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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTOUNOFFICIAL

CONTENTS

01 Intro02 About Us03 Key People04 Academic

05 General advice 06 Timeline11 Research & writing papers12 Online databases for research13 Exams/midterms15 Libraries17 Places to work20 Academic events20 Scholarships

20 Undergraduate21 Graduate21 Writing scholarship/grant

applications22 Academic opportunities/fellowships24 International experience programs26 Academic aid27 Conferences and journals28 Related courses and programs

29 Extracurricular

30 Annual art events31 Museums33 Employment34 Clubs, associations and activities36 Food & drink near campus37 Housing38 Miscellaneous resources

A R T H I S T O R Y U N D E R G R A D U A T E H A N D B O O K

HELLO!

Welcome to Art History at the Universityof Toronto!  We hope this handbook helps you get themost out of your undergrad, out of arthistory, out of the Toronto art world;ultimately, we hope it answers questionsyou didn't even know you had, and thatyou sail through your degree with all thehard-earned confidence and wisdom of afourth-year student. (Or whatever you callit when you stop pretending you canwrite an exam without makingflashcards.) This handbook was created in the summerof 2019 by three undergraduate students:Arielle Zhivko, Antonia Anagnostopoulos,and Hana Nikčević. You can read moreabout us on the next page.

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ABOUT US

ARIELLE ZHIVKOIn the fall I will be going into my fourth year at UofT - pursuing aDouble Major in Art History and Political Science, with a particularemphasis on the Hellenistic Baroque Period, Ancient Philosophyand Politics. Additionally, I will be serving as the chair of the HartHouse Art Committee so be sure to come check us out!

ANTONIA ANAGNOSTOPOULOSThis year I graduated with a specialist in art history and will take a yearoff before I pursue grad school. I'm currently working as an RA in theCostume & Textiles department at the ROM. Two of my main interests are19th and early 20th-century costume history and philhellenism – I hopeto combine the two in my research! Also, I happen to look like the womanin John Singer Sargent's Madame X.

HANA NIKČEVIĆAfter graduating from UofT with a specialist in art history, I'm starting anMA at McGill, also in art history (I have one skill) and with a focus onmodern and contemporary ecological art. I like writing, editing, MarkDion, and the smell of darkroom chemicals, and I think you should go seeRichard Serra's Shift.

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KEY PEOPLE

CHRISTY ANDERSONAssociate Chair of Undergraduate Studies(416) 978-7892christy.anderson@utoronto.ca CARL KNAPPETTDepartment Chair(416) 978-7891art.chair@utoronto.ca ELIZABETH HARNEYDirector of Graduate Studies & Associate Chairart.dgs@utoronto.ca KRISTINA MATEVSKIOffice Manager & Assistant to the Chair(416) 946-7624art.admin@utoronto.ca LOUISE KERMODEUndergraduate Assistant(416) 978-7892undergrad.arthistory@utoronto.ca ALANNA BIASONGraduate Assistant(416) 946-3960graduate.arthistory@utoronto.ca MARGARET ENGLISHLibrarian(416) 978-5006margaret.english@utoronto.ca

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NICHOLAS WESTBRIDGEVisual Resources & FADIS(416) 946-3961 VINCE CHANBusiness Officer(416) 978-6272vince.chan@utoronto.ca

Department of Art History Sidney Smith Hall, Room 6036100 St George StreetUniversity of TorontoToronto, Ontario M5S 3G3Canada (416) 978-7892

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ART HISTORY UNDERGRADUATE HANDBOOK

GENERALADVICE

PLAN AHEAD.  When you receive coursesyllabi, enter all your due dates into acalendar (physical, digital, anything). Evenif you don’t reference it regularly, it’s goodto know ahead of time which weeks will bethe most demanding and thus get a sense ofwhen you’ll have to start working on eachassignment. GO TO OFFICE HOURS.  Aside fromcontributing to your participation grade,meeting faculty is important for numerousreasons. A non-exhaustive list: you’re goingto need reference letters; a professor canhire you as a research assistant; there arefew better resources for career advice (andalso book recommendations); if ever somesort of issue arises, it’ll be easier to clearup if the professor already knows you; and,finally, actually knowing the person towhom you’re submitting your work makesyou more dedicated to submitting work ofhigh quality. TALK TO YOUR TA, too. They’re gradstudents, and, as such, they often have themost up-to-date advice about applying tograd school (and if you’re thinking aboutdoing your MA or PhD at UofT, they’ll beable to tell you specifically about theprogram). And talk to the DIRECTOR OFUNDERGRADUATE STUDIES (DUS), AKAProfessor Christy Anderson. This is a facultymember from the department who’sspecifically responsible for Art History atthe undergraduate level; for example, theyoversee course offerings, organiseundergraduate programming and academicaid, and chair faculty meetings aboutundergraduate programs. They are afantastic resource for advice about courses,grad school, etc.

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JOIN HASA. Or at least attend their events. READ THE DEPARTMENT NEWSLETTER.Make sure it’s not getting sent to your spambox. READ THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE. In manyways, the department’s website is thelonger, more-official version of thishandbook – it’s put together expressly toinform you about the department and itsprograms, and it offers an abundance ofinformation on post-undergraduate pursuits,too(https://arthistory.utoronto.ca/undergraduates/beyond-undergrad/). Sometimes it seemslike you’re just going throughadministrative information, but it’s worthyour time – it is (but maybe shouldn’t be)frankly shocking how many of yourquestions can be answered simply bysearching through the website. ...AND READ THE DEPARTMENT POSTERS.Much of the information here posted willalso be sent out via the departmentnewsletter, but it’s still worth a look (andit’s a break from your computer screen).There will be postings about upcominglectures, events, travel opportunities, fieldschools, graduate programs, essaycompetitions, and so on. TAKE A FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR. Class sizes atUofT tend to be very large at the 100 and200 level – taking a first-year art historyseminar allows you to experience adiscussion-based class before your finalyears in the program. TAKE A COURSE AT THE ROM. 400-level seminars are offered at the ROM, taught bymuseum curators. You’ll analyse objectsfirsthand and make meaningful connectionswith museum professionals at the ROM,which can lead to future internships or jobs.

GPA. You can be fairly calm in this year,though, naturally, you should work hard.Contrary to popular belief, your first yeargrades do matter: while a GPA is calculatedfor each individual year of your degree,you’ll also have a cumulative GPA. Ofcourse, you shouldn’t be terrified when youget a 75 on an assignment after receivingonly 99s in high school: university is harder.Repurpose that sudden grade dip asmotivation. For more information on the University’sGrading Scheme and how Cumulative andSessional GPAs work, check out:https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/registrar/u-t-grading-scheme. (This is a UTSC page, butit’s the page that the official UofT websitewill send you to for GPA info.)  Extracurriculars. Get involved withextracurriculars. If you start out as, say, afirst-year representative or a generalmember of a group – e.g., the Hart HouseArt Committee – it’s much easier to moveup to a more important role in subsequentyears. Clubs and committees are, mostimmediately, amazing ways to meet people,make friends, learn new things, furtherdevelop skills you already have, improveyour communication skills, gain leadershipskills – and so on. They can give youinterdisciplinary/external perspectives onyour academic subject matter, and they canalso keep your academic stress in check.Extracurriculars are also, of course, great ona CV: further down the road, yourabundance of diverse extracurriculars willsuddenly make you a top candidate forscholarships, jobs, etc.

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Breadth requirements. If you can, try to getthe bulk of your breadth requirements donein your first and second years. In your lateryears, you’ll want to have more choice inwhat you’re taking as you’ll probably have abetter/more specific idea of what you wantto study. Odious though breadthrequirements generally are, try to make themost of the requirement: art history has agreat capacity to be interdisciplinary and isnearly always more interesting when it is.Religion, cinema studies, women andgender studies, environmental science,philosophy, anthropology – everything willgive you a useful lens for art history. Youcan search courses by breadth requirementon the yearly course timetable athttps://timetable.iit.artsci.utoronto.ca/.  Credit/No Credit (CR/NCR). What actuallymakes breadth requirements acceptable,however, is the fact that you simply don’tneed to get graded for them! If you’retaking, say, astronomy, and you don’t trustyourself to tell the difference betweenSaturn and Neptune on a test (this is thekind of thing an astronomy test asks,right?), you can ‘credit/no credit’ the course.This means that all your transcript willshow is whether or not you received thecredit for the course, which indicateswhether or not you passed the course –which means that all you need to do is getabove a 50 in the course. NB: You willalmost certainly receive advice suggestingthat you shouldn’t CR/NCR a coursebecause, when you eventually start applyingto grad school, some grad programs willrequire that you show them all your grades,and then you’ll have to petition UofT toalter your transcript. Do not heed thishighly dubious advice: no art history gradprogram will do this. CR/NCR is, indeed,amongst UofT’s greatest gifts; no one willbat an eye at a CR/NCR label on yourtranscript, and your 65 in Intro to Biologywill not affect your otherwise perfect GPA.(Keep in mind that CR/NCR can’t be appliedto courses used for the completion of adegree program – not that you’ll ever wantto CR/NCR your fourth-year Medieval Bookseminar, of course.)

