PhD in Art in Norwich United Kingdom | University of East Anglia

Our department ranks among the top global institutions for art and material culture studies, standing as the UK's sole center dedicated to worldwide art research. We invite applications for PhD, MPhil, and Research Masters programs.
RESEARCH DEGREES - Faculty expertise spans: African, Asian, Pacific and American arts, Modern/Contemporary Art, Medieval/Early Renaissance works, 18th-century Art/Architecture, Modern India, British/American Art, Ancient Art/Archaeology, and Museum/Heritage Studies.
STUDENT RESEARCH - Recent student projects include:
- Medieval English alabaster sculptors (AHRC-funded with British Museum)
- British animal portraiture 1760-1840 (AHRC-funded with Tate)
- Medieval artifacts at the Museum of London (AHRC-funded with MoL)
- Postwar ethnographic collage and global modernism (1947-87)
- Contemporary art networks linking UK, South Asia and Africa
- Walter Sickert's final artistic period
- Lebanese women artists and diaspora narratives
- Cartography in Renaissance Bologna
- Facial/bodily expression in Romanesque/Gothic sculpture
- African art's influence in Imperial Germany
RESEARCH EVENTS AND TRAINING - Postgraduates may join our Graduate Research Seminar, help organize the annual Postgraduate Colloquium, and attend international speaker series. The department and Arts & Humanities Graduate School offer regular research methodology and professional development workshops.