Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Artistic Studies - Art and Mediations

Cycle

Terceiro ciclo

Degree

Doctorate

Coordinator

João Mário Grilo

Opening date

September 22, 2014

Vacancies

15

Fees

1.200,00 €/year

Schedule

Mixed regime with classes (between 6pm and 10pm) on weekdays, Saturdays.

Education objectives

1. Acquisition of high level analytical skills for the critical evaluation of artistic processes of creation and
circulation;
2. Acquisition of methodological and theoretical tools for carrying out advanced and innovative levels of
research in the field of art studies with the objective of completing a doctoral degree thesis or, in the case of
work of art based doctoral degrees, the fundamentation required for such recognition;
3. Understanding the transversal nature of artistic objects, their influences and the implications for structuring
social, political and cultural life;
4. Capacity to set out the development and the results of advanced Artistic study research as well as
participate in national and international academic events in this field or publications in peer-reviewed journals;
5. Capacity to apply the knowledge acquired to new problematic issues related to the field of Artistic Studies
and their implications for the epistemologies of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Access conditions

1. Candidates must meet the conditions established by national law, by the regulations of the New University of Lisbon, and satisfy at least one of the following conditions: a) To hold a degree of Master or legally equivalent; b) To hold a degree of License or legally equivalent, and to detain a particularly relevant scientific, academic or artistic curriculum that can be recognized by the Scientific Council of FCSH as enough capacity for following this study cycle; c) To detain a particularly relevant scientific, academic, artistic or professional curriculum that can be recognized by the Scientific Council of FCSH as enough capacity for following this study cycle. 2. The recognition mentioned in b) and c) will be based on two recommendations produced by holders of doctoral degrees that are considered as specialists in the domain. 3. Candidates should submit a letter of intentions and a research program articulated with the Doctoral Course.

Degree pre-requisites

The curriculum was designed for a duration of four academic years, in which student accomplish 240 ECTS:
60 ECTS in curricular units; 30 ECTS in a Research Project Curriculum Unit, aiming to help her/him in the preparation and submission of her/his research Project, including the definition of the research theme,
problematic, methodology, state of the art, literature review, timeline and bibliography; a dissertation to which are allocated 150 ECTS.

Access to other courses

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Evaluation rules

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Structure

Mandatory
Code Name ECTS
Options
73217150 Metodologias de Investigação em Estudos Artísticos (not translated) 10
73217156 Projecto de Investigação em Estudos Artísticos (not translated) 30
73217151 Temáticas Aprofundadas de Estudos Artísticos (not translated) 10
73217157 Tese e Defesa em Estudos Artísticos (not translated) 150
Elective option 1
Code Name ECTS
Options
73217153 Art and Research 10
73217152 Art and Technology 10
73217155 Artes da Cena Contemporânea (not translated) 10
73217154 Cinema 10
73203115 Aesthetics 10
73202103 Seminário de Especialidade em Etnomusicologia (not translated) 10