First Year

TIMELINE

Declaring your degree program(s). At theend of your first year, you have to declare amajor (i.e., choose your ‘PoSt,’ which means‘program of study’). Whatever you declarecan be changed later – don’t stress. You caneither have a double major, a major and twominors, or a specialist (alongside which youcan do one or more minors, but you don’thave to). Your college/registrar should hosta specific information session aboutdeclaring a major; if you have anyquestions, you can visit or email yourregistrar. To learn more about specificprograms (e.g., what does a German minorlook like?), check out departmentalwebsites for information on their programsand specific courses (as always, though,keep in mind: all the courses listed in thecalendar are not offered every year).

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200s, 300s, 400s. You can take 300-levelcourses in your second year. They usuallydon’t differ too much from second yearcourses in terms of difficulty – and,happily, they’re less likely to include a finalexam. If there’s a course you really want totake but don’t have the prerequisites for,email the prof – they’re very likely to tellyou that you can take the course evenwithout the prerequisites (especially if yourGPA is good). Additionally, if you intend oncompleting the prerequisite later on in theyear (or concurrently), they will usuallywaive the requirement. Think about what 300- and 400-levelcourses you might want to take later, andhave a look at their prerequisites. Forexample, if you’re going to want to takehigher-level Ancient art courses, it wouldbe a good idea to take FAH207: Greek andRoman Art and Archaeology. Program requirements. Make sure thatyou’re fulfilling the necessary in-programbreadth requirements. If you’re doing an art history specialist, youneed courses from all of the ‘Groups,’ whichare defined by period, subject, orgeographic region. Majors only need to takecourses in 3 of the 4 groups, and minorsrequire but 2. The Groups are:

A: Ancient, MedievalB: Early Modern, Modern, Contemporary,and CanadianC: AsianD: Architecture.

Specific guidelines for each program can befound on the departmental website:https://arthistory.utoronto.ca/undergraduates/programs/#Minor_Program

Second Year

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NB: this schedule assumes that you'reintending on going to grad schoolimmediately after completing your undergradand that you'll thus be applying to gradschool during the first term of your fourthyear. Go to info sessions about applying to gradschool (e.g., HASA will host one in the Fallterm). Your actual applications will besubmitted in your fourth year, but you willnot have time in your fourth year to bothlearn how to apply to grad school andactually apply to grad school. Well, maybeyou will, but you just don’t have to do thatto yourself. You should know which profs you can askfor references by the end of this year. Mostschools require two or three academicreferences; the SSHRC CGS-M (SocialSciences and Humanities Research Councilof Canada - Canada Graduate Scholarships -Masters) requires two academic references.Some other scholarships – e.g., the Rhodes– require 5 or 6 references, though theydon’t all need to be academic.

Third Year

Over your third year and over the summerbefore fourth year, figure out what schoolsyou want to apply to . Research potentialprograms: do you want to write a thesis? Doa placement? Do you want to do a PhDafterwards, and would certain schools bebetter than others as precursors to this? Onwhich note: Talk to your profs. They can suggest or putyou in contact with relevant facultymembers at other schools; tell you whichfaculty members at other schools you,conversely,  shouldn’t work with; give you abetter sense of different schools’reputations or strengths; put you in contactwith their own graduate students that theyknow went to or considered schools you’reinterested in; and so on. Email grad students at programs you’reinterested in and ask them what they likeand dislike about the program. Don’t worryabout annoying anyone: students that don’twant to reply to you literally just won’t,while those that do want to talk – andmany do – are usually happy to do so andwill be very helpful.

Talk to the grad students at UofT. What dothey like about UofT? Why did they chooseUofT over other schools? What do they wishthey’d known when applying to grad school?Tell them what you might be interested instudying – where do they think you shouldapply? If they have a friend doing an MA orPhD at the school you’re thinking ofapplying to, have them put you in touch. Figure out sort-of-maybe what you want tostudy. You really don’t need to know whatarea/era you want to specialize in rightnow. Even if you think you know, sometimesall it takes is one really good course tocompletely change your mind. (You’ll hearstories of people who changed theirconcentration halfway through their PhD;you’ll find out that your prof did a PhD inart history after studying something entirelydifferent for their undergrad and MA; you’lllearn that your Greek art prof has a PhD inastrophysics.) Still, it does help to havesome degree of guiding focus. Even if youcan only figure out, say, that you don’t wantto do Renaissance or Modern/Contemporary,at least you’ll know that you should go talkto your Medieval and Ancient professorsabout what programs/schools are wellregarded for the specific areas that youpotentially do want to pursue. (In short, itis not the end of the world if you write yourMA thesis on Renaissance painting and thendecide you’d like to do something Medievalfor a PhD. But it is also obviously easier todo your PhD in Medieval if you’ve alreadywritten your MA thesis on Medievalmonasteries.)

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Take a grad seminar. The MA course load isthree courses per term, not five, which isproportionate to the greater amount of workrequired by a grad seminar – as such, if youwant to take a grad seminar in your fourthyear, you should organise your schedulesuch that you end up with a semester inwhich you need only take four courses (e.g.,maybe take one or more summer courses),so that you have the time to make one ofthese four a grad seminar. It will require alot of reading and a lot of presenting, but,as a result, you’ll learn more about asubject than you ever thought possible inone term. In addition, you’ll get a sense ofwhat grad school is like, and you’ll be ableto ask the actual grad students in thecourse about their experiences. To take agrad seminar, you’ll likely need to havetaken one or more courses with theprofessor in question (and probably at the300 or 400 level) and you’ll need a reasonfor taking a grad course instead of a 400-level seminar (e.g., “This course addresses asubject not covered by any of the fourth-year seminars, and I intend on pursuing thatsubject through my MA…”). Get in touch with potential supervisors. Forexample, if you want to study new mediaand are considering McGill, check thefaculty list on McGill’s art historydepartment page and find out whichprofessors’ research/teaching focuses lineup with yours. Email them, tell them whatyou’d be interested in doing thesis researchon and why this would be relevantalongside their research, and ask whetherthey might be interested in supervisingsuch a project this coming year. Do this formultiple schools. Indeed…

Fourth Year

...even if you “know” where you want to go,apply to multiple schools. You don’t knowwhich schools are going to give youfunding, and you don’t know what’s going tochange between the time of yourapplications and the time of youracceptances. (A lot happens in fourth year.You could literally change your researchinterests in February, and the one schoolyou thought would be perfect in Septembermight actually not offer courses in whatevernew area you want to focus on. UofT prettymuch offers everything [i.e., every era], butother [Canadian] schools most certainly donot.) Email your intended references and tellthem what schools you’re applying to andask them if they’d be interested in writing areference letter for you. Or, ideally, askthem in person, and then email them toreiterate. (E.g., Here’s Literally Everything IJust Said To You But With All The RelevantDocuments About Me. Here’s The Date YouNeed To Submit This By. You’ll Receive ALink To Submit Your Reference When ISubmit My Application [At ApproximatelyThis Date]. Thank You So Much.) Talk to the Grad Assistant in the Art HistoryDepartment. Their office is in thedepartment office (the end of the easthallway, sixth floor, Sid Smith). They can letyou know about scholarships to apply for,how exactly different scholarships work,when scholarship information sessions are,what the UofT MA looks like, and so on.(NB: it is fascinating how many varyingaccounts you can receive about a singlescholarship. Application processes – or,rather, the online portals through whichapplications occur – change often. Alwaysdo your own research, and talk to multiplepeople.)   Ask your profs/references to read yourapplications over. Obviously, they havewritten, read, and reviewed countless suchdocuments; no one can give you betteradvice. Also, a good way of knowing thatyou’ve probably edited an applicationenough (for the time being) is getting it toa point where the thought of sending it to aprof does not inspire excruciatingembarrassment.

