Course
Course 15 credits • KOVN07
This course introduces you to key theories and methods in visual culture, focusing on how images communicate and influence knowledge, culture, and power. Topics include visuality, the gaze, cultural memory, semiotics, and the affective dimensions of image analysis.
This course introduces you to key theories, concepts, and methods within the field of visual culture. The focus is on how images are understood in relation to knowledge production, cultural context, and power structures. Topics such as visuality, the gaze, cultural memory, semiotics, and affective image theory are explored.
The course consists of lectures and seminars within an international and interdisciplinary classroom setting. The course is divided into two overlapping modules: one addressing core theoretical perspectives such as scopic regimes, modernity, and postcoloniality, while the second focuses on methods for image analysis. Students develop critical thinking and analytical skills through active engagement with theoretical and methodological discussions, enabling them to interpret visual materials from diverse perspectives.
Programme affiliation: Master's Programme in Visual Culture
Study period:
autumn semester 2026
Type of studies:
full time,
day
Study period:
2026-08-31 – 2026-11-01
Language of instruction:
English
Eligibility:
90 first-cycle credits including a Bachelor?s degree project in one of the following fields: art history and visual studies, film studies, musicology, design studies, architecture, visual anthropology or the equivalent.
Application code:
LU-E1054
Application code:
LU-31550
- The schedule will be published 2026-06-18.
- Library Guide Art History and Visual Studies
First Admission Round
Internationell ansökan
Autumn semester 2026
Late application
Possibly opens March 31
Second Admission Round
Nationell ansökningsomgång
Autumn semester 2026
Application opens 16 March
15April 2026