Master Histoire de l’art - Parcours Histoire de l’art moderne et contemporain at Aix-Marseille University

Research pathway in modern and contemporary art history (Renaissance to the present) with a dual aim of entry into art, heritage and cultural professions and preparation for doctoral study. Students write a master's dissertation under a department researcher and defend it before a jury at the end of M1 and M2.

Faculty: UFR ALLSH (Faculty of Arts, Letters, Languages and Human Sciences)  |  Department: Histoire de l'art et Archéologie  |  Duration: 2 years (M1 and M2, 60 ECTS per year)  |  Study mode: initial; French  |  Location: Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

What you will study

M1 includes Research news seminars, research in museums and archives, art history in a foreign language, arts and territories of art in the Mediterranean (modern, contemporary), specialty seminars in modern and contemporary art, art history in professional settings, a placement and a research project. M2 adds applied research for dissertation writing, Zotero bibliography, specialty seminar and a research project with presentation.

Career pathways

Art, heritage and cultural professions; doctoral studies.

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