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If you’re planning on taking some time offin between your undergrad and graduatestudies, plan on determining yourreferences in your third/fourth year andletting them know of your plans before yougraduate. You don’t want to go undergroundand then return after a year or two and haveto re-introduce yourself. Even if grad school feels like it's far off inthe distance, attend HASA’s graduateinformation sessions anyway and talk withyour profs about possible options (i.e., takeadvantage of all your academic connectionswhile you have them). Taking a gap year canbe totally beneficial if you use the timewell: learn a language, travel, read widely,write, and, of course, work in the field. Ifthat last one makes you roll your eyes,okay, you're not wrong – it does sometimesseem impossible to find an actual paidposition in the Toronto art/museum world.If anything, though, you can get a more-accessible job and, in addition, volunteer ata gallery (and then when they come to knowyou and love you, you can start gettingpaid. Finally).

Taking a gap year?

RESEARCH &WRITING PAPERS

Narrow down your topic. Make your topic as specificas humanly possible – no one has the time and theknowledge in their second year (or their fourth year)to write A Survey Of All Land Art, Ever, but you canmanage a case study. When you have an idea of what your topic/thesismight be, go to office hours and talk to yourprofessor! If you go early enough, you don’t need tohave everything figured out – they can help yousolidify your ideas and suggest relevant sources forfurther research. Use primary sources. Understanding perspectivescontemporaneous to your subject of study is crucialto correct for your own probably-presentistviewpoint, and it’s also ‘less processed data’ in thatyou get a chance to interpret something yourselfinstead of reading it solely through anotherscholar’s lens. Also, many primary sources might notyet have been subject to heavy – or any – treatmentby other scholars, which means you get to producenew research, which is just wonderful. (Imagine: anundergraduate research paper with purpose!) Use secondary sources too, of course, and be acritical reader. This doesn’t mean that you have tovehemently disagree with everything an author says,but try to take a ‘primary source approach’ to yoursecondary sources. What’s the context – intellectual,social, political, etc. – of what you’re reading? Whatdo other authors say about the topic? Exhibition catalogues. Easily overlooked and trulyinvaluable. Some of the best writing on certainsubjects is found in exhibition catalogues –fantastic scholarship on Canadian art, for example,can be found in catalogues. The illustrations aregenerally of high quality, and exhibition history (of asubject, of an artist, of a work or object, of amuseum) is a compelling topic in itself.

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Learn to read academic sources. First readthe intro, subheadings, and conclusion –this way, you’ll have a sense of the generalidea when you’re reading the rest of thearticle. An article is much easier to followwhen you can read every part of it inrelation to the thesis it’s trying to assert. Ifthe article seems criminally long, checkwhere the footnotes start; a 50-pagedocument might comprise 30 pages of textand 20 pages of figures and bibliographicalcontent. Go through that bibliographicalcontent, also, to find other potentialsources for your own paper. Get comfortablereading academic articles early: it’ll makeyour research and writing easier and moreeffective, and getting used to the format isalso the best way to learn how to write yourown papers. Talk to a librarian. You can makeappointments with librarians at variouslibraries on campus for researchconsultation – you’ll tell the librarian aboutyour topic, and they’ll help you compile alist of sources to assess. Best of all,however, is the art history department’sown librarian, Margaret English. Visit her inperson at the Art library (sixth floor, SidSmith) or email her atmargaret.english@utoronto.ca. Have others read your work. Get a friend (ora parent, or anyone whose opinion youtrust) to read over your paper when youthink you’re more or less done (this is morehelpful than having someone read a roughdraft, where the issues will probably besufficiently obvious for you not to needsomeone else’s help to spot them). Yourfriend’s proverbial fresh pair of eyes will bemore likely than you to catch syntax andgrammar errors/typos that you might miss(because you know what a sentence issupposed to say, so you might gloss over itwithout carefully reading it word by word).If your reader is familiar with your topic,amazing, but even if they’re not, it’s usefulto get an ‘outsider’s’ perspective onwhether your work makes sense.

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Get used to re-reading your work. It can beexcruciating, but editing is something thatyou can get used to. Reading your paper outloud can also help – by forcing you to payattention to every word, it subverts theaforementioned tendency to mentally skimyour own writing. Again, start writing yourpapers early: ideally, you’ll be able to getyour paper to a point where you think it’s‘done,’ take a day away from it, and thencome back to it with refreshed eyes for afinal review before you submit it. Of course,  you don’t have to aim for sheerperfection – ultimately, the paper justneeds to be done. Have confidence that youcan produce something valuable, though,and challenge yourself to do it.

Online databases for research

Successful research papers often use acombination of online sources (academicarticles, information from museum websites,etc.) and physical books. UofT’s librarysystem gives you access to a wealth ofinformation online, including digitizedbooks and primary sources, so you’llprobably find that you’re able to do prettysolid research with solely digital sources––this is fine, but just make sure that you’renot choosing your sources because they’reaccessible online. If there’s a book thatlooks perfect for your research but isn’tavailable online, go get it from the libraryinstead of deciding not to consult it.   Below are some online databases, bothspecialized and suitable for generalinquiries: Art history research guide. Departmentlibrarian Margaret English put together thisiconic list of art history databases andinformation:  https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/az.php?s=52045.

Grove Art Online is a useful place to startyour general research. FADIS (Federated Academic Digital ImagingService) is the U of T Art Department’simage database. It’s good for image-basedsearches. Keep in mind: these images aredigitized slides, and sometimes the wayartworks look on FADIS is not what theyactually look like. Supplement your FADISimages with Google Image searches. Museums’ online collections. The MET,Rijksmuseum, Getty, V&A, and the BostonMuseum of Fine Art (amongst others) allhave expansive online collections. Theseare especially helpful if you’re looking forobjects and comparable examples or are insearch of print culture from various periods. Victorian Popular Culture. A one-stop-shopfor Victorian primary resources. Great forresearch, but also fun to browse on aregular weeknight. The Beazley Archive Pottery Database is“the world's largest collection of images ofancient figure-decorated pottery.” You canconduct searches using numerous differentfilters and commands (shape, material,painter, decoration, etc.) in a database of117,008 ancient vases. The backbone of agood research paper on Greek vase painting,and an easy way to feel like Indiana Jones. Internet Archive. Great for finding digitizedprimary sources, especially 19th century:https://archive.org/ 18th Century Collections Online. Digitizedbooks and documents from the 18thcentury: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/

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EXAMS &MIDTERMS

Memorize… everything. This is particularly necessarywhen there’s a slide ID component to the exam, and,in such cases, your professor will mostly likely giveyou a review list of the specific works you need toknow for the exam. Start early, and practiceregularly. Consider... ...making review slides. You can use PowerPoint orGoogle Slides or an online flash card app; this makesit easy to quiz yourself regularly, and the work ofputting together the slides also reinforces yourmental link between the visual (e.g., the painting)and the information (the title, the artist, the date). NB: PowerPoint and Slides are good for their ease ofuse, but seeing the slides in the same order everytime can trick you into thinking you knowinformation in response to an image when youactually know it in response to the information thatcame before it. Then again, the work of orderingyour slides by date helps you understand thetimeline of the artists/works you’re studying, whichitself can actually be helpful for both memorizationand broader understanding. Consider using bothmethods, or getting a friend to quiz you on yourslides in a random order.

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Do broader content second. Knowing all ofthe title/artist/date information can makeit easier to understand, interpret, andremember the contextual information, but,of course, don’t leave the content for thelast minute. Especially if you don’t knowyour exam questions in advance, you’llneed to have a solid understanding of thecontent if you want to produce areasonable essay response about it on thefly. Study with friends so that you can discussthe content with someone: having toexplain something out loud is a reliableway to identify the gaps in yourknowledge. Having a friend quiz you onslides is also more fun than doing ityourself, and the experience can give youmnemonic devices: there is nothing morehelpful than laughing about some weirdartwork title for remembering that title.

