Course summary
The Warburg Institute is one of the world’s leading centres for studying the interaction of ideas, images and society. It is dedicated to the survival and transmission of culture across time and space, with a special emphasis on the afterlife of antiquity. The Warburg offers a unique environment for research. As a student at the Institute, you will join a lively community conducting cutting-edge interdisciplinary work in the humanities. You will benefit from a wide range of research training options, including language and palaeography courses at the Warburg, and other training provided by the School of Advanced Study’s Doctoral Centre. You will also get full access to our open-stack library and other local resources, such as the University of London’s Senate House Libraries. Looking ahead to your future career, a PhD at the Warburg will open many doors. Warburg alumni have continued their academic careers at institutions across the globe, including the Universities of Cambridge, Copenhagen, Notre Dame (US), Padua, UCL, Birkbeck, La Sapienza (Rome), Warwick, York and Yeshiva (New York). Our graduates have also gone into positions at cultural institutions such as the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the Bayerische Akademie, the National Library, Argentina, Sotheby’s, Arts Council England, the National Gallery, the V&A, and the Southbank Centre. We encourage MPhil and PhD applications in cultural and intellectual history, as well as the history of art, with a focus on (but not limited to) the period 1200–1700 and on topics supported by the Institute’s resources and staff expertise. The resources of the Institute are especially geared towards those interested in interdisciplinary study. These include the archive, photographic collection and OpenStack library with its unique cataloguing system specifically designed by Aby Warburg to aid research. Broadly speaking, the Warburg offers particular strengths in:
- Renaissance Art, Architecture, and Visual Culture
- Cultural and Intellectual History
- Reception of the Classics
- History of Magic and Science
- History of Cartography
- and Cosmography
- Religious History
- History of the Book
How to apply
International applicants
Are you an international student? Find out more about everything you need to know from visas to qualifications and language requirements: https://www.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate-study/applying/international-students All students applying to the School of Advanced Study have a fee status assessment before they are made a formal offer to study. The assessment determines the level of tuition fees that the student will have to pay for their programme. This can be either the “lower” Home or the “higher” Overseas fee. Find out more about the fee statuses here: https://www.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate-study/fees-funding/fee-status
Entry requirements
Applicants for research programmes (MPhil/PhD) are normally required to hold a master’s degree.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Sponsorship information
Our students fund their studies in a variety of ways including scholarships, bursaries and fellowships, as well as government loans and postgraduate loans. Find out about funding opportunities available for this degree here: https://www.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate-study/fees-funding
Provider information
Warburg Institute
Woburn Square
London
WC1H 0AB