Theo Cateforis, Chair
Suite 308 Bowne Hall
315-443-4184

Romita Ray, Undergraduate Director
Suite 308 Bowne Hall
315-443-5030

Faculty

Luis Castañeda, Laurinda Dixon, Wayne Franits, Jeehee Hong, Richard Ingersoll, Matilde M. Mateo, Alick McLean, Jonathan Nelson, Gary M. Radke, Romita Ray, Sascha Scott

The Department of Art and Music Histories was one of the first in the country dedicated to the study of the history of art and music from an interdisciplinary perspective. The department offers courses in most major periods of the history of visual and musical arts from ancient to postmodern times. The research and teaching specialties of the department’s faculty include 19th-and 20th-century music, the history of opera, ethnomusicology, art and medicine in the early modern period, Italian Renaissance art, 17th-century Dutch painting, Asian Art, 19th- and 20th-century European art, and American and Latin American art. In view of the Department of Art and Music Histories interdisciplinary approach, courses examine the histories of art and music within the cultural, sociopolitical, economic, and religious contexts of the societies that created them. 

Studies in the history of architecture are offered in association with the faculty of the School of Architecture (see program description under “History of Architecture ” in this section of the catalog). Cooperative programs with the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and other divisions of the University allow for the inclusion of courses in studio art, music theory, performance and composition, and public communications.

Students who major in one of the department’s disciplines are strongly encouraged to take a foreign language and to study abroad.