For open-book exams, take the time to re-write and organize your notes so you canflip through them easily during the exam.Often, if you’re very well prepared, youwon’t even have to look at your notes foranything beyond proper names, dates, andso on; perhaps oftener still, you won’thave much time in the test to actually lookat your notes at all––in such cases, it’ssimply the preparatory copying andorganizing of your notes that’ll end uphelping you. Look at old exams. Previous years’ examscan be found online through the ExamRepository (totally Kosher, don’t worry).

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LIBRARIESROM library. It’s open from 10AM to 5PM,Monday through Friday, and located on thefirst floor by the large Chinese temple (atthe back). In order to access the librarywithout paying the admission fee, simplytell security that you’re there to use thelibrary. AGO library. A hidden gem; to find it, godownstairs by the coat check and to thewest end of the building. It’s great forarchival research on past AGO exhibits,and the staff are very helpful. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library atRobarts. You need to get a pass, but allUofT students can request to see material;you just have to go to their website andfill out a stack retrieval form. Also, theyhave regular exhibits of rare books! (Andthey’re free!)

Art History library. This is thedepartment’s own library, on the 6th floorof Sid Smith. It was formerly open only tograd students, but, despite being nowopen to all of us commoners, it’s reliablyquiet and not too busy. It’s non-lending(i.e., everything is always there!), but youcan leave the books you’re using on atable with a note ‘reserving’ them and thelibrarian will leave them there as long asyou need them for. Your prof might leavebooks in here on course reserve––they’llbe in the little office at the front, andthey’re a great place to start yourresearch. Emmanuel College Library. Beautiful,quiet, lots of light. The sort of library youpost a photo of to solicit exclusivelyHogwarts-related comments.

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Robarts. Large, slightly intimidatingand a bit bleak, but usually veryquiet in the Stacks. (“A good place toget work done, but come armed withsnacks and beverages.” – Antonia.)All art history books are found onthe 12th floor; do your research on-site and avoid lugging bigcatalogues home. Earth Sciences Library. Round, quiet,surrounded by the pleasant aestheticof scientific magazines. Thelabyrinthine Earth Sciences buildingitself is also worth a stroll: it has asort of retro-futuristic science thinggoing on. Eberhard Zeidler Library (in theDaniels building in Spadina Crescent;perfect for engaging in a mid-degreecrisis re: the point of studying artwhen you could be producing it…).Quiet, clean, a nice selection ofscaled-down Greek statues. Graham Library  at Trinity College.Quiet cubicles; five study rooms thatcan be booked for group work; an arthistory reading room (pictured atright); a rare book collection. TheTrinity College archives are alsohoused here, and they’re available tostudents looking for past UofT- andTrinity-related documents andarticles.

Knox College (Caven) Library. Small butextremely quiet study space with beautifulstained-glass windows. Most of the library’scollection is oriented towards theology, butthere are some interdisciplinary texts onChristian art, music, etc. Also, while you’re at Knox College, checkout the Knox College Quad . It might be themost beautiful spot on campus. E.J. Pratt Library at Victoria College. Okay,Pratt is always packed and the first-floorstudy room feels like sitting at the bottomof an aquarium (not that you're going to finda seat anyway), but the downstairs stacksare blissfully quiet. On the third floor is theCRRS: i.e., the... Centre for Reformation and RenaissanceStudies , and you can study in their deathly-quiet-and-very-neat library, too. You justhave to leave your coat and bags in a closetat the front desk. Studying with a side ofsurveillance! Toronto Public Library. There are numerousbranches across the city and they're a greatresource for students who live off-campus.Library cards are free, and all you need toget one is a piece of government-issued IDwith your legal name and address. Also, ifyou have a Toronto Public Library card youcan access Kanopy – this is an online movie-streaming service with a great selection ofart documentaries.

PLACES TO WORKIF YOU'VE BEEN INA LIBRARY FORWAY TOO LONG

Junior Common Room, University College. Good for groupstudy; cosy; usually has a dog or two running around. Noiselevel varies: sometimes it’s completely quiet (and thecouches are occupied by sleeping students), and sometimesit’s pretty raucous (and thus perfect for group study, if youdon’t want to worry about your own noise level). And... ...Diabolos Coffee Bar is also in the JCR. This is a student-run cafe like Victoria College’s Caffiends , but the baristasare paid (reportedly a great job, by the way) and there’s lessof an emphasis on environmental sustainability (e.g., theyoffer paper to-go cups). University College . If the Junior Common Room is too loud,walk around the first and second floor of UC and see if youcan snag an empty classroom. This building is a labyrinth, somaybe in your circumambulation you'll land upon the UClibrary – it's nothing to write home about, but it's reliablyquiet. It's the sort of place that says, "I tried to findsomewhere nice to study for half an hour and then gave up." Royal Conservatory of Music, on Bloor, by Philosopher’sWalk. It can be a little noisy if there’s a concert going on,but there’s a cafe downstairs (B Espresso Bar) that’s a goodplace to do some not-too-intensive work (if you walk all theway to the back, it’s quieter and you’re by the windows).There also happens to be a metronome reworked by Man Rayand a piano with a landscape painting on the interior of itslid! Café Pamenar, Kensington Market. Good coffee, wifi, and –weather permitting – a nice back patio. Jimmy’s Coffee, Bay & Gerrard location or McCaul location(the Kensington one is always full and the wifi never works).Bay & Gerrard has a particularly pleasant upstairs seatingarea. Go for good drinks, dubious job interviews, and theexact same residence med students every day.

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Moonbean Coffee Company, 30 St. AndrewStreet, just off of Spadina (in KensingtonMarket). Great selection of teas and coffee,quaint, very quiet; the wifi can be spotty, so it’sbest to do work here when you just need towrite or read. Munk School of Global Affairs . In the warmermonths, the courtyard is filled with greeneryand has a running fountain and patio chairsthroughout. Indoor seats offer a view of thecourtyard. Junior Common Room at Trinity College.  Acombination of couches, lounges and deskspaces in a historic room that houses Trinity’sLIT (Literary Institute). Sid Smith Commons . Great in the summer – it’sopen every weekday and has ample lighting,various workspaces, and AC! Ryerson Student Centre. Not part of UofT,obviously, but a great resource for studentswho live farther downtown and east of Bay (orthose who aren’t in the mood for the bleaknessof Robarts). There are 6 floors, each with adifferent theme/atmosphere; the 6th floor, forexample, is fairly relaxed, with bean bags,reclining chairs, and a floor-to-ceiling view ofYonge Street. The other floors are quieter andmore library-like, with individual cubicles andsmall group tables. St Hilda’s Green Roof at Trinity College.Located on the roof of the residence building,this green space is maintained by the studentsof the college and the environmental societyand offers benches, patio furniture andgreenery. This is a great space to both studyand just relax and meet up with friends. MARS Building , on the corner of College andUniversity. On the edge of campus, thisbuilding has various workspaces (and aStarbucks).

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Hart House Library, Map Room and SittingRoom . In the center of campus, these three HartHouse rooms offer usually quiet study spaceswith couches, desks, and charging stations. (Ifyou need a study break, the Hart House gymand swimming pool are in the basement of thebuilding, and the Justina M. Barnicke gallery isin the west wing.) Yorkville Park. Just behind Holt Renfrew onBloor (or follow the alley next to Kit & Ace),this small green space is remarkably pleasantgiven its proximity to Bloor Street traffic.Nearby, Sorry Coffee has great-but-expensivetea and coffee, while Kupfert & Kim offersvegan and gluten-free food.

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Agenda if you're in Little Italy and in the moodfor Italian radio, the Godfather theme songplayed by a live band, and scones The Common if you're in Roncesvalles and lovestained glass and children's toys The Theatre Centre Cafe if you're in Parkdaleand a thespian Goldstruck  if you're in Yorkville and the, uh,three seats at Sorry are taken Caffiends at Victoria College if you love theplanet and don't want to get any work done Ned's Cafe in the Goldring Student Centre ifyou know you're not going to get any workdone at Caffiends The Ryerson Balzac's  if you're going to theRyerson Image Centre The Balzac's in the Distillery District if you're atourist, you're going to Corkin Gallery, you'regoing to the Christmas Market, or you lovechandeliers FIKA  if you're in Kensington and it's not thedoomed hour of the brunch crowds The Tampered Press  if you're at TrinityBellwoods Ezra's Pound  if you don't actually want tostudy, you just want an amazing croissant Noble Coffee if you're going to MOCA Manic Coffee  if you think you need to be forcednot to use wifi

...and some other cafes, if youneed a change.

