Sessional Lecturer - FAH295H5F - Topics in Art History
University of Toronto
Job Description
Date Posted: 03/06/2026
Req ID: 47250
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: Visual Studies
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Description:
Course number and title: FAH295H5F Topics in Art History Roman Imperial Art & Architecture
Topic description: This course provides students with an in-depth analysis of the art and architecture of Imperial Rome, from the rise of Augustus in the late first century BCE to the reign of Constantine in the early fourth century CE. By examining imperial portraiture, official state art, monumental public architecture, and provincial artistic traditions, students will investigate how Rome’s emperors used art and architecture to articulate power, identity, and ideology. The course engages with a wide range of archaeological evidence, visual and material culture, primary texts, and modern scholarly debates to provide an in-depth understa...