Some months ago I visited Rice University with a view to doing a doctorate. The Art History department seemed a good prospect but has changed head of department and is no longer attractive.
Later on I visited Rice and explored a number of departments: Architecture and Religion.
In Religion there is an interest by the department head but none at all in Architecture.
However, PhD programes here in the US are 5 to 8 years long with a taught period of 3 to 4 years.
I have no interest in taking a taught doctoral programme and so I am exporing a doctorate in Europe.
My interest is broadly Christianity and its Impact on Western Civilisation, probably Art History.
The subject area is brad and needs narrowing down. The immediate work is therefore to do just that.
Malcolm D B Munro
Wednesday 18 December, 2019