ACADEMIC EVENTS

AIA lectures. The Archaeological Institute of America has alively Toronto chapter, and the president is our ownProfessor SeungJung Kim. They host regular lectures byvisiting international scholars on all things ancient. ROM lectures. Sometimes in concert with current exhibitionsand sometimes stand-alone programming or conferences,the ROM offers diverse and reliably interesting events (andstudents always get discounted tickets). Lectures... everywhere else.  Keep an eye on thedepartment’s newsletter and poster boards to hear aboutupcoming talks by local or visiting curators, academics, andartists; professors in our own department; and so on.Subscribe to galleries’ newsletters (the AGO, MOCA, etc.) tostay informed about their artist talks, curators’ tours, andrelated public programming. 

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UNDERGRADUATESCHOLARSHIPS

The UofT Art History Department ’s own scholarships arebased on CGPA and financial need. You usually don't need toapply – students in the department are automaticallyconsidered. There are also several scholarships offered through specificcolleges – e.g., University and Victoria College – for whichyou’re eligible as an art history student (for example, Vichas a significant postgrad scholarship for ‘female studentsgoing on to study Art, Religion, or Literature’). Check out thedepartment’s webpage on scholarships to find out more. You can also browse all of the scholarships offered at UofTon the Scholarships page, updated each year with newpostings and with the option to filter awards to suit yourcriteria. Here:https://future.utoronto.ca/finances/scholarships

CGS-M SSHRC (Canada Graduate Scholarship- Masters; Social Sciences and HumanitiesResearch Council of Canada). The primaryscholarship for studying a humanities/socialsciences subject at a Canadian university atthe MA level (there are equivalent awardsfor the sciences and health research). Itsvalue is $17,500 (well, and the title). You need a research proposal and tworeferences. Unsurprisingly, it’s extremelycompetitive; an art history department willusually receive only one or two SSHRCs toaward to incoming MA students. The John H. Moss Scholarship. This is aUofT-wide competition based largely onGPA, extracurricular involvement andleadership, and community service. Yourcollege has to nominate you, so reach outto your registrar if you think you’re eligible(and if you’re not sure, go for it anyway –it’s worth a try). Five finalists areinterviewed, and the four that don’t get theMoss itself get to be “University of TorontoAlumni Association Scholars,” which is a$1000 award. The Rhodes Scholarship. If you’re the sortof person who might one day rule theworld, consider applying for the Rhodes,which funds your graduate studies atOxford. Your college also has to nominateyou for this one, and you need sixreferences. (NB: even a Rhodes nominationby your college goes on your CV.) Colleges. Certain colleges offer graduatescholarships, too – check your college’swebsite and speak to your registrar.

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GRADUATESCHOLARSHIPS

WRITINGSCHOLARSHIP& GRANTAPPLICATIONS HASA hosts a grad info session in the fall:this is probably your best application-writing resource. Otherwise, ask around andsee if you can find examples of successfulapplications to read (e.g., ask your friends,your older siblings, your friends’ oldersiblings, older students in the same clubs asyou, etc.). Your college/faculty might hostrelevant information sessions, as mightother department’s student groups; mostimportantly, keep in mind that you canalways ask your profs to look over yourapplications. The University will also host informationsessions specific to certain scholarships.There are SSHRC grant info sessions, forexample, in September. One thing to keepin mind, though, is that going to the infosession the year you’re planning onapplying is cutting it close – if you’ll beapplying to grad school in your fourth year,try to attend the info sessions in your thirdyear (.. .and again in your fourth). Thisdoesn’t mean that you have to start writingyour application in your third year – it’sjust good to become familiar with theformat.

ACADEMICOPPORTUNITIES &FELLOWSHIPS

Internships & Independent Studies. Do an internship forcredit! The department offers the option of enrolling in a400-level course credit that entails you working at amuseum, gallery, auction house, etc. You have to arrangethe placement yourself, but then all you have to do issubmit some sort of proof of the arrangement (e.g., yoursupervisor at your gallery will email the department’sundergraduate coordinator to confirm that you’re interningwith them), spend a semester working at this gallery, andwrite a short report at the end of the semester reflecting onyour experience and what you did/learned. It’s graded on aPass/Fail basis. Talk to Louise Kermode, the UndergraduateCoordinator, to figure out the dates by which you need tosubmit the pertinent information (you can email her or go tothe Department office). Northrop Frye Centre Undergraduate Research Award. Youapply with a project and a faculty supervisor, and youreceive a monetary award and the title “Northrop FryeCentre Undergraduate Fellow.” Jackman Humanities Institute Undergraduate Fellows. Everyyear, the JHI chooses an overall topic (this year, forexample, it’s “Strange Weather”) and professors apply withresearch projects. Those chosen as Fellows for the yearthen, in turn, choose various other ‘levels’ of researchers towork with them on related projects. As an undergraduatestudent, you can apply with a research project to be anUndergraduate Fellow. As per the website: The Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) hosts annually an inter-generational community of fellows, each pursuing independentresearch for an academic year while in residence at the JHI onthe 10th floor of the Jackman Humanities Building. The fellowsare linked by theme, and they participate in a set of commonactivities, including weekly lunch seminars and otherworkshops and lectures. Keep an eye on their website: https://humanities.utoronto.ca/ The themes for the next three years are available here:https://humanities.utoronto.ca/announcements/new-annual-themes-2020-2023

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Jackman Humanities Scholars-in-Residence. A fantasticopportunity, aimed at involving undergraduates in thehumanities in collaborative, interdisciplinary research. Forthe month of May, about 75 students (distributed byresearch group between UofT’s three campuses) live inresidence and get to work in groups of 5 on researchprojects, each group overseen by a professor. It’s vaguelysummer-camp-esque, with organised group activities nearlyevery day (ranging from professional developmentworkshops to, say, board game nights and movies at HotDocs). Even if you think you’re antisocial, you will have awonderful time (no, really): you'll learn so much aboutacademia (it’s extremely useful if you’re planning on gradschool) and you'll gain invaluable experience doingresearch. The program is, unfortunately, highly selective:the amount of applicants increases every year, seeing about1000 applicants in 2019, and the selection has a lot to dowith GPA. If a professor you already know well is leadingone of the research projects, however, your chances aremuch better. (But apply no matter what!) Unlike the Fellowship program above, the JHI SiR programdoesn’t have one overarching theme, and you don’t have toapply with your own research idea. Emails are sent aroundJanuary to students with relatively high GPAs inviting themto apply. Centre for Ethics within Trinity College Fellowship. Submit asupplementary application and a writing sample. If you’reaccepted, you get $1000 to write a research paper thatrelates to ethics; previous students' topics have includedexploring the relationships between the art and ethics. Youalso get your own office. Every year, the Centre for Ethics hosts a group of fellows whoplay a key role in the Centre’s intellectual life by conductingethics-related research in the Centre’s interdisciplinary settingand contributing to the Centre’s various events and activities. Also, Victoria University offers a list of research fundingopportunities for Vic students: http://www.vicresearch.com/projects .. . .and, for all students , there's a list of internationalundergraduate journals, with various disciplinary focuses:http://www.vicresearch.com/publishing-undergraduate-research

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INTERNATIONALEXPERIENCEPROGRAMS U of T Summer Abroad.  Complete a full-yearcredit in 4-6 weeks in some thrillinginternational locale. Applications are due earlyin the Winter semester (for the summer programof the same year); check for specific datesthrough their website. The courses offeredchange year to year, but there are usually one ortwo art history courses; they’re mostly 300-level, but you don’t have to be in your third yearto take them! Summer Abroad language coursesare also a great way to get a full-year languagecredit quickly (and you need to acquire alanguage if you’re doing an art historyspecialist).

All students can apply for financial aid throughWoodsworth College, and you can also ask yourCollege Registrar about funding. UC, forexample, has multiple international experiencescholarships, especially if you’re going toGermany or France. Exchanges and Semesters Abroad through UofT.Visit https://learningabroad.utoronto.ca/ toexplore different programs and internationaluniversities where you can earn transferablecredits. You can attend drop-in hours at theCumberland House for International Experience(33 Saint George St.) to plan with an advisor orget general information; Cumberland House alsohosts several events for general and program-specific information, and these are usually heldin November.

