichting Het Orgelpark)
Prof. Dr. Katja Kwastek, professor of modern and contemporary art
Dr. Sven Lütticken, UD contemporary art & art criticism
Prof. Dr. Wayne Modest, endowed professor of Material Culture and Critical Heritage Studies, housed by the National Museum of World Cultures (NMVW)
Dr. Ingrid Vermeulen, UHD early modern art
PhD students
Roel Arkesteijn
Jelle Bouwhuis
Saskia Korsten
Huigen Leeflang
Chen Wanyin