Research

Faculty and students in the Department of Art and Art History are engaged in a wide range of research projects. Research efforts are funded through federal agencies, private foundations, and entities at Georgetown.

Resources for Students

Georgetown University and the Department of Art & Art History have a variety of resources available to help students with their research. Explore more below.

Undergraduate Research FAQ Department Resources Graduate Student Research Guide Lauinger Library Special Collections Research Center University Art Collection

Faculty Research

The faculty of the Art & Art History Department are constantly pursuing their own exciting projects. You can learn about our faculty’s areas of research and expertise at the links below.

Research News Faculty Profiles Main Campus Researcher Guide

Research News

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Image of Dr. Christine Slobogin, a white woman with chin length blond hair, smiling and wearing a gray blazer.

Announcements, In the News, News

Art History alum Dr. Christine Slobogin to present talk “Art, Humor, and Gender in the Second World War Plastic Surgery Ward.”

Dr. Christine Slobogin (C‘16) is a health humanities scholar who uses art and visual culture as a way to understand ethics, emotion, medicine, and gender.

March 29, 2023

Announcements, In the News, News

BG Muhn Lecture in Tokyo, Friday June 3rd — “Pyongyang Art, Chosonhwa: Is it for Revolution or for Art?”

Professor Muhn presented on the Japanese publication of his book North Korean Art: The Enigmatic World of Chosonhwa (2021), the culmination of an eight-year study of the artwork and underlying culture of art in Pyongyang.

June 22, 2022

Announcements, In the News, News

Analyzing Ceramics Sheds Light on Xenophobia, 1300 Years Too Late

Xin Zheng, a double major in art history and history, presented his paper on the depiction of ethnic minorities in Tang Dynasty (618-907) pottery at the SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium.

June 17, 2022