Courses and research in the Department of History of Art and Architecture are grounded in the humanities, and intersect with study in visual art, global cultures, science and technology studies and the built environment. Our nationally renowned faculty scholars span diverse areas of study, and help to train students to become conversant in visual, historical and critical analysis across visual cultures, historical periods and geographic regions. Our alumni have gone on to successful careers as scholars, educators, arts administrators, intellectual property lawyers and museum curators among other rewarding professions in art and culture.
History of Art and Architecture
History of Art and Architecture
The Department of the History of Art and Architecture (HIAA) at Brown University is committed to the ongoing study of art, architecture, and material culture.
History of Art and Architecture
The Department of the History of Art and Architecture (HIAA) at Brown University is committed to the ongoing study of art, architecture, and material culture.
Open House! 11/14
Are you considering a first or second concentration in History of Art and Architecture or Architecture?
Please drop in anytime between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm this Thursday, November 14 in List Art Building room 423. The Department of the History of Art and Architecture is hosting an open house for future concentrators to learn about the department and its concentrations and to ask questions of DUG leaders, faculty, and current concentrators.
Academic Pathways
The architecture concentration places greater emphasis on technical training, and allows students to develop a broad understanding of the concepts and methods for the planning and design of buildings, landscapes and cities.
The History of Art and Architecture concentration trains students in the techniques of close-looking, visual description and interpretation, and critical analysis that are necessary to locate the work of art in history.
Brown's Ph.D. program in the History of Art and Architecture offers professional training in the history of art and architecture and, more broadly, in the history of visual and material culture and the built environment.
The application for the 2025-2026 academic year is open. Completed applications are due by January 2nd, 2025.
The application for the 2025-2026 academic year is open. Completed applications are due by January 2nd, 2025.
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The Architectural Review
Book review: "Architecture Against Democracy"
Read this book review referencing Professor Itohan Osayimwese's chapter, “Afro-Caribbean Migration and Detention at Ellis Island,” published in "Architecture against Democracy: Aesthetics, Nationalism, and Power," 140-62, edited by Reinhold Martin and Claire Zimmerman for University of Minnesota Press, 2024.
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News from Brown
With cyanotype, Brown student uses the sun to visualize the moon
Inspired by Chinese handscrolls and NASA film of the moon’s surface, senior Logan Tullai used an 1800s technique to lead a community art project on campus on 60-foot-long swaths of silk.
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SOAS University of London
Professor Barrymore Bogues Awarded Honorary Degree from SOAS
Professor Anthony Bogues will be awarded a Doctor of Literature (DLit) (honoris causa) by the University of London at this year's graduation ceremony.
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