Art History at UofGuelph

08/01/2025

We're baaaack!!! See our new, revised ARTH Major program here -

As several courses are offered in alternate years, students are encouraged to meet with their Academic Advisor and Faculty Advisor to plan their schedule of studies.

11/22/2023

11/22/2023

Congratulations to Professor Amanda Boetzkes and Dana Feldman, MA! Their co-written book chapter, "From Plasticity to the Aesthesis of Q***r Toxicity" was published in an award-winning book. "Plastics, Environment, Culture and the Politics of Waste" edited by Dr. Tatiana Konrad received a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2023 award. ***Quality matters in the MA program in Art History and Visual Culture.***

06/28/2022

Please join Dr. Sally Hickson in congratulating Mirabel Ankora for the successful defence of her MA thesis, "Material Culture, African Textiles and National Identity". Special thanks go to Dr. Christina Smylitopoulos, Dr. Femi Kolapo and Dr. Amanda Boetzkes for serving on the committee. Congratulations Mirabel!

05/05/2022

Please join Professor Amanda Boetzkes in congratulating Nicole Smith for the successful defense of her outstanding thesis titled "Black Visuality in Canada Through the Decolonial Option: A Sociogenic Account of the Work of Jorian Charlton". Many thanks to Dr. Christina Smylitopoulos and Dr. Jade Ferguson for serving on the advisory committee and for their insightful questions and to Dr. Dominic Marner for chairing the examination. Congratulations Nicole!

04/20/2022

Please join Dr. Christina Smylitopoulos in congratulating Susannah Hoffmann-Mitscherling for the successful defense of her exceptional thesis entitled “Uncomfortable Stories: Canada’s TRC and Kent Monkman’s ‘Hanky Panky’ and ‘Welcoming the Newcomers’” and the completion of her MA in Art History and Visual Culture. Many thanks go to Professor Amanda Boetzkes and Dr. Ania Wroblewski for their insightful examinations of the work and to Dr. Jessica Jacobson-Konefall for chairing the oral exam. We are also very grateful to Sheila A. Nyman, who very kindly provided an opening for the exam.
Congratulations, Susannah!!

03/02/2022

Interested in attending the 2022 Venice Biennale? Want to do it for academic credit? Want to do an internship at the Canadian Pavilion? Queen's University is still accepting applications for their Venice Summer School - apply before March 11. See details below -
https://www.queensu.ca/art/art-history/venice-summer-school?fbclid=IwAR2mLO5csOnnKSe37W5Nmsp9U0SeGR5ILRQ7zIEUmSEDOh8iursW59K9XlY

The application deadline for ARTH 380 in May 2022 is March 11, 2022.

01/26/2022

Congratulations to MA Alum Anna McWebb and Professor Amanda Boetzkes on the publication of their book chapter "Posthuman Vectors and the Production of a Common Flesh" in *The Posthuman Pandemic* edited by Saul Newman and Tihomir Topuzovski. Now out with Bloomsbury Press!

10/23/2021

Check out this exciting opportunity for a Flavio Belli Curator Award, for students registered in a post-secondary program...

09/23/2021

Bachinski Chu Print Study Collection - fall hours

08/13/2021

Please join Dr. Christina Smylitopoulos in congratulating Ellen Scott for the successful completion of her MA in Art History and Visual Culture and her exceptional Major Research Paper entitled “Alterity and Innocence: William Blake's Visions of the Enslaved Child.” Many thanks go to Dr. Amanda Boetzkes for her insightful examination of the work. Congratulations, Ellen!!

06/28/2021

Congratulations to MA alum Isabel Brandt and Professor Amanda Boetzkes on the publication of their essay "Synthetic Elements and the Aesthesis of the Anthropocene," in the exhibition catalog *EcoArt China*, curated by Professor Lisa Claypool!