Art History, University of Toronto

Art History, University of Toronto The official page of the Department of Art History, University of Toronto. The Department of Art History is located in the Sidney Smith Hall Building.

The Department of Art History at the University of Toronto is devoted to investigating the ways in which individuals and civilizations have expressed themselves through the ages in architecture, painting and sculpture, printmaking, photography, and the various arts of design. Founded in 1934, it was the first model for such department at a Canadian university and has achieved an international repu

tation for scholarly and creative excellence. The Department offers both graduate and undergraduate degrees in Art History, exploring a wide chronological and geographic scope, ranging from the Bronze Age to the present, from Europe to Asia to the Americas. Extensive library resources, on-campus art collections, and a Federated Academic Digital Imaging System (developed completely within the Department of Art History and now used widely at other Canadian Universities) are enhanced by access to the country’s most vibrant, diverse, and well-represented art community.

We are grateful to Professor Christian Joschke for his remarkable Fondation DRG Visiting Scholar Lecture: "1933. Visual ...
05/29/2026

We are grateful to Professor Christian Joschke for his remarkable Fondation DRG Visiting Scholar Lecture: "1933. Visual Culture Resisting the N**i Regime."

Professor Joschke brought to life the urgency and courage of those who resisted fascism through images. Thank you to everyone who joined us. Your engagement made this evening truly memorable!

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05/27/2026

Scenes from our Study Abroad in France 🇫🇷

This is what learning looks like when you're actually *there*. 🗼✨

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Follow for more rare books, walking tours, and living galleries! 🖼️🚶‍♂️✈️

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Our Fall-term 2026 Internships in Art History Listings are here! internships provide students...
05/22/2026

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Our Fall-term 2026 Internships in Art History Listings are here! internships provide students with the opportunity to work with local organizations, earn course credit (FAH481H1), learn new skills, and make professional connections. 🖼️🍂

Apply today for your chance to work with one of the following partners this fall:


Toronto
















DEADLINE: Apply by June 5, 2026. See the website for details.

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Link in bio 🔗

is pleased to present the next instalment of our Fondation DRG Visiting Scholar Lecture Series, featuring Christian Jos...
05/22/2026

is pleased to present the next instalment of our Fondation DRG Visiting Scholar Lecture Series, featuring Christian Joschke ()! 🇫🇷

Register now for “1933: Visual Culture Resisting the N**i Regime”!

WHEN: Tuesday, May 26 at 5:00-6:30 PM
WHERE: Paul Cadario Conference Centre, University College
15 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON

For talk details and to register, click the link in bio 🔗

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Christian Joschke is professor of art history at Beaux-Arts Paris and co-chief editor of the journal Transbordeur. Photographie histoire société (published by Macula).

📸: John Heartfield, Free the Way to Peace! [Weg frei für den Frieden!], Volksillustrierte, Sept. 2 1936, cover.

In honour of National Organ & Tissue Donation Awareness Week, we celebrate the journey of community member, Dr. Stephan...
04/20/2026

In honour of National Organ & Tissue Donation Awareness Week, we celebrate the journey of community member, Dr. Stephanie Azzarello! 💚

To listen to Stephanie and her living donor, Trisha Beard’s, extraordinary story, click the link in our bio! 🎧

About half a year after going on the waitlist for a liver transplant, post-doc Dr. Stephanie Azzarello was too sick to work. The reason she's back in the department now is because of the kindness of a complete stranger.

“I have this healthy moment given to me by my beautiful organ, by my beautiful organ donor. I just live my life,” says Azzarello. “I’m alive because of her.”

📸/ 🎙️: Elizabeth Hoath / CBC

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If you are curious about organ donation, visit beadonor.ca

Join the Toronto Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA Toronto Society) for the Inaugural Maria C. Sha...
04/16/2026

Join the Toronto Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA Toronto Society) for the Inaugural Maria C. Shaw Memorial Lecture and celebrate the lasting impact Prof. Shaw has had on the archaeological community in Toronto. ⛏️🏺

Dr. James C. Wright presents, “What’s in a Name? The Ancient Harbour at Kommos Known as Amyklai,” in a lecture which is FREE and Open to all!

WHEN: April 28th at 5:30 PM ET
WHERE: The Faculty Club, 41 Wilcocks St., Toronto

RSVP for this wonderful event in honour of Prof. Maria C. Shaw at aiatoronto.ca/events

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RSVP for The Maria C. Shaw Memorial Lecture presented by Professor Jim Wright, current Director of the Kommos excavations and former Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Professor Wright will discuss new perspectives on the ancient port town of Kommos and its likely identification as Amyklai, as attested in both Linear B tablets from Knossos and the inscription of Amenhotep III at Kom el-Hetan in Egypt. He will trace the continuity of this name into historic times, when Kommos–Amyklai functioned as the port of Gortyn, and will conclude with an overview of the ongoing conservation master plan for the site.

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Department of Art History welcomes submissions from all interested scholars that bring historical a...
04/10/2026

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Department of Art History welcomes submissions from all interested scholars that bring historical and empirical perspectives on art history pedagogy into dialogue for a symposium on ‘How Art History Teaches: Images, Infrastructure, Cognition’ 🧑‍🏫

Submission deadline: Friday, May 15, 2026
Symposium date: Friday, October 16, 2026

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This international symposium examines art history pedagogy as both a historical formation and a living practice. Bringing art historians into dialogue with cognitive science, it invites participants to reflect on the media, formats, and habits through which the discipline has taught students to look, remember, compare, and interpret.

Confirmed speakers:

- Zeynep Çelik Alexander (), author of Kinaesthetic Knowing: Aesthetics, Epistemology, Modern Design (2017)
- Christy Anderson (University of Toronto Department of Art History), former Editor-in-Chief of the Art Bulletin
- Matthew Lincoln, Manager for Software Engineering, JSTOR Labs
- Daniel Willingham (University of Virginia), author of Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy (2022)

In addition to the confirmed speakers, we will select approximately five presenters from this open call.

Accepted presenters will give 25-minute papers. We are currently seeking funding to cover travel and accommodation costs for all speakers.

Send a title, 500-word abstract, and CV to convenor Joseph L. Clarke ([email protected]) and coordinator Heath Valentine ([email protected]) by May 15, 2026.

For details on the symposium, click the link in bio. 🔗

Ernest Cousin, Amphitheatre at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris during a lecture on photography by Charles Fabre in 1892.

Class of 2026, you did it! 🎓Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate our graduating Art History specialists, majo...
03/31/2026

Class of 2026, you did it! 🎓

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate our graduating Art History specialists, majors, and minors last Friday. It was a great evening!

Go do big things! 🖼️

Doing research for your course’s final paper? Make sure to visit the Art History Library and its wonderful librarian and...
03/30/2026

Doing research for your course’s final paper? Make sure to visit the Art History Library and its wonderful librarian and keeper, Margaret English, for resources and advice! 📚✨

“Students’ best resource in the library is me,” English tells students. “Whenever the door’s open, I’m available, no appointment needed! So, for anything from help finding a specific item to just basic ‘how to research a topic’ advice, I’m here in my office.” 📖

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To read more about Margaret and the Department of Art History Library, click the link in our bio 🔗

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