History of Art is top-rated for research; our staff are active researchers in a range of specialist fields and there is a thriving graduate community. Graduate students participate in our weekly graduate seminar, and research students also write, edit and produce the journal Object. We also offer opportunities, posted on our Latest News and Events feed , for research students to work as Teaching Assistants in the department. Research areas: Art theory and the history of the discipline; British, French and German art and architecture c. 1700–1945; Cross-cultural studies and globalisation; Materials, objects and practices of art history; Modern and contemporary art; Medieval and early modern studies; The history of the body and the relationship between art and science. Recent graduates have been awarded prestigious postdoctoral fellowship and secured academic positions at top universities and research institutes in the UK, Europe, North America and Asia. Many have also pursued successful curatorial careers at major museums and collections in Britain, including Tate Modern, the Hayward Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Barbican Art Gallery and many more including museum and galleries abroad. Others work as art journalists or in publishing.