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CYA (College Year in Athens). Multipleprograms including short-term intensivecourses to a semester or year abroad(Summer, Winter, or year-long). Coursesinclude excavations or travel-study atancient sites and address topics such as arthistory, anthropology, environmentalstudies, politics and modern Greek.Scholarships and financial aid are available. Venice Summer School, Queens University.Open to non-Queens students, offeringtransferable credits! Courses address theVenice Biennale and other subjects.   Syracuse University: Florence, Italy. Open tovisiting students, this well-establishedprogram is offered year-round, in the fall,winter and summer terms. University of Notre Dame: Rome. Programsin several different areas, includingarchitecture. Sotheby’s Institute of Art: London. Offerssemester-long programs with transferablecredits; you should have an idea of whatsubject area you are interested in andthere’s no deadline for applications. It’sgreat if you’re considering the Sotheby’s MA(you’ll get a sense of the program, and theexperience will be a point in your favour forgetting accepted back).   Columbia University: Paris. Well-establishedprogram taught by Columbia Universityfaculty. You’ll need to know some French,though, because it’s meant to be immersive– the language of instruction is French.

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And finally,

399 Research Excursions.  These are UofTcourses. They usually aren’t FAH/art historycourses, but related subjects (like Classics)will often have relevant opportunities.

General Writing Centre. “The fourteen or sowriting centres at U of T provide individualconsultations with trained writinginstructors, along with group teaching inworkshops and courses. There’s no chargefor any of this instruction—it’s part of youracademic program. The mandate of writingcentres is to help you develop writing skillsas you progress through your studies. Allthe undergraduate colleges have writingcentres for their students, and so do mostprofessional faculties and the School ofGraduate Studies.” Art History Writing Lab. The Departmentrecently established its own writing aidprogram to help students with ideadevelopment, writing, and editing. TheWriting Lab includes both instructionalworkshops and one-on-one tutoringsessions. Sign up for appointments online. Reach out to your professor/TA. Again – goto office hours! Some professors aregracious enough to accept rough drafts ofpapers and proofread them. This gives you abetter idea of the things they’ll be lookingfor when they mark your paper, as well asany stylistic or vernacular tendencies youmight have that they aren't keen on. Even ifyou forego this step, taking in an alreadymarked paper or exam is also another wayto get writing/academic feedback. Whilstnot all professors are willing to do this, itdoes offer you a chance to see where youwent wrong and what areas you canimprove in for the next test or assignment.

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ACADEMIC AIDDoctors' notes. In the event that you areunwell and need to obtain a note for aprofessor to extend a due date, you need toprovide documentation. Email yourprofessor ASAP that you are unwell and inneed of an extension – do this even beforeyou have a note, because it’s best to keepyour prof informed. Try to make a drop-inappointment with U of T Health & Wellness:their number is 416-978-8030; the clinicopens at 9AM, so call around then becausethe appointments fill up quickly. Otherwise,go to a walk-in clinic or your family doctor.Mental health-related notes can be tricky,unfortunately, depending on your situation:if you are registered with a therapistthrough one of U of T’s programs, then youcan obtain notes easily; if you receivecounselling outside of U of T, the situationwill depend on your office’s protocol (e.g.,some offices do not write notes; in thiscase, you can explain your situation toeither to a U of T Health & Wellness doctor,or, if you’re comfortable doing so, tell yourprofessor of your office’s policy). If you arein need of counselling and looking foroptions outside of UofT’s system, you canlook up services according to your budgetthrough https://www.linkmentalhealth.com/.Keep in mind that professors are usuallyvery understanding! Accessibility Services. If you have aphysical/mental health condition that wouldregularly interfere with your studies,register with Accessibility Services as soonas you can to make the process ofrequesting extensions much smoother.

Presenting at an undergraduate conferenceor having a paper published during yourundergrad not only looks great on anacademic CV, but also provides you with theexperience of editing your papersthoroughly and speaking in a more formalacademic environment. Certain groups –UofT’s Classics Students’ Union, for example– will also host conference preparationworkshops for their participants. These arevery useful if you're a first-time presenter. Keep in mind that you probably won’t havea conference-ready paper until your 3rd or4th year; in order to polish your papers yetfurther, professors will be happy to suggestedits if you wrote your paper for their class. Most importantly: know that  not that manypeople submit to undergraduate conferences,so never forgo submitting because you thinkyour entry will pale in comparison to ahundred others. Your chances are not as badas you might think. And, after all – you'resubmitting your work to a group ofundergrads to be considered alongsideother work by undergrads. Of course you'reeligible.

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CONFERENCES & JOURNALSThe list below includes publications andevents at UofT, as well as others in Canadaand the US. History of Art Students’ Association (HASA)UofT conference, journal Association of Renaissance StudentsUofT conference Classics Students’ Union (CLASSU)UofT conference, journal: Plebeian Princeton Journal of East Asian Studies Ryerson’s Fashion Studies Concordia Undergraduate Journal of ArtHistoryOpen to non-Concordia students, butpreference is given to Concordia students,and only one non-Concordia essay can bepublished IntaglioUofT joint graduate and undergraduate artjournal ShiftUofT Daniels undergraduate publication––ifyou’re in the Daniels faculty, you cansubmit to this ArborUofT ASSU’s undergraduate research journal Caméra StyloUofT Cinema Studies Student Unionundergraduate journal

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The department is fairly open to accepting related courses asFAH credits. If you find a course outside of the department thatyou believe has similar or suitable content, you can reach outto the department or your registrar to confirm and discuss if itcan be counted towards your Art History specialist/major/minor. Even (especially?) if you’re doing a specialist, just keep in mindthat you don’t have to take exclusively FAH courses – exploringsubstitutions can be very worthwhile. Refer to:https://arthistory.utoronto.ca/undergraduates/courses/related-courses/

RELATED COURSES & PROGRAMS

May we recommend:

SLA260: Russian Art & Architecture . . .with Professor Tatiana Smolyarova was one of the mostengaging courses I have taken so far and, although it was notan FAH course, it fulfilled my breadth D requirement forarchitecture." Arielle CLA204: Introduction to Classical Myth. . .with Professor Peter Bing was a crash course in everythingyou need to know before you start interpreting not only ancientGreek and Roman art, but also, uh, everything else, becauseGreek myth is everywhere (who knew?). The FAH-coded cognateis Professor Ewald's Greek Myth in Ancient Art (reportedly alsofantastic), but CLA204 is a lifesaver if you need to fulfill thebreadth 2 requirement for your general degree.  Hana

EXTRACURRICULAR

ART HISTORY UNDERGRADUATE HANDBOOK

Art Toronto. October. A commercial art fairfeaturing galleries from across Canada aswell as some international galleries. It’sdefinitely worth checking out if you’reinterested in the commercial art world(being an art dealer, for example, orworking at an auction house) or, moregenerally, contemporary and Canadian art. Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.May to June (but some shows are on longer).A diverse city-wide photography festivalwith numerous venues; a great way to getout and see the city’s galleries and learnmore about contemporary lens-basedartists. The Ryerson Image Centre tends tohave fantastic shows for Contact, includingan exhibition of work by the previous year’swinner of the Scotiabank Photography Prize.There’s lots of programming, too – betweenjust openings and curators’ or artists’ talksand tours, there’s always something to do. Nuit Blanche. October. Well, maybe.https://www.thebeaverton.com/2017/09/thousand-sober-intelligent-art-aficionados-enjoy-nuit-blanche-not-attending/ TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival).September. Tickets go on sale in August andsell out very quickly. (Make use of thestudent discount.) Take a break from theback-to-school madness and accost RyanGosling on the red carpet. The TIFF BellLightbox theatre also has great year-roundprogramming.

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Toronto Biennial of Art. Starting September21, 2019. Every two years, the Biennial willoffer 72 days of free art programming(exhibitions, talks, installations, etc.) underan overarching theme in various locationsalong the harbourfront.

