Admission requirements
Admission to the MA Arts and Culture: Museum Studies / Art History, research master Arts and Culture, research master Arts, Literature and Media.
Students of the Humanities faculty who are interested and who are not enrolled in the Master Arts and Culture should contact the study adviser in order to enroll, only possible if there are places left.
Description
This course provides an opportunity to engage with the critical terms and perspectives that shape the discourse in museum studies, both in relation to art history, archaeology, and anthropology. How do terms such as provenance, restitution, posthumanism, interculturality and globalization (to name but a few) inform theories of interpretation and exhibition, as well as strategies for engaging artworks and cultural artifacts? Students will reflect critically on the role of collections, institutions in society, and diverse modes of historical inquiry.
Course objectives
Students will:
Acquire insight into a variety of theories, debates, and practices in Art History and Museum Studies;
Analyse and understand various scholarly positions and their consequences for the meanings and agency of art works and their display;
Position oneself in relation to these;
Develop skills in oral presentation while defending viewpoints and arguments with regard to art works and their display in museums, galleries, exhibitions, etc.;
Present an analytical scholarly paper related to the course objectives.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
- Lecture and seminar course with analysis and discussion of readings.
Attendance is compulsory. Students are allowed to miss a maximum of two seminars, provided they present a valid reason beforehand. Students who have missed more than two seminars will have to aply to the Examination Board of the MA Arts and Culture in order to obtain permission to further follow and complete the course.
Assessment method
Assessment
Presentation;
Paper
ResMa students taking this course will write a paper that reflects the demands of the Research Master. That is, they will have to formulate a more complex and original research question and include a critical positioning towards the state of the art of its subject.
Weighing
Presentation (20%);
Paper (80%)
The final grade is established by determination of the weighted average and should be a 6.0 or higher. Marks under 5.0 for the paper are not allowed.
Resit
Re-examination via the paper.
For the time tables exams 2023-2024 see; Timetable
Inspection and feedback-
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
See Brightspace.
Registration
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website
Registration À la carte education, Contract teaching and Exchange
Information for those interested in taking this course in context of À la carte education (without taking examinations), eg. about costs, registration and conditions.
Information for those interested in taking this course in context of Contract teaching (with taking examinations), eg. about costs, registration and conditions.
For the registration of exchange students contact Humanities International Office.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Arsenaal
Remarks
All other information.