Dr. Robert Wellington

Associate Professor

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Biography

Robert Wellington is an Associate Professor in Art History and the Director of the Centre for Art History and Art Theory at the Australian National University. He specializes in material culture, history making, and cross-cultural exchange, with a particular focus on the artistic and cultural exchanges during the reign of Louis XIV. He published a monograph titled 'Antiquarianism: Visual Histories of Louis XIV: Artifacts Future Past' in 2015, which is held in public university libraries around the world. Wellington engages digital methods in art historical research and leads the ARC Discovery Project 'Performing Transdisciplinarity', which is a digital transdisciplinary study of an eighteenth-century songbook. In 2021, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He has delivered numerous public lectures and participated in various conferences and symposia, emphasizing the relationship between art and cultural identity. His research interests also encompass topics like digital art history, theories of history and history collecting, antiquarianism, and transcultural aesthetics.

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Experience

Associate Professor

— Present

Australian National University • Canberra, Australia

Director of the Centre for Art History and Art Theory, specializing in material culture and art history.

Requirements for Australian National University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:2.8
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:18
Reading
Required:18
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:18
Total
Required:80
PTE
Listening
Required:55
Reading
Required:55
Writing
Required:55
Speaking
Required:55
Overall
Required:64
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree or international equivalent Cognate discipline for some specializations
Application Checklist
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  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Statement of Purpose
Specialization Notes

Requirements are standardized across most Master of Science and Arts programs within the College of Science and College of Arts & Social Sciences.