PhD Program - Art History

The doctoral programme in Art History, organised by the Universities of Fribourg, Geneva, Lausanne and Neuchâtel, aims to bring together doctoral candidates whose theses cover all periods of the discipline. It is conceived as a common space for exchanging ideas, preparing for professional life, methodological reflection, but also as a meeting place between members of the partner universities. By promoting mobility between the French-speaking Swiss universities or foreign ones, the doctoral programme in Art History offers structured teaching in the field of post-graduate studies in close collaboration between the member institutes.

The doctoral programme in Art History has practical ambitions: it aims to facilitate the completion, within reasonable timeframes, of high-quality doctoral theses in the various orientations of the discipline. The large number of professors, teachers and researchers from the four universities involved in the doctoral programme in Art History and the diversity of their fields of work and research - from early Christian art to contemporary art - guarantees high-quality supervision for doctoral candidates in all areas of the discipline and throughout the development of their thesis.

A selection of specialised activities and modules is intended to strengthen the training of doctoral candidates. Scientific meetings will be devoted to current debates, encouraging the formulation and confrontation of ideas, emphasising interdisciplinary openness and facilitating contact with specialists in our field as well as related disciplines. International meetings, which may occasionally be organised by the doctoral candidates themselves and which will be devoted to varied themes, complement the training and provide doctoral candidates with the opportunity to integrate into the international academic networks. All this is intended to meet the concrete needs of doctoral candidates, whether at the methodological or thematic level.

In addition to the scientific training provided by the doctoral programme in Art History, a whole range of transversal training offered by the CUSO further guarantees the improvement of professional skills aimed at strengthening their communication abilities, the promotion of their research and other more general skills.

Contact persons:

• Mr Nicolas Bock, UNIL
• Ms Elodie Leschot, UNIL