Welcome to The Courtauld Professor David Solkin Dean and Deputy Director
Dec 16, 2015
Welcome to The Courtauld
Professor David SolkinDean and Deputy Director
History
• First university department in the UK dedicated to the study of the history and conservation of art
• Founded in 1932 by Samuel Courtauld, Viscount Lee and Sir Robert Witt
• Moved to Somerset House in 1989
• Independent college of the University of London since 2002
Postgraduate degree programmes
• Courtauld Graduate Diploma in the History of Art
• MA History of Art• MA Curating the Art Museum• MA Buddhist Art: History and Conservation• Postgraduate Diploma in the Conservation
of Easel Paintings• MA Conservation of Wall Paintings (next intake
2016)
• Research degrees (MPhil, PhD)
About us• Small size - friendly accessible
community• Strong emphasis on
postgraduate study – 180 MA’s, 125 PhD’s – depth and breadth
• World-class faculty of art historians and conservators
• Wide range of specialisms• Research focus – 1st in the
power ranking in History of Art and 2nd nationally in the quality index of all UK universities (Research Assessment Exercise 2008)
• 6,000+ alumni, many of whom are key figures in the UK and global art world
Research• The Research Forum
– Hub of Courtauld’s research community– Speakers have included: TJ Clark, Carlo
Ginzburg, Hubert Damisch, Tamar Garb, Tracey Emin, Shirin Neshat and Richard Serra
– Student-organised conferences, blogs, reading groups, work-in-progress seminars
– publications• Special access events, including field trips (e.g.
medieval and renaissance trips to exhibitions in Aachen, Paris, Rotterdam, Frankfurt, Florence, Berlin
• Research skills training courses • Co-Founder of Research Skills Intercollegiate
Network (ReSkIN)• CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership funded by
the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). 12 PhDs funded from 2014-5 (as many CHASE-funded students as the entire arts faculties at Kent and Sussex)
About youThe Courtauld provides the opportunity:• To immerse yourself in the in-
depth study of one or more areas of art history or conservation
• To find your own scholarly voice
• To begin to make your own contributions to the discipline – through writing, teaching, organising events
• To become part of an intellectual community entirely focused on art and its histories
• To engage closely with a broad range of original artworks at The Courtauld, in London, and abroad
• To prepare yourself for a variety of careers in the art world