Independent study offers students the opportunity to pursue research in areas beyond the range of the standard curriculum. Through independent study, students further their knowledge …

Internships are arranged through Bard Graduate Center, the student, and the sponsoring institution. A wide variety of internships are available, including positions at museums, historic …

This two-semester, team-taught course, required of all entering MA students, and PhD students who have not taken a course deemed comparable, traces major historical developments …

This fall-term course is required for all entering MA students, and PhD students who have not taken a course deemed comparable. Reflecting the Bard Graduate …

This seminar presents a cultural study of European and American women’s dress from the Belle Époque through the 1980s. Within a chronological framework that …

From the mid-eighteenth through the early nineteenth century, much European art, architecture, and design was animated by aesthetic principles and formal models derived from the …

Fired by a concern that British exports were suffering in the international market, the British government launched a campaign in the 1830s to improve the …

This seminar surveys the Indigenous arts of the Northwest Coast of North America from historical and contemporary perspectives. We will look at a full range …

In the past century scholarship in art and material culture have benefited greatly from the discussion of the materials and ideas relating to the Mediterranean …

Over the past two centuries, the museum has emerged as one of the primary institutional venues for intercultural encounter mediated by objects. Practices of both …

Miracle, magic, apotropia, and efficacy are just a few of the terms that embedded the Middle Ages with supernatural activity. This seminar explores the place …

Covering the period between 1400 and 1650, and with an emphasis on comparisons and interchange between Italy, Germany, France, England, and the Low Countries, this survey course …

This course examines the intersection between 1861 and 1865 of internecine conflict, involuntary African immigration and enslavement, and Indian genocide. Discussion will focus on the role material …

This course will continue the themes of the first In Focus class (Fabricating Power), exploring the nature of cross-cultural exchange, colonial power relationships, and the …

Before the age of mass production, textiles could be worth their weight in gold. Their value dwarfed the containers used to transport them and the …

In this reading course we will work together to arrive at a basic understanding of the chief philosophical accounts of objects in the modern period. …

The temporary exhibition, where objects are grouped together for a limited time to elucidate a particular thesis or argument, has been a key curatorial practice …

How do archaeologists transform artifacts into evidence about the past? We address that question through an examination of a range of quotidian material remains recovered …

As a first step toward an eventual reinstallation of the collection, this class will examine and evaluate the Brooklyn Museum collections of decorative arts in …

The Museum of Modern Art has played a crucial role in narrating twentieth-century domestic design since its inception in 1929. Highlighting materials in the museum's design …

This course will explore the fundamental structures and properties of the materials used to construct the decorative environment. The objects that make up this environment …

This course will introduce students to the historical archaeology of New York City and to the material traces of the past that lie beneath our …