ANNUALART EVENTS

MUSEUMS &GALLERIES

Toronto’s downtown core is teeming with museumsand galleries – take advantage! There’s nothing likeseeing art(ifacts) in person, especially for visualanalysis assignments. Academics aside, visitingcurrent exhibits is a good way (uh, the only way) tostay involved in the art world. Check out: Art Gallery of Ontario. Free if you're under 25! Royal Ontario Museum. Free on Tuesdays withstudent ID. Textile Museum of Canada. $6 with student ID, orPWYC on Wednesday evening. The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Free! Bata Shoe Museum.  $8 with student ID, or PWYC onThursday evenings. Ryerson Image Centre. Free! UofT Art Museum. There are two locations: theJustina M. Barnicke in Hart House and the ArtMuseum in University College. Both are free. Gardiner Museum. Free on Tuesdays with student ID;free always for Victoria College students (get aGardiner sticker at the VUSAC office). MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art). $5 withstudent ID; free on the last Sunday of the month inthe morning (very specific). A student membership is$20. Koffler Centre for the Arts. Free! Onsite Gallery at OCAD . This is OCAD's 'professionalgallery' (i.e., it doesn't show student work). Free.

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401 Richmond. Basically a building with abunch of galleries and arts-oriented spaces,workshops, events. See, for example,Gallery 44, Open Studio, Trinity SquareVideo. Free. McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Forwhen you can’t decide whether to gocamping or look at art. Admission is $15 forstudents; through the summer and fall, the'art bus' will take you there for $30, whichincludes admission. (Be a good art historystudent, though, and read Anne Whitelaw'sessay on the McMichael's history: “'Whiffs ofBalsam, Pine, and Spruce': Art Museums andthe Production of a Canadian Aesthetic" inBeyond Wilderness . The Art library has it.) Blackwood Gallery. This is UTM's art gallery(i.e., it's in Mississauga). Free! There are also numerous private galleries,like Olga Korper, Christopher Cutts, PaulPetro, Corkin Gallery, Cooper Cole, StephenBulger, Barbara Edwards, Daniel Faria,Susan Hobbs, Nicholas Metivier, GeorgiaScherman Projects, and Birch Contemporary.These are all free!

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Career Learning Network. This is the officialUofT student job board, and it’s regularlyupdated with both on-campus and off-campus work opportunities. All work-studypositions are posted on this board(including those with the Art Department,about which you’ll also be notified viadepartment newsletter). Work-Study. Postings for Fall/Winter Work-Study positions go up on the CareerLearning Network in August. These usuallyoffer you up to 15 hours of work per week,from September through February.Generally, the art history-related jobs willbe research assistantships with professors.The workload is usually around 10-15 hoursa week, with a maximum of 200 hours totalfor the Fall/Winter term and 100 hours totalin the Summer term. The UofT Art Museum also offers work-studypositions. Significantly, doing a work-studyjob with them will greatly increase yourchances of being hired for, for example,their summer Young Canada Works position. Summer Work-Study. If you’re takingsummer courses, you can do a work-study inthe department over the summer –sometimes these will be generaldepartment-related roles (for example, thisyear there was a ‘Communications’ roleresponsible for helping with the productionof this handbook), but, more often, they’llbe research assistantships with professors.Postings for Summer Work-Study jobs go upon the Career Learning Network in April. ROM Arts & Culture Summer Internship.These are ten-week paid and unpaidinternships for undergrad and gradstudents; you work in a specificdepartmental division, like Costume &Textiles. It's extremely competitive:  youpretty much need to have taken a course oralready volunteered/worked at the ROM(but, hey, you should take a course at theROM anyway!). 

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Young Canada Works.  A government-operated database (and funding body) tosearch for intern-level summer jobs atcultural institutions. These are extremelycompetitive (who knew there were so manyart students in Toronto?), and, generallyspeaking, successful applicants are thosewith prior ‘connections’ to the hiringinstitution (so start volunteering early, anddon't take the rejections personally). You’llneed to make a profile, and listings areusually posted in April (but the dateschange often, and postings continue to beupdated through June). The YCW program isactive Canada-wide, so this is a good placeto look if you're, say, going home to NewBrunswick over the summer. Co-Curricular Record.  The co-curricularrecord is essentially a UofT-validated CV.Many extracurriculars (roles in clubs, onstudent papers, etc.) are eligible forrecognition on the CCR, requiring you to fillout a form and submit it to your club head,who will then validate you via an onlinesystem. (A disclaimer: UofT is veryenthusiastic about the CCR, but itsusefulness in the ‘real world’ is, currently,negligible. This may, of course, change infuture years. So: don’t recklessly boycottthe CCR if it becomes widely used – but,right now, do keep in mind that it does notcarry more weight than your actual CV.Which, perhaps, is how it should be.)

EMPLOYMENT

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History of Art Students’ Association (HASA).HASA is the undergraduate art historystudent body representative. This is afantastic group to get involved with – you’llbe in close contact with other students whostudy art history and are (presumably)passionate about it, which is always helpfulwhen it comes to surviving four years ofcourses and grad school applications. Evenif you’re not an executive member, you canbenefit from HASA by attending theirevents. These include grad schoolinformation sessions (led by profs and gradstudents, with ample time for Q&A); writingworkshops; a ‘Field Notes’ speaker series,wherein profs discuss their research; and anannual undergraduate conference, thepapers presented at which are thenpublished in a journal. One thing to keep in mind: if you’re onHASA, you can’t present at their conference.Refer to the list of undergraduateconferences in this handbook (p. 27) to seewhat your other options are; if you’re intoRenaissance art, for example, you could aiminstead to present at the Association ofRenaissance Students' undergraduateconference. HASA recruits new executive members everyspring for the next school year. If you’reonly starting your undergraduate inSeptember or you simply missed theapplication period, don’t worry – eithermessage HASA through their Facebook pageor send them an email athasa.uoft@gmail.com asking how/whetheryou can join. A space will remain open inSeptember for the specific purpose ofallowing a first-year representative to join,and it’s entirely possible that not all of theexecutive positions were filled via the Aprilapplication period.

@hasa_uoftfacebook.com/hasa.uofthasa.uoft@gmail.comhasaconference.wordpress.com Hart House Art Committee. Hart House ispotentially the greatest student resource oncampus, offering programming and facilities ranging from the academic to theartistic/cultural to the athletic. Inparticular, the Hart House Art Committee isa great way to get involved with the arts oncampus. There are several positions that getfilled each year through tri-campusapplications, including a first-year votingmember position. Even if you're not part ofthe executive committee, you can stillattend the HHAC's programming and events– they're open to all UofT students. Keep aneye out for gallery tours, still life drawingworkshops, panel conferences, andcommissions for student art to be displayedin Hart House.

CLUBS & ASSOCIATIONS

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Student publications.  These include TheVarsity (unique in that the mastheadpositions are extremely well-paid, but, assuch, the roles require a serious timecommitment), The Strand (a magazine-stylepaper at Victoria College, but any studentcan join), The Newspaper (UofT’sindependent student paper), The Gargoyle(University College’s satirical paper), andvarious others. Keep in mind: you don’t haveto be on a masthead to benefit: you cansimply be a writer. Most importantly: youmight think your student paper isn’t a realpaper, but the AGO, for example, doesn’tknow that (and/or wants studentengagement). You can contact theArts/Culture editor at any paper and askthat they request that you be invited to amedia preview for any exhibit. The Strand, for example, has gotten meinto media previews for shows includingthe AGO’s Anthropocene and BrianJungen: Friendship Centre, and the ROM’sDior. I’ve attended the ROM’s Friday NightLive for free, and I even got invited to themedia preview of the AGO's recentlyacquired Yayoi Kusama infinity room(naturally, it was after the school yearended and, having taken a break fromcompulsively checking my email, I didn'tsee the email in time). My friend also got afree ticket to a Shawn Mendes concert,which, you know… it’s free, right? Hana Other clubs. You can browse clubs byinterest at https://www.ulife.utoronto.ca/organizations or attend the Clubs Fairduring Orientation/Welcome Week.

