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Research overview

Department of Art and Art History

UCalgary Arts

is the home of Critical and Creative Arts, Humanities and Social Science scholarship at UCalgary.

Faculty of Arts Researchers are award-winning artists, scholars, distinguished members and officers. Our scholarship encompasses a wide spectrum of disciplines and specializations. We work across and within the arts, humanities and social sciences. Arts is one of the key contributors to transdisciplinary scholarship at UCalgary, through projects and initiatives that engage scholars and communities across Alberta, Canada, and beyond.

Our Research Stories

Míša Štorková, Department of Art and Art History.

How a UCalgary student explored their queer Czech identity through research

Míša Štorková knits together art and queer archives to amplify the forgotten voices of Czech history

From left to right: Gabby Barber, Sophie Garcia, Sean Hashimoto, Misha Storkova, Billy Wijaya, Teagan Young

UCalgary undergraduate students begin their transdisciplinary research journeys

The Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) empowers UCalgary students to learn valuable skills, embarking on a research project with a supervisor in their chosen field.

Meltwater. Submission by Will Neuhaus

Transdisciplinary exhibit highlights water expertise across fields

BRACKISH brings together students, faculty and UCalgary community members

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Project digitally preserves former Indian residential schools in Alberta

Imperial donation kicks off partnership with Indigenous communities and UCalgary

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