ART HISTORY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Special funding for out-of-province students
Up to $4,000 for undergraduate programs.
Up to $9,251 for Master's thesis programs.
Learn about historical, modern, and contemporary art forms. Discover craft, fashion, photography, architecture, design, and new visual technologies. Explore cross-cultural perspectives, Indigenous methodologies, gender and queer theory, and so much more. Study at Concordia and join the next generation of art historians, curators, and critics.
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UNDERGRADUATE
Adad Hannah, Aphrodite, 2008
Art History is interdisciplinary
Art History encompasses a study of sexuality, race and gender, business and economics, politics, culture and society. It depends on a vast array of theories and methods. What makes our department exciting and fairly unique is that professors’ research and the courses they offer explore a genuinely wide scope of topics and allow students to benefit from a broad understanding of what constitutes art in both historical and contemporary contexts.
Important dates
The first day of the Summer 1 term is May 12, and the first day of the Summer 2 term is July 2. The DNE deadline of Summer 1 is May 20 and the DNE deadline of Summer 2 is July 9. The DISC deadline of Summer 1 is June 11, and the DISC deadline of Summer 2 is July 31, 2025.
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On view: In Search of Black Women, A Feminist Art Poster Project
In the Fall semester of 2024, Dr. Joana Joachim offered the course ARTH 381: Feminism in Art. In this course, students considered some of the leading figures in art history as they related to the topic of Black women and art in Canada and beyond. As part of their assignments for this course, students created posters in the style of the Guerrilla Girls with a focus on Black women artists in Montreal art institutions. As part of their research process, students pulled from both the Visual Collections Repository (VCR), here at Concordia University, and from the Artexte collection to research aspects of Black woman’s art history in Montreal.
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Territorial Acknowledgement
We would like to begin by acknowledging that Concordia University is located on unceded Indigenous lands. The Kanien’kehá:ka Nation is recognized as the custodians of the lands and waters on which we gather today. Tiohtià:ke/Montréal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations. Today, it is home to a diverse population of Indigenous and other peoples. We respect the continued connections with the past, present and future in our ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within the Montreal community.
