Contemporary Art and Scottish Colonialism

What are your understandings and experiences of historical and contemporary legacies of Scottish colonial history and how can they be share and communicated through contemporary art practice and research? Join the Contemporary Art and Scottish Colonialism programme from the University of Dundee to find out more.

A practice led PhD of research on any aspect of Scottish colonial links and connections, its cultural influences, its effect on social, cultural, and political life, its effect on the personal life, in Scotland or beyond.

Research Opportunity

This Contemporary Art and Scottish Colonialism from University of Dundee seeks to foster innovation within creative practice, employ creative practice as a methodology to enhance other disciplines or domains, and contribute towards an explicit and transparent knowledge base that furthers our disciplines in the future.

• Associate Dean of Research, Calum Colvin, discusses the huge variety of research at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design.

• In the UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE2008), DJCAD was rated top in the UK for the quality of its art & design research environment. Evidence of our research esteem is seen in the decision by the Victoria & Albert Museum and Scottish Enterprise, backed by the Scottish Government, to establish V&A Dundee, a joint facility to conduct research into future visual products and processes in design and craft.