Hart House Camera Club.  Learn how todevelop your own film! Learn how to printyour own photos! Not only is analoguephotography extremely fun, but alsoactually practicing photography will helpyou discuss/understand photography in theart historical context. (Victoria College’sphotography club, VicXposure, also hasaccess to darkrooms, but whether or notthey’re operational depends on who’smanaging the club that year. Email them –vicxposure@gmail.com – and ask.) First-Year Learning Community (FLC). Smallgroups of first-year students registered insimilar courses. You meet biweekly foracademic, developmental and socialactivities to build skills and gain resourcesfor success at the University. peer mentorsand faculty/staff advisors. Faculty-specific mentor/mentee programs.These differ by faculty/program, but anexample is the Daniels Mentorship Program.New students are paired with ‘mentors,’giving them a point of contact in thefaculty/University and the guidance of aknowledgeable individual with regards tothe faculty/University’s facilities,programming, services, clubs, etc.   Orientation leader. The specifics of this rolediffer by college/faculty, but thesepositions are a great way for 2nd yearstudents to get involved and gainleadership experience. Exercise. Have some form of physicalactivity, whether it be yoga, soccer, orweightlifting. Doing exercise helps withstress and is a good way to get you out ofthe house or the library. There are drop-infitness classes at both Hart House and atvarious Athletics centres, check outavailable classes here:https://kpe.utoronto.ca/sport-and-fitness/group-fitness-drop Intramurals. There are many intramuralteams on campus, usually associated withyour college or program:https://www.uoftintramurals.ca/

Caffiends. This is the sustainable, student-run cafe at Victoria College (in ‘Old Vic,’ thecastle-like building). It’s super sweet andcozy, and it offers delicious tea, $1 coffee,juice, and vegan baked goods (mostly sweet,with some gluten-free options). You canalso volunteer here: shifts are just an houra week, and you get to learn how to be abarista and meet other students! Innis Café. An affordable, family-runcafeteria; they offer large portions andvegetarian options. (Get their tabbouleh andbean salads with tomato and cucumber ontop; try a lentil soup doused in theirhomemade hot sauce. Feel like you’vewarded off scurvy; feel like your mouth ison fire.) Baldwin Village, south of College has abunch of small restaurants: e.g.,  KintonRamen and  Mo’Ramyun (if you like kimchiand feel a cold coming on, get their kimchiramyun and clear out your sinuses). Mother’s Dumplings for steamed dumplingson Spadina (get the juicy pork ones). Almond Butterfly on Harbord. If you’re atSid Smith and gluten is not your friend, goto this cafe: you can have bagels again!(Also, go even if you eat gluten! Thedesserts are so good that you can't tellthey're gluten-free, and the drinks aredelicious, too.) Whole Foods.  The salad bar is blessed; thesoup is delicious, and so are the roastedsweet potatoes. You've been studying atPratt all day, and, hey, it's cheaper than arestaurant, okay?

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FOOD & DRINKNEAR CAMPUS

L’Espresso Bar Mercurio. Located next toVarsity Stadium, this place has greatsandwiches, drinks and desserts. If you’rein a rush, the restaurant has its menu onritual as well so you can place an orderafter class and have it ready by the timeyou get there. (Apparently MargaretAtwood has been spotted here?) Daddyo’s. Super cheap pasta dishes madeto order, just off of Sussex at the backcorner of Robarts. Certainly not finedining, but typically you won’t spendmore than 12$ here and you’ll usuallyhave leftovers.   The Buttery  at Trinity College, on themain floor of the Gerald Larkin building.They offer wraps, pizza and soups aswell as smaller baked goods and snacks.If you have a hankering for Starbuckscoffee but don’t want to deal with theline at 1 Bedford, The Buttery servesStarbucks roasts and has an automatedStarbucks machine that pumps outsimple blended drinks like lattes andmochas. Harbord Bakery. Okay, maybe this ismore where you stop on your way homefrom campus, but still. Get a loaf ofsesame challah and let it turn every mealinto a feast. Revitasize in Yorkville. If you suddenlycome into a small fortune and you wantto spend it on smoothie bowls, go here.(Toronto's more-visible purveyor ofexpensive blended fruit is Calii Love, andit is not worth your inheritance.)

If you planned ahead... Wise, mature, and functional in thekitchen? If you brought your own lunch,you can partake of a microwave at suchplaces as the JCR, The Buttery, InnisCafe, Ned's Cafe, Caffiends, and Sid'sCafe (basement of Sid Smith).

Juicy Dumpling.  On Spadina, super cheapand student friendly: 6 soup dumplings foronly $2.99! Pomegranate. College by Bathurst. Iranianfood. $15-18 for a large stew with rice andsalad, which will probably equip you withleftovers. If you like lamb, go for theroasted shank with 'jewelled rice' – divine. Centro . Italian deli with hot table on St.Clair West. Get their arancini or veal androasted pepper sandwich. (Also the deliscenes in the movie Moonstruck were filmedhere! Cher! Nicolas Cage!) Ramen Isshin. Probably the best bowl oframen in the city. If you're not alone, beprepared to wait for a table, but totallyworth it. Try their dip ramen (Shoyu KotteriTsukemen). Sushi on Bloor, Sushi Club on Charles, andNew Generation on Bloor are all close-to-campus places to get affordable andentirely edible sushi. P.G Clucks. Beside the Royal Theatre onCollege and in the Annex. The best cheapfried chicken in the city: not too greasy,great coleslaw. Blackbird Baking Co. Kensington. Did youknow bread could be this good? Annabelle. Adorable Italian place with threedaily pasta specials (inexplicably cheap at$11). Tiny squids! Zucchini! Burrata! Loveit. Piano Piano. Why does the menu look like anewspaper? Probably the closest you canstay to campus and eat calamari. Akai Sushi. If you need something nicerthan Sushi on Bloor, go to Akai. It's darkand cozy, with little paper cranes andlanterns strung about, and the sushi isgreat.

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RESTAURANTS& BARS

Lee's. Upscale Chinese-French fusion.Their 19 ingredient salad reinvents themost boring lunch food. Le Swan. The concept is "French foodand diner food," which would beannoying if said food weren't simply sogood. The 'Ocean Mary' is the bestCaesar ever. Kojin. Located on the 3rd level ofMomofuku, next to the Shangri-La hotel,Kojin serves up high quality wood-firedColumbian fare. Fat Pasha. Their infamous roastedcauliflower is overrated, but pretty mucheverything else is great. Best for sharingwith a bunch of people. Rosedale Diner. Now, that's some goodcauliflower. Cute, delicious, Jewish. Cancan. For when you want to go to LeSwan but you don't want to leavecampus. Or when it's your bridal showerand you just want some smoked fish.(See also: Piano Piano. You're onlyallowed to open a restaurant on Harbordif the name involves reduplication.) Joso's. Yeah, okay, it's on the cover ofDrake's album, but, more importantly,it's Croatian and the art (mostly by theillustrious eponymous Joso) is insane.Ever get a friend to do a nude portrait ofyour family as merpeople? Giulietta. Problematic – once you gohere, you don't want to go anywhereelse. The ricotta ravioli is unreal. Sit atthe 'chef's table' (i.e., the bar by thekitchen). Miku.  High quality sushi and seafoodlocated just off of Lakeshore. TheSalmon Oshi is a MUST! Bar Isabel. A vaguely art nouveauinterior; delicious Spanish food; dark andloud ("atmospheric")  . Mira. Super eclectic restaurant and barthat dishes out great ceviche and stellartunes.

HOUSING

Housing. If money is any object, you canexpect to move out of residence afteryour first year. Finding a decent place tolive off-campus can be hard–betweendubious landlords, roommates unfamiliarwith the virtues of dish soap, and risingrent prices, it can seem impossible, andyour best bet is trying to find somethingthrough a friend. Ask anyone you knowthat’s currently living in Torontowhether they’re looking for a roommateor looking to transfer their lease, or – ifnot – whether they know anyone elsewho is.You can also join Facebook groups forhousing in Toronto and for UofTstudents, and check listings on Kijiji,ViewIt, and Padmapper.

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MISCELLANEOUSRESOURCES

Open UToronto. “Open.UToronto is aUniversity of Toronto initiative thatpromotes the discovery, use, creation andsharing of openly licensed content,resources and courses. The Open.UTorontowebsite is a gateway to a wide array of“open” resources and projects from TheUniversity of Toronto. The Open.UTorontosite is meant to serve as a hub to connectprojects, people, groups and organizations.” Lynda. Online courses on a variety of topics,including business, IT, software, and design.You have to access the site through UofT’slink:https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/linkit/lyndacom-online-courses. Criterion. Essentially UofT’s Netflix – youhave access to myriad renowned movies andtv shows!