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Christina Smylitopoulos
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About the work…
I examine eighteenth-century art and visual culture, specializing in British graphic satire and the extended practices of art collections. I am an award winning teacher and researcher and have received grants from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Insight Development Grant; Connection Grants); the Ontario Ministry of Science, Research, and Innovation; the Huntington Library, the Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress), the Lewis Walpole Library (Yale), and the Houghton Library (Harvard University). I write books and edit essay collections and my articles have appeared in Revue d'art canadienne/Canadian Art Review (RACAR); The British Art Journal, Eighteenth-Century Life, Word and Image in the Long Eighteenth Century: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue; INHA’s (l’Institut national d’histoire de l’art) journal, and I have reviewed for Oxford Art Journal, RACAR, The Historian, University of Toronto Quarterly, and caa.reviews.
How art can improve life...
My research examines the critical responses to contentious change in the late eighteenth century and how the aesthetics of graphic satire influenced the development of modern art, more broadly. I also have a research stream that examines how skills in visual observation can be improved by engaging with works in art collections. My research improves life by underscoring the importance of art in developing our understanding of socio-politics over time and in sharpening skills of sustained looking.
Why Choose SOLAL at UofG for graduate studies?
The graduate program provides opportunities for students to build their own art historical adventure but also offers a strong theoretical and historiographic foundation and advanced practical skills. Students are funded well and receive hands-on training through Graduate Research, Service, and Teaching Assistantships, which are tied to faculty research. Learning activities might include scholarly event planning, preparing exhibitions/exhibition catalogues, collections management, primary research, and more.