Visual Culture

Goldsmiths, University of London
Undergraduate PhD Full-time 4 Years HistoryHistory of art

About this course

We welcome applicants wishing to explore visual culture understood as a meeting ground between creative practices, the philosophical and the political.

We usually accept research students into the Department of Visual Cultures on the basis of a match between your proposed research and the current research interests of the department as well as an assessment of your qualifications and suitability to undertake a research degree.

In order to ascertain whether your project matches our research interests and meets the criteria for MPhil and PhD level study, please consult the application pack on our website which also contains a proposal form.

Research in the department is organised around thematic clusters and we welcome proposals from applicants wishing to explore visual culture within the context of one of these clusters.

The research being carried out by both staff and students involves not just the range of thematics and concerns listed here, but also a set of dynamic methodologies that span the theoretical and the practice-based and foreground exploratory and innovative modes of submission and delivery.

Research clusters

  • Culture, Memory, Futurity

  • Environmental Humanities and Ecologies

  • Globalisation and Transcultural Practices

  • Performance and Live Art

  • Philosophy, Critical and Visual Theory

  • Political Aesthetics

  • Sexes, Genders, Genres

  • Spatial Practice and Architecture

  • Technologies of Image and Sound

  • The Curatorial
  • Study Options

    This course is available in 4 study options:

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 4 Years

    Qualification: PhD

    Location: London

    Part-time

    Duration: 6 Years

    Qualification: PhD

    Location: London

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 3 Years

    Qualification: MPhil

    Location: London

    Part-time

    Duration: 4 Years

    Qualification: MPhil

    Location: London

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    3412 Authors, writers and translators
    2435 Professional/Chartered company secretaries
    4214 Company secretaries and administrators
    2472 Archivists, conservators and curators
    2434 Business and related research professionals
    4112 Local government administrative occupations

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    4 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    London
    Scheme
    Undergraduate
    Subjects
    History, History of art