Thank you, David, your comments are right on the money.
My question was indeed regarding work toward a PhD in contemporary
art, and I was beginning to suspect the road might be one of
criticism and theory rather than "history?"

Barbra Brady

On Mon, 12 Aug 1996, David Haberstich wrote:

>  Um, yes, MANY universities besides Indiana University give a Ph.D. in
> art history--Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Boston,
> Ohio, etc., etc., etc. I thought the question was about a Ph.D. in
> CONTEMPORARY art. Although I'm sure many schools would permit a
> dissertation on a topic in contemporary art, it might be more difficult
> to find one that offers lectures and seminars, and therefore a
> concentration, in the area. Surely some art museum members of this list
> could recommend some universities with strengths in criticism and
> "history" of contemporary art. --David Haberstich
>