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Art history - education (study abroad)
Dominic Janes
Having been faculty at Cambridge and London universities, I have recently been appointed as academic director by a study abroad provider in London. My key aim in the post is to develop teaching curricula, methods and approaches which make the most of the study abroad experience.
To give an example, I provided academic advice for a recent art history course which included organising visits not just to galleries and museums, but also to meet writers, gallery owners and artists, in order to engage with key practitioners and opinion formers: I called it a "visual culture"
course rather than "art history" - and was also keen to get involved with the study of objects and things, ie with readings from anthropology of art and material culture.
My PhD, incidentally, is in history and art history, with particular
relevance to cultural and religious issues in Britain and Western Europe. I published God and Gold in Late Antiquity with Cambridge University Press in 1998 and have Romans and Christians due out this year.
I wondered if there were list members who had interests in approaches to teaching classes abroad, particularly in the UK and what makes a good study abroad experience. A further issue is how to combine teaching and research.
The advantage with Foundation is that courses can be custom built. My role is make sure that standards are as good as or better than at a decent UK university. Another issue for potential discussion is the pros and cons of exchange programs between universities as compared with going through a dedicated study centre.
Dominic J.
Dr Dominic Janes
Director of Academic Programs
Foundation for International Education, London http://www.fie.org.uk
djanes@fie.org.uk
Reference:
Q: Art history - education (study abroad). In: ArtHist.net, Mar 22, 2002 (accessed Feb 27, 2022),
<https://arthist.net/archive/24920>.
