Students may take courses at our consortium partner institutions which include Columbia University (COL), Cooper Hewitt, Parsons School of Design (CH), the City University of …

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 the BGC, the student, and the sponsoring institution. A wide variety of internships are available, including positions at museums, historic houses, …

This course will explore the experience of Jews in the ancient—primarily Roman imperial—city, with particular attention to Asia Minor (modern Turkey), where evidence …

This course is the first of two “In Focus” courses where students will actively contribute to and participate in the development of a Spring 2022 exhibition …

The Afro-Brazilian anthropologist and Candomblé babalorixá Julio Braga said, “Religion was for the African for some hundred of years in Brazil, the great sentimental refuge …

Greek and Roman technology comprises a diverse body of theories and practical skills that were harnessed to intervene in the material environment, alleviate its uncertainties …

How can material culture help us understand how people in the past planned for their futures? And why should we be interested in this question? …

What is a doll? In a moment of utter despair, Sara Crewe, the desolate ten-year-old heroine of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s enduringly popular 1905 children’s …

Academic thinking has always been in active dialogue with changing social, cultural, and political contexts. Many current modes of scholarly thought, which are employed broadly …

This seminar offers an introduction to the Qin and Han dynasties by examining major archaeological finds, including the tomb complex of the First Emperor and …

This seminar explores representative ceramics made in Japan and Korea from the medieval era to the modern day. With emphasis on the artistic and technological …

This two-semester, team-taught course introduces incoming students to major historical developments in the decorative and applied arts, design, and material culture from antiquity to the …

Focusing on France as the capital of style, this seminar examines the significance of fashion during a period of major political, economic, and social change. …

This seminar examines the shifting boundaries of craft and design in the United States from World War II to the present. In the postwar era’…

Beginning in the sixteenth century, increasing numbers of affluent travelers from northern Europe, along with their tutors, artists, and chaperones, embarked on an extended Bildungsreise …

Second-year MA students who will graduate in May must register for this final paper in the spring semester. 3 credits.

Colonial encounter involves the meeting of diverse peoples, often on unequal terms, in a variety of sites and mediated by myriad cultural forms. This course …

This course examines the transformation of the visual and material culture of late medieval Christianity brought about by the Protestant Reformation and the subsequent upheavals …