The Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art provides exemplary preparation for careers in the academy, museums, and associated fields. Our graduates credit their time here as a defining scholarly and professional experience.
Our student body varies widely in age, experience, background, and nationality. We welcome applicants from outside the field of the history of art, and regardless of citizenship status. The Graduate Program awards numerous full financial aid packages. The application deadline is January 3, 2020.
4/23
Mel Y. Chen presents “Arts of Agitation” This talk considers “agitation” as an interaction between bodily and political being. My attention to agitation has emerged as the last aspect of a study of chemical intimacies, wherein intoxication has operated as …
4/27
The Research and Academic Program presents, “Grand Challenges: Social History of Art and Digital Humanities Methods,” a public discussion among leaders in the field of art history about the state of the field in relationship to the digital humanities and …
4/30
Clark Fellow Celeste Olalquiaga presents “In Quest of the Gorgon’s Head.” The terrifying Medusa of mythical fame is a reinterpretation of an archaic apotropaion, or protective emblem, the Gorgoneion. Greek classic culture transformed this protective figure into a destructive one, …
Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen Named Associate Director of the Graduate Program
The Clark Appoints Caroline Fowler Associate Director of Research and Academic Program
Robert Wiesenberger Named Associate Curator of Contemporary Projects
Clark Art Institute Names Anne Leonard as Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs