Skip to main content
Students
History Faculty Library
Staff Intranet
Facebook
Pinterest
Twitter
Facebook
Pinterest
Twitter
Login
Login
Search form
Search
Students
History Faculty Library
Staff Intranet
Facebook
Pinterest
Twitter
Search form
Search
Faculty of History
University of Oxford
Students
History Faculty Library
Staff Intranet
Home
People
Academics
Researchers
Administrative Staff
Doctoral Students
Emeritus, Members & Associate Members
Undergraduate Admissions
10 Reasons to Study History at Oxford
How to Apply
BA in History
Joint Schools
Develop your skills as an historian
History@Oxford Blog
Open Days
Outreach and Schools Liaison
Careers
Graduate Admissions
Masters Study
DPhil Study
How to Apply
Fees and Funding
Language Learning
The Oxford History Graduate Network
Frequently Asked Questions
Research
Research Projects
Research Seminars
Research Centres
Recent Publications
Alumni
The Oxford Historian
Donate Now
Fundraising Priorities
Equality & Welfare
Welfare & Harassment Advice
Statement of Values
Disability Equality Statement
Gender and LGBTQ+ Equality Statement
Race Equality Statement
Athena SWAN Bronze Award
Contact Us
Facilities
IT Information
Home
People
Academics
Researchers
Administrative Staff
Doctoral Students
Emeritus, Members & Associate Members
Undergraduate Admissions
10 Reasons to Study History at Oxford
How to Apply
Qualifications and Entry Requirements
Personal Statement
Written Work
The History Aptitude Test (HAT)
Interviews
Personal Circumstances and Contextualisation
Admissions facts and figures
BA in History
Joint Schools
BA Ancient and Modern History
BA History and Economics
BA History and English
BA History and Modern Languages
BA History and Politics
Develop your skills as an historian
Primary Source Exercises
Exercise One - The Guild of Gentleness
Exercise Two - Indigenous Javanese Religion of the Republic of Indonesia
Exercise Three - Oral History Interviews
History@Oxford Blog
Open Days
Outreach and Schools Liaison
For Teachers and Advisors
History Skills Workshops (info for teachers)
Online History Teacher Workshops
Resources for Schools
History study days
Online History Skills Workshops
UNIQ
Careers
Graduate Admissions
Masters Study
MSt/MPhil in History
British & European History 1700-1850
Early Modern History 1500-1700
History of War
Intellectual History
Medieval History
Modern British History 1850 to the present
Modern European History 1850 to the present
US History
Women’s, Gender and Queer History
MSc/MPhil in Economic and Social History
MSt in Global and Imperial History since 1400
MSc/MPhil in History of Science, Medicine and Technology
MSt/MPhil in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies
DPhil Study
How to Apply
Fees and Funding
Language Learning
The Oxford History Graduate Network
Frequently Asked Questions
Research
Research Projects
Completed Research Projects
Research Seminars
Research Centres
Recent Publications
Alumni
The Oxford Historian
The Oxford Historian: Michaelmas Term 2016
Donate Now
Fundraising Priorities
Equality & Welfare
Welfare & Harassment Advice
Statement of Values
Disability Equality Statement
Gender and LGBTQ+ Equality Statement
Race Equality Statement
Race Equality Action Group (REAG)
REAG Steering Committee
Selected further resources for research and study
Updates on current activities
Athena SWAN Bronze Award
Contact Us
Facilities
IT Information
Terra Foundation Lectures in American Art: THE BODY OF A NATION
2 May 17:00
Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College, OX1 2HB
Suicide in white and black: Thomas Cole’s Destruction and the American empire
Image: Thomas Cole, Destruction (detail) from Course of Empire, 1836
Professor Miguel de Baca
Terra Foundation Visiting Professor of American Art
02 May - Suicide in white and black: Thomas Cole’s Destruction and the American empire
09 May - Skin and absence: the radical ceramics and poetry of the enslaved Dave the Potter
16 May - Modernism disfigured: cult and illicit ritual in New Mexico in the works of Georgia O’Keeffe and Martha Graham
23 May - The great disappearing George Washington: history and the head of state in contemporary American art
Last lecture followed by a drinks reception
powered by
oxford mosaic